Governing the Commons in China (Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy)

<p>The idea of 'the commons' is a long-standing concept in the English-speaking world and in English law. A similar concept occurs in China. How different from or similar to the English idea of ‘the commons’ is the idea in China; and how is the concept applied? This book explores this important subject. It examines the subject from a philosophical and theoretical perspective; considers ‘the commons’ widely, including tangible commons of resources, intangible commons of culture, identity and social capital, and institutional commons of welfare, security and public goods; and goes on to examine the concept as it applies to the hydropower developments along the Lancang River, outlining the different competing interests of local people, central and provincial government, and environmental considerations. It argues that the concept of ‘the commons’ in China is dual-dimensional, with a vertical dimension of ‘public authority’ and a horizontal dimension of ‘commonly sharing’, that power structures in China have often been flexible and polycentric, and that, correctly applied, this approach will do much to serve the common interest of the people, ensuring positive impacts for shared prosperity for multiple stakeholders, whilst mitigating the negative impacts involved in the delivery of such positive impacts.</p>

Zhang, Yan

Reference

Routledge

<p>Written by distinguished Chinese academics, this book provides a unique and rare insight into the development of the modern Chinese economy.</p>
<p>The authors identify three major factors in the growth of the Chinese economy: economic decentralization and political centralization; the urban-rural divide; and relational society. These are explored in depth via analyses of factors including urban and rural economic development and their political and social foundations, industrial agglomeration, transitions of public services and governmental responsibilities towards them and developmental imbalances and mechanisms. It is illustrated that whilst contemporary China has obviously made great economic strides, a wide variety of problems are accumulating over time. The book concludes that following three decades of high economic growth, China now faces great challenges for sustainable growth, and the institutions of China's economy have reached a critical point. Strategies for dealing with these challenges and requirements for the successful future development of China are thus prescribed.</p>
<p>This fascinating book will provide a stimulating read for scholars, students and researchers in the fields of Asian studies, economics and development.</p>
<p><b>Contents</b>: 1. Introduction: The Reform and Opening-up of a Large, Developing Country 2. Political and Social Foundations of Economic Development 3. Urban and Rural Economic Development During the Process of Urbanization and Industrialization 4. Industrial Agglomeration in the Process of Globalization and Regional Economic Development 5. Transitions of Public Services and Government Responsibilities During the Marketization Process 6. Developmental Imbalances and Mechanisms for Improving the Market System 7. Appropriate Institutions and Sustainable Growth: China's Development and its Worldwide Significance References Index</p>

China’s Economic Development: Institutions, Growth and Imbalances

Business & Money

Ming, Lu

Chen, Zhao

Wang, Yongqin

Zhang, Yuan

Luo, Changyuan

Economics

Edward Elgar Publishing

The idea of 'the commons' is a long-standing concept in the English-speaking world and in English law. A similar concept occurs in China. How different from or similar to the English idea of ‘the commons’ is the idea in China; and how is the concept applied? This book explores this important subject. It examines the subject from a philosophical and theoretical perspective; considers ‘the commons’ widely, including tangible commons of resources, intangible commons of culture, identity and social capital, and institutional commons of welfare, security and public goods; and goes on to examine the concept as it applies to the hydropower developments along the Lancang River, outlining the different competing interests of local people, central and provincial government, and environmental considerations. It argues that the concept of ‘the commons’ in China is dual-dimensional, with a vertical dimension of ‘public authority’ and a horizontal dimension of ‘commonly sharing’, that power structures in China have often been flexible and polycentric, and that, correctly applied, this approach will do much to serve the common interest of the people, ensuring positive impacts for shared prosperity for multiple stakeholders, whilst mitigating the negative impacts involved in the delivery of such positive impacts.

<p>This is an open access book. <div><br /></div> <div> <div>It offers comprehensive, self-contained knowledge on Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), which is a very promising technology for achieving intelligence in the next-generation wireless communications and computing networks.</div> <div>The book starts with the basic concepts, key techniques and network architectures of MEC. Then, we present the wide applications of MEC, including edge caching, 6G networks, Internet of Vehicles, and UAVs. In the last part, we present new opportunities when MEC meets blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and distributed machine learning (e.g., federated learning). We also identify the emerging applications of MEC in pandemic, industrial Internet of Things and disaster management.</div> <div>The book allows an easy cross-reference owing to the broad coverage on both the principle and applications of MEC. The book is written for people interested in communications and computer networks at all levels. The primary audience includes senior undergraduates, postgraduates, educators, scientists, researchers, developers, engineers, innovators and research strategists.</div> </div> <div><br /></div></p>

Mobile Edge Computing (Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing)

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

Springer

<p><p>Co-authored by the discoverer of the piezotronic effect, this book is a fundamental and comprehensive survey of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics. Piezotronics is a term broadly applied to devices fabricated using the piezopotential as a "gate" voltage to tune/control charge carrier transport at a contact or junction. The piezo-phototronic effect describes the use of the piezopotential to control the carrier generation, transport, separation and/or recombination for improving the performance of optoelectronic devices. The book first introduces the theory of the piezotronic effect and its applications in transistors, sensors, and catalysis. Subsequent chapters comprehensively cover the fundamentals of the piezo-phototronic effect and its impacts on photon sensors, solar cells, and LEDs.</p> <p>The updated and significantly expanded second edition covers the most recent advances and breakthroughs in this field over the last decade -- gas, chemical, and biological nanosensors; quantum dots, wells, and wires; piezocatalysis; the piezo-photonic effect; and the pyro-phototronic effect. This seminal book serves as a basic text for scientists and students in the field of piezotronic devices and third-generation semiconductors.</p> <div><br /></div></p>

Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototronics: Applications to Third-Generation Semiconductors (Microtechnology and MEMS)

Science & Math

Wang, Zhong-lin

Hu, Weiguo

Chemistry

Digital Twin: Architectures, Networks, and Applications (Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing, 16)

Computer Science

The book mainly introduces the basic concepts of social statistics, the history of development, application guidelines, and working procedures and gives a detailed and systematic explanation of the univariate simplification, measures of the centralized and dispersion tendency, probability distribution, parameter estimation, non-parametric tests, correlation and regression analysis, analysis of variance and other statistical methods. The book focuses on integrating the integrality of knowledge systems with the easy-to-digest and gradual continuity in teaching and specially emphases on the relation of the social statistics with another main course - social survey and research methods, and lays stress on error analysis. Meanwhile, the symbols arrangement, concept interpretation, graphics allocation and examples selection are echoed with each other and fused together, so the book is available to teach and study.

Social Statistics (Chinese Edition)

Higher Education Press

Pub Date: 2014-08-01 Pages: 296 Language: Chinese Publisher: Higher Education Press Visual FoxPro database tutorial Jiangsu Province College of Computer Rank Examination supporting materials second five key textbook colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province. according to Jiangsu Provincial Higher non-computer science students basic computer knowledge and ability level of syllabus in two Visual FoxPro exam requirements to write. The book is about the basic concepts with Visual FoxPro system. basic operations and programming method to start each chapter with the same database table as an example to explain the use of Visual FoxPro application system and database development skills. comprehensive. rich examples. language fluency. illustrated. easy to understand. not only has a strong practical. but also meet the needs of computer grade examination. Visual FoxPro database tu...

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TOEFL listening - with 1 CD (Chinese Edition)

Test Preparation

TOEFL & TOEIC

China Machine Press

<p>Written by Zhang Yan, this book takes the popular topics and typical questions in TOEFL Listening as the main line to lead the examinees to analyze the logical structure, key words and sentences and subject options of the listening passages for the purpose of helping them to improve the TOEFL listening ability.</p>

TOEFL Listening High Score Notes

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