Economic Tsunami X-Treme
Author : Kenneth White
Publisher : Choice iii Media Group
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release :
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 098011392X
Extreme Economies
Author : Richard Davies
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9781784163259
Book Description
To predict our future, we must look to the extremes. So argues the economist Richard Davies, who takes readers to the margins of the modern economy and beyond. These extreme economies illustrate the forces that test human resilience, drive societies to failure, and promise to shape our collective future. Reviving a foundational idea from the medical sciences, Extreme Economies turns the logic of modern economics on its head by arguing that these outlier societies can teach us more about our own than we might imagine. By adapting to circumstances unimaginable to most of us, the people in these societies are pioneering the economic infrastructure of the future.
Lifelines
Author : Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 32,62 MB
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464814317
Book Description
Infrastructure—electricity, telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good quality of life. Access to basic infrastructure is also a key driver of economic development. This report lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience - the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural hazard. It focuses on four infrastructure systems that are essential to economic activity and people’s well-being: power systems, including the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; water and sanitation—especially water utilities; transport systems—multiple modes such as road, rail, waterway, and airports, and multiple scales, including urban transit and rural access; and telecommunications, including telephone and Internet connections.
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107025060
Book Description
Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda.
Recycling and Waste
Author : Ellen Labrecque
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 33,40 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1634729609
Book Description
Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, these books explore environmentalism through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. In Recycling and Waste, the text and photos look at the history, basic philosophies, and geography of this environmental issue. As they read, students will develop questions about the text, and use evidence from a variety of sources in order to form conclusions. Data-focused backmatter is included, as well as a bibliography, glossary, and index.
Aftershocks
Author : Anton Hemerijck
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9089641920
Book Description
"Aftershocks was written in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Although it would be premature to presume to identify the repercussions of the crisis, it is clear that it will have profound aftershock effects in the political, economic, and social spheres. The book contains essays based on semi-structured interviews with leading scholars, European politicians and representatives from the world of business. They reflect on the origins of the crisis as well as the possible social, economic, and political transformations it may engender."--Publisher's description.
Populations at Risk of Disaster
Author : Elena Correa
Publisher : World Bank
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2011-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821387733
Book Description
"This book is designed for governments that make decisions on the application of preventive resettlement programs a disaster risk reduction measures, as well as for institutions and professionals in charge of preparing and implementing these programs, civil society organizations participating in resettlement and risk reduction processes, and at-risk communities. The basic premises of the guide are that resettlement as a preventive measure should be incorporated in comprehensive risk reduction strategies in order to be effect; and that resettlement's objective is to protect the lives and assets of persons at risk and to improve or at least restore their living conditions"--P. x.
Why Forests? Why Now?
Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1933286865
Book Description
Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.
World Development Report 2011
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821384406
Book Description
The 2011 WDR on Conflict, Security and Development underlines the devastating impact of persistent conflict on a country or region's development prospects - noting that the 1.5 billion people living in conflict-affected areas are twice as likely to be in poverty. Its goal is to contribute concrete, practical suggestions on conflict and fragility.
X-SCM
Author : Lisa H Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136932712
Book Description
Supply chain management today has never been more complex, more dynamic or more unpredictable. The good news is that new techniques for analyzing country-level investments, network configuration and in-sourcing/out-sourcing decisions can enable more precise and effective span of control. The latest generation of network design and optimization applications has created broader opportunities to view and streamline links between supply chain network nodes. New concepts in multi-channel demand signal capture -- and in pooling and data warehousing customer signals coming into the enterprise from retail stores, websites and call centers -- can bring the enterprise closer to the customer. Emergence of practices such as multi-channel supply management and virtualized cross-enterprise inventory pools are enabling rapid response to changes in demand, creating a level of "cyber-kanban" unimaginable a few years ago. Companies can now truly respond to the pull of the market rather than the push of supply. Companies are also using advanced Business Intelligence (BI) software to mine the demand signal repository and cull critical insights for action and response. Case in point: Wal-Mart’s response to Hurricane Katrina was based on insights gained from mining community consumption trends during previous hurricanes.
