Environmental regulation in China is not really different from the rest of the world, except that environmental authorities are relatively new and less established. In order to understand why corporate environmental performance has hardly improved despite the existing regulatory…
As a country moving to a transitional economy, China has suffered from the constraints of its old market system and infrastructure. In recent years, The China Development Bank has implemented a system of developmental finance that allows government goals to unite with market mec…
This book examines and combines theories of developmental economics, institutional economics and sustainable developmental economics, to establish a theoretical framework for structural economics in China. Analysis shows that the imbalance of China's economic structure intensifi…
"This title uses surveys, statistics, and case studies to explain why and how cultural norms affect political attitudes and behavior"--
This book presents current developments in city planning and architecture in East Asia. It describes the many neighborhoods in which the region's large cities are modernizing or expanding with innovative structures and advanced construction projects. It combines a typology of pu…
The global economy has been irrevocably changed by the dramatic economic rise of their five countries collectively referred to as the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. This book plots their rise and provides a unique analysis of the patterns of structural c…
Bogen udforsker en af verdens mest komplekse og farlige maritime arenaer. Asien, strækker sig fra Aleuterne til den Persiske Bugt og er skueplads for talrige maritime territoriale stridigheder, piratangreb og terrortrusler.
China's economic growth has transformed the country from one of the poorest in the world to its second largest economy. Understanding the drivers of growth remains elusive as the country is affected by both its transition from central planning and the challenges of a developing …
