Filter by
A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health
This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it reports on cost-effective, science-based, ethically sound interventions. Chapters demonstrate bedro…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-13620-2
- Collation
- XIII, 289
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 614 SYS s
Partisan Policy-Making in Western Europe : How Ideology Influences the Conten…
Sebastian Hartmann aims at answering the question whether socioeconomic policies implemented by governments are generally rather similar or whether their content actually varies with the ideological background of governments. In addition, he wants to find out whether government characteristics such as coalition or minority situations impact the degree of partisan policy-making. The author emplo…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-658-08197-3
- Collation
- XIV, 353 halaman
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 320.6 HAR p
A Shrinking Society: Post-Demographic Transition in Japan
This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to low ones. Japan has entered the post-demographic transitio…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-4-431-54810-2
- Collation
- IX, 65
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
- Call Number
- 304.6 HAR s
Environmental Policy and Renewable Energy Equipment Exports An Empirical Ana…
This thesis investigates the connection between environmental regulation, technological innovation, and export competitiveness in renewable energy equipment based on a large sample of 225 developed and developing countries from 1990 to 2012. The empirical analysis yields strong supporting evidence for the narrowly strong Porter Hypothesis as well as for the lead market theory. The results sugge…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-658-13558-4
- Collation
- 17 b/w illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Environmental Heresies The Quest for Reasonable
This book systematically deconstructs the pervasive and counter-productive discourse surrounding environmental policy. The authors argue that environmental policy problems are always framed such that conflict is inevitable—a particular project or policy must be accepted versus a specific environmental asset that must be protected. Over the course of 12 chapters, the authors demonstrate that c…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-60083-7
- Collation
- 8 b/w illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
A New Research Agenda for Improvements in Quality of Life
This book presents a new research agenda for improvements in Quality of Life research. It includes topics such as: -Studying QoL in particular subpopulations and selected subgroups -Disentangling the difficult task of identifying determinants of QoL -Perfectionating the measurement of conceptual dimensions -Defining new indicators able to measure and monitor particular social condit…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-15904-1
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Social Indicators Research Series
- Call Number
- 342.041 NEW n
A New Paradigm for International Business: Proceedings of the Conference on F…
This book offers a collection of studies on regional integration and the dynamic business environment in East Asia. The papers included, originally presented at the 2014 Asia Pacific Business Conference on "Free Trade Agreements and Regional Integration in East Asia," examine the challenges and dynamics in the increasingly integrated East Asian markets and outline a new paradigm for doing inter…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-287-499-3
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
- Call Number
- 338.9 NEW n
A New Growth Model for the Greek Economy: Requirements for Long-Term Sustaina…
On June 3, 2015, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Democritus University of Thrace, and the University of Peloponnese sponsored an international conference to address medium- and long-term growth in Greece. This collection presents the strongest papers on the conditions required to revive and maintain economic growth. Leading experts …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-58944-6
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 338.9 NEW n
Environment, Energy and Climate Change I Environmental Chemistry of Pollutan…
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of advanced research in the field of environmental green chemistry for air, soil and water pollutants, and presents emerging technologies on the chemical treatment of polluted sites and wastes. The 15 chapters, prepared by internationally respected experts, address the following topics: (1) monitoring of indoor and outdoor air pollutants; (2) atmosphe…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-12907-5
- Collation
- 6 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Entrepreneurship in BRICS Policy and Research to Support Entrepreneurs
This book presents selected articles that discuss important issues related to entrepreneurship in Brazil, Russia, India and China as well as contributions from authors whose countries have a tradition on entrepreneurship support, such as Italy and the UK. The articles were presented and discussed in a conference on Entrepreneurship in Brazil in November 2013 organized by the Institute of Econom…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-11412-5
- Collation
- 50 b/w illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography