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In Environmental Sustainability in Asia Publication - Series on Cambodia
In this book chapter, the authors provide a comprehensive understanding on: (i) the current status of Tonle Sap Lake water environment, (ii) human-induced and global environmental change impacts on the livelihoods of local communities on and around TSL, and (iii) the expected contribution of the SATREPS project to address these challenges through...
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In 国際開発学事典
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国際開発学会設立30周年記念事業。火種にならない国際支援、人的支援を含む効率的な援助とは何か。現地とどのように合意形成を行うか。諸分野にまたがる国際開発学を写真や図を交えながらそれぞれの専門家が1項目2pで解説。経済学・政治学・社会学・人類学・医学・教育学・経営学・農学・工学・法学などにまたがる国際開発学の全貌を概観できる。「読み物として、背景や事例を論じつつ説明してくれる」事典。そのうちの廃棄物管理について、開発途上国及び中進国の現状、課題及び対策について説明。
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In Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia
Developing Asia’s growing demand for fossil fuels not only adds pressure on the domestic economy of each country due to higher energy bills but also strangulates the region’s environmental health with the growing emissions. The need for poverty reduction and economic development together forcing the region to continue to depend heavily on...
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In Coastal Management: Global Challenges and Innovations
Author:
Rajib
Shaw
Mrittika
Basu
Salinity is one of the major drivers of environmental change and a persistent stressor in coastal areas, often resulting from prolonged storm and tidal surge flooding. Especially in case of the Asian Mega Deltas, where vast number of communities depends on coastal agriculture as sole livelihood, salinity is compounding as an immediate as well as...
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In SDGsの基礎
2016年1月にSDGs(持続可能な開発目標)の取組み期間が開始し、世界中で注目を高めています。とりわけ企業で、経営の中枢に据えることが想定されています。CSR経営・CSV経営の延長としての位置づけはもちろんのこと、社会的責任としての取組みのみならず、社会課題を、収益事業として取組むこと(本業化)も期待されています。そのような側面からも、SDGsをどのように捉え、どのように取組むべきかの道しるべが待望されています。 出版社の本書紹介ページ https://www.sendenkaigi.com/books/media-pr/detail.php?id=16800
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In Devising a Clean Energy Strategy for Asian Cities
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According to UN projections, cities will be home to 60% of the world’s population by 2030. Cities are likely to play an increasingly significant role in improving energy efficiency and decreasing emissions, and constitute platforms of vital importance with respect to the development of global culture, economy, innovation, investment, and...
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In Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia
Author:
Farzad
Taheripour
Thomas
Hertel
Badri Narayanan
Gopalakrishnan
Sebnem
Sahin
Anil
Markandya
In this chapter we first examined the impacts of changes in the irrigated and rain fed crops yields induced by climate change on the demand for water. We looked at the impacts of climate change on crop yields and found they vary across crops and agro ecological zones. In this experiment, we showed that, if water for irrigation is not limited...
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In Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia
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This chapter surveys the landscape of regional governance for sustainability in Asia, focusing on government-related regional and sub-regional institutions and cooperation frameworks related to the environment. Many of these frameworks include multi-stakeholder participation of non-governmental actors, but this chapter does not survey non...
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In 小さな地球の大きな世界:プラネタリー・バウンダリーと持続可能な開発
Translator:
ヨハン・ロックストローム氏とマティアス・クルム氏が2015 年に出版したBig World Small Planet: Abundance within Planetary Boundaries(Bokforlaget Max Strom)の第3章翻訳である.
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In 小さな地球の大きな世界:プラネタリー・バウンダリーと持続可能な開発
Translator:
ヨハン・ロックストローム氏とマティアス・クルム氏が2015 年に出版したBig World Small Planet: Abundance within Planetary Boundaries(Bokforlaget Max Strom)の第4章翻訳である.