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  • Twenty Years of China’s Ageing Society: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects

    Edited by Peng Du, Weilin Liu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This bookis an in-depth study of the ageing problem in China from a multidisciplinary perspective. For the first time in Chinese history, it systematically summarizes the development process, achievements and challenges of China from the year 2000 to 2020, and illustrates the exploration process of the theory and practice to actively address population ageing with Chinese characteristics. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook on Greening High-Density Cities

    Climate, Society and Health

    Edited by Peng Du, Kheir Al-Kodmany, Mir M. Ali ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This new handbook provides a platform to bring together multidisciplinary researchers focusing on greening high-density agglomerations from three perspectives: climate change, social implications, and people’s health. Written by leading scholars and experts, the chapters aim to summarize the “state-of-the-art” and produce a reference book for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and researchers ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Internal Wave Hydrodynamics on Submersibles

    Volume 1: Interactions Between Internal Waves and Structures

    by Peng Du, Chao Wang, Sen Zhao, Jun Wen, Luo Xie, Haibao Hu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This series of books focuses on the internal wave hydrodynamic effects on submersibles. As the first book in the series, it specifically studies the patterns and mechanisms of interaction between internal waves and submersibles. Internal waves are widely-present in the stratified ocean and are a type of nonlinear, large-amplitude wave phenomenon. Submersibles are highly likely to encounter ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

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  • Singapore Ageing

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    by S Vasoo, Bilveer Singh, Srinivasan Chokkanathan ...
    Ageing is a part of life that all Singaporeans must face and, in fact, all families will have next of kins who will undergo that life stage. Singapore Ageing assembles a team of researchers, administrators, practitioners, advocates and academics from varied social service and care sectors, to share their thoughts, concerns and future challenges faced by an ageing Singapore in different arenas.With ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Healthcare Architecture

    by Robin Guenther, Gail Vittori ...
    Series Book 41 - Wiley Series in Sustainable Design
    "With this book, Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori show us how critical our green building mission is to the future of human health and secures a lasting legacy that will continue to challenge and focus the green building movement, the healthcare industry, and the world for years to come."—From the Foreword by Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building CouncilINDISPENSABLE ... Read more

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  • The Art of Public Strategy

    Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

    by Geoff Mulgan ...
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  • Human-Nature Interactions

    Exploring Nature’s Values Across Landscapes

    Edited by Ieva Misiune, Daniel Depellegrin, Lukas Egarter Vigl ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This edited volume aims to widen the discussion about the diversity of human-nature relationships and valuation methods and to stimulate new perspective that are needed to build a more sustainable future, especially in face of ongoing socio-environmental changes. Conceptual and empirical approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies have been used to highlight the ... Read more

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  • Design for Regenerative Cities and Landscapes

    Rebalancing Human Impact and Natural Environment

    Edited by Rob Roggema ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the way to design and plan for regenerative cities and landscapes. Where sustainability aims to safeguard the resources for future generations, and the resilience concept focuses on dealing with shocks to keep the system functioning, regeneration aims to give back more than it takes from the system. This principle is often used in analytical and assessment literature, but not ... Read more

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  • Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)

    Edited by Maiko Nishi, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Himangana Gupta ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the interlinkages between biodiversity and multiple dimensions of health (e.g., physical, mental, and spiritual) in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). This book ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy

    Edited by Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Milen Baltov, Preben Hansen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the climate ... Read more

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  • Social Context, Policies, And Changes In Singapore: Beyond The First 50 Years

    by Intan Azura Mokhtar, Yaacob Ibrahim ...
    This book is a collection of essays by thought and advocacy leaders, policymakers, and academics in Singapore who have been and are in positions of influence in shaping social policies, and hence the social context, in the country. These essays are meant to initiate discussion, promote debate and broaden understanding of the social issues at play, the challenges faced, and the trade-offs involved ... Read more

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