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Science and Technology Governance and Ethics : A Global Perspective from Europe, India and China

The first chapter introduces the topic, offering a global perspective on embedding ethics in science and technology policy. ...

Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion : Agroecology and Endogenous Development

This book will contribute to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience that goes beyond the dominant dichotomous ...

Self-Governance and Sami Communities : Transitions in Early Modern Natural Resource Management

The book gives a new portrayal of how proficiently and systematically indigenous inhabitants organized and governed natural ...

Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era

This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the transformations in business and society of the postwar ...

Social Innovations in the Urban Context

This book addresses the practice of social innovation, which is currently very much in the public eye. New ideas and approaches ...

Society - Water - Technology : A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects

This book presents the results of the Interdisciplinary Research Group "Society – Water – Technology" of the Berlin-Brandenburg ...

Socioeconomics of Agriculture

This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely ...

Space, Place and Educational Settings

This book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that ...

Spreading Democracy and the Rule of Law?

This book fills this gap, and addresses the question of the consequences of the "external force" of European enlargement ...

Statistical Methods for Human Rights

Human rights issues are shaping the modern world. They define the expectations by which nations are judged and affect the ...

Strategic Leadership for Business Value Creation : Principles and Case Studies / Don Argus

Focuses on leadership and strategy, corporate governance, operational excellence, and corporate social responsibility. In ...

Strategy and Governance of Networks

The book emphasizes research in economics and management of networks as an interdisciplinary field by offering new theoretical ...

Struggles for Survival

This book takes a comprehensive look at the question by integrating the fields of institutional economics and corporate strategy, ...

Sustainability Standards and Global Governance Experiences of Emerging Economies

This book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and ...

Sustainable City Regions: Space, Place and Governance

This book records observations of 12 dynamically changing regional cities in Asia, Europe and the United States. The form ...

Sustainable Commodity Use : Its Governance, Legal Framework, and Future Regulatory Instruments

This book examines the governance and legal landscape of the global commodity sector. For that purpose, the author conceptualises ...

Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley : Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan

This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and ...

Sustainable Development, Energy and the City

No progress towards sustainable development is possible without the participation of informed and aware citizens and decision-makers. ...

Sustainable Energy Access for Communities : Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities

This open access book examines the transition to sustainable energy systems in emerging cities. Experts from around the world ...

Sustainable Land Management in a European Context A Co-Design Approach

This book present and discuss current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. ...

Total Books: 161 - 180 /228