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This open access book introduces the function, implementation and governance of green infrastructure in Japan and other countries where lands are geologically fragile and climatologically susceptible to climate change. It proposes green infrastructure as an adaptation strategy for climate change and biodiversity conservation. In the face of climate change, dams, levees and floodways built as disaster prevention facilities do not sufficiently function against extraordinary events such as mega-floods and tsunami disasters. To prevent those disasters and loss of biodiversity in various ecosystems, we should shift from conventional hard measures to more adaptive strategies using various functions that natural and semi-natural ecosystems provide. Green infrastructure is an interconnected network of waterways, wetlands, woodlands, wildlife habitats and other natural areas that support native species, maintain natural ecological processes, sustain air and water resources and contribute to the health and quality of life for communities and people. Green infrastructure has mainly been discussed from adaptation strategy perspectives in cities and urban areas. However, to protect cities, which are generally situated at downstream lower elevations, we explore the preservation and restoration of forests at headwater basins and wetlands along rivers from a catchment perspective. In addition, the quantitative examination of flood risk, biodiversity, and social-economic benefits described in this book brings new perspectives to the discussion. The aim of this book is to accelerate the transformative changes from gray-based adaptation strategies to green- or hybrid-based strategies to adapt to climate change. The book provides essential information on the structure, function, and maintenance of green infrastructure for scientists, university students, government officers, and practitioners.

Climatic changes --- Green technology. --- Economic aspects. --- Government policy. --- Earth-friendly technology --- Environmental technology --- Technology --- Open Access --- Green infrastructure --- Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction --- Climate change --- Adaptation strategy --- Flood --- Tsunami --- Hybrid-infrastructure --- Ecotecnologia --- Canvi climàtic --- Condicions econòmiques --- Política ambiental

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This book examines the contribution of Vocational Education and Training to advancing human development and reducing inequality. It uses the example of Palestine as case-study rich in multi-layered inequalities, some of which are experienced in the region and worldwide, while others are specific to adverse conditions. The case of Palestine provides fertile ground for understanding inequality and human development, and for echoing the developed knowledge through to the understanding of Vocational Education and Training and Human Development globally. The book brings original theoretical approaches, evidence of the value of Vocational Education and Training, and contributes to academic debates, as well as provides empirical evidence for practitioners and donor community.

Sociology of education --- Teaching --- Technical, artistic and vocational education --- Higher education --- Personnel management --- aansluiting onderwijs-arbeidsmarkt --- bedrijfsopleidingen --- onderwijs --- beroepsopleiding --- HRM (human resource management) --- onderwijssociologie --- professionaliteit --- levenslang leren --- hoger beroepsonderwijs --- Technical education. --- Vocational education. --- Ensenyament tècnic --- Condicions econòmiques --- Condicions socials --- Palestina

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This volume presents current developments in the field of finance from an emerging markets perspective. Featuring most of the contributions presented at the second International Conference on Economics and Finance (ICEF-2020), Goa, India, this volume serves as a valuable forum for discussing financial performance and well-being, economic policy uncertainty, efficiency of commodity markets and various recent trends in the banking and financial sector. It provides an analysis of the current state of the financial sector and proposes solutions to challenging topics including bankruptcy, audit quality and liquidity crises. Popular topics such as cryptocurrency, stock market volatility and board governance are also covered.

International finance. --- Capital market. --- Finance. --- International Finance. --- Capital Markets. --- Finance, general. --- International monetary system --- International money --- Finance --- International economic relations --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Currency question --- Capital markets --- Market, Capital --- Financial institutions --- Loans --- Money market --- Securities --- Crowding out (Economics) --- Efficient market theory --- International finance --- Developing countries --- Economic conditions --- Finances internacionals --- Condicions econòmiques --- Països desenvolupats

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Educació ambiental --- Canvi climàtic --- Condicions socials --- Condicions econòmiques --- Activitat econòmica --- Aspectes econòmics --- Condicions socioeconòmiques --- Situació econòmica --- Vida econòmica --- Creixement econòmic --- Cost de la vida --- Aspectes socials --- Qüestions socials --- Situació social --- Desenvolupament social --- Condicions rurals --- Situació legal --- Canvis climàtics --- Canvi climàtic global --- Cicles climàtics --- Fluctuacions climàtiques --- Oscil·lacions climàtiques --- Variacions climàtiques --- Climatologia --- Degradació ambiental --- Desertització --- Canvi mediambiental global --- Dendroclimatologia --- Escalfament global --- Paleoclimatologia --- Temperatura atmosfèrica --- Educació ecològica --- Educació mediambiental --- Educació --- Alfabetització ambiental --- Colònies escolars --- Climate and civilization. --- Civilization and climate --- Civilization --- Climatology

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This book offers a systematic, sectoral, and in-depth Marxist perspective of critical political economy in higher education. It offers an original method of analysis of higher education as a field of capitalist production, grounded at the intersection of mainstream higher education research and contemporary debates in Marxist theories. At the same time, it imbues a political perspective based on the embedding of higher education within the wider social network of antagonistic relations that traverse the capitalist economy at large. Krystian Szadkowski is Assistant Professor in the Scholarly Communication Research Group at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. .

Education, Higher. --- Marxian school of sociology. --- Education and state. --- Higher Education. --- Marxist Sociology. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Education --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Marxian sociology --- Marxist sociology --- Sociology, Marxian --- Sociology, Marxist --- Communism and society --- Schools of sociology --- Frankfurt school of sociology --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Government policy --- Educació superior --- Economia marxista --- Condicions econòmiques