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Smart Cities
This edited volume discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial, governmental and ecological transformation. The book covers a wide range of topics, with a view towards p…
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- 978-3-031-35663-6
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- XV, 388
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Future Intelligence
The first quarter of the 21st century introduced the world to rapid uncertainty, be it the social-political and financial crises, or pandemics, or the shaking up of well-established democracies with an increasing rise in populism. At the same time, the technological promise has taken off with automation, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnologies increasingly becoming an economic reality. Th…
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- 978-3-031-36381-8
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- XXII, 241
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Roadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transition
This open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to modernize effectively and produce sustained economic growth is highlighted. Particular attention is…
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- 978-3-031-37049-6
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- XVI, 331
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Public Financial Management and Internal Control
This open access book focuses on the ‘downstream’ element of PFM, that is how public organisations utilise public resources. It argues that improvements in PFM/IC will only flow from a recognition that what really matters is the quality of management. Management reform is an essential precondition to the successful implementation of many new techniques. Only when a managerial capacity exis…
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- 978-3-031-35065-8
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- XXIII, 579
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Achieving Zero Hunger in India
This open access volume discloses rich set of findings and policy recommendations for India towards achieving the SDG 2.1 target of zero hunger by 2030. Through its fourteen chapters, it takes an integrated approach by examining diverse aspects of food and nutrition security through multidisciplinary lens of Agricultural Economics, Nutrition, Crop Sciences, Anthropology and Law, while being roo…
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- 978-981-99-4412-5
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- IX, 344
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Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia
This open access book contributes not only to the scientific literature on sustainable agricultural development and in particular rice agriculture but also is highly valuable to assist practitioners, projects, and policymakers due to its sections on reducing carbon footprint, agricultural innovations, and lessons learned from a multi-country/multi-stages development project. The scope of …
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- 978-3-031-37946-8
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- XXVII, 259
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The Media Systems in Europe
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a Professor of Media Organization and Policy at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the head of the faculty and member of the Board of the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute. Further, he is a Visiting Professor at City University, London, United Kingdom. Previou…
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- 978-3-031-32799-5
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Population Dynamics in the Mediterranean
This open access book makes a comparative overview of the demographic evolution of the Mediterranean populations. It addresses all the demographic issues since 1950 such as fertility, mortality, growth, demographic aging, and the age structure of the population. The book discusses the major demographic changes and its consequences for the Mediterranean region and describes the socio-economic an…
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- 978-3-031-37758-7
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- XIV, 161
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- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
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Metallogenic Theory and Exploration Technology of Multi-Arc-Basin-Terrane Col…
This open access book presents a new structural model of “multi-arc-basin-terrane system” based on the in-depth research of the Nujiang-Lancangjiang-Jinshajiang region, especially several Paleo-Tethys ophiolitic mélange belts and sets of arc-basin systems, and a new orogenic model of “The Hengduan shan Mountains” based on penetrated research on spatial-temporal framework and orogenic m…
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- 978-981-99-3651-9
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- XV, 307
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Remittances as Social Practices and Agents of Change
This open access book explores the transformative effects of remittances. Remittances are conceptualized as flows of money, objects, ideas, traditions, and symbolic capital, mapping out a cross-border space in which people live, work, and communicate with multiple belongings. By doing so, they effect social change both in places of origin and destination. However, their power to improve individ…
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- 978-3-030-81503-5
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- XVII, 465
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