Download or read book Sustaining the Asia Pacific Miracle written by André Dua and published by Peterson Institute for International Economics. This book was released on 1997 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asia Pacific countries have experienced extraordinary economic growth in recent years. But the region also suffers from choking air pollution, fouled water, ravaged forests, depleted fisheries, and other environmental problems.Eager to promote further growth, governments in the region have embarked on an ambitious program of economic integration through the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. In this volume, Dua and Esty argue that APEC's trade and investment liberalization can be compatible with environmental protection. They stress, moreover, that true prosperity and the APEC vision of a "community of Asia Pacific economies" cannot be achieved without attention to public health and ecological threats, resource management issues, and tensions at the economy-environment interface. The authors identify the issues that must be dealt with internationally and propose an ambitious environmental action agenda for APEC that would play an important role in that strategy.
Download or read book The Pacific written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asia Pacific written by Raymond Frederick Watters and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great processes reshaping our world today can be summed up by the term "globalisation". Together with the communications revolution and massive urbanisation, it is reshaping theorganisation of global space. It is illustrated by technological change, pronounced economic growth, the dominance of giant corporations, ever more open markets and universal consumption. Dramatic developments have occurred in Asia-Pacific trade, investment, labour movements and political cooperation, marked for example by APEC, a giant free-trade area designed to encompass about 60% of the world's population and half the world's economy.
Download or read book Paradise of the Pacific written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America written by Jane Iwamura and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diverse. Through them Asian traditions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Confucianism, and Buddhism have been introduced into every major city and across a wide swath of Middle America. The contributors to this volume provide an essential inter-disciplinary resource for the study of Asian and Pacific Islander American religion.
Download or read book Pacific Century written by Mark Borthwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of the international financial system in the development of Pacific Asia and, conversely, the region's growing influence on North America and the world economy. It looks at the distant future, being devoted primarily to understanding the emergence of modern Pacific Asia.
Download or read book Development and Structural Change in Asia Pacific written by Martin Andersson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors consider how the Asia-Pacific economies have developed since the financial crises and highlight two inter-related themes: the effect of global forces on the national Asian economies and the different development paths of these economies as they jointly enter this new phase. Questions raised by the book include: * is globalization a threat to development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific or did globalization rather facilitate and accelerate the pace of industrialization among late industrializers in the region? * is there a single Asia-Pacific development model or did the crisis show this to be false? * did the financial crisis reveal structural weaknesses in an Asia-Pacific state-led model or was state leadership already in demise? Development and Structural Change in Asia-Pacific provides a useful and relevant account of how the global economy has led to structural changes within Asian economies
Download or read book Adrift in Pacific and Other Adventure Tales 17 Books in One Volume Illustrated written by Jules Verne and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 3665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: “Adrift in Pacific and Other Adventure Tales – 17 Books in One Volume (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Adrift in Pacific or, Two Years' Vacation Michael Strogoff: or, The Courier of the Czar The Blockade Runners Tribulations of a Chinaman in China The Castle of the Carpathians César Cascabel Kéraban the Inflexible Mistress Branican North Against South or, Texar's Revenge The Begum's Fortune The Flight to France or, The Memoirs of a Dragoon Facing the Flag Green Ray The Star of the South or, The Vanished Diamond Ticket No. “9672” or, The Lottery Ticket The Waif of the "Cynthia" The Fur Country Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of science fiction. A true visionary with an extraordinary talent for writing adventure stories, his writings incorporated the latest scientific knowledge of his day and envisioned technological developments that were years ahead of their time. Verne wrote about undersea, air, and space travel long before any navigable or practical craft were invented. Verne wrote over 50 novels and numerous short stories.
Download or read book Pacific Automobilism written by Gijs Mom and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in mobility cultures around the world, as the West’s media-driven car culture has contrasted with existing local mobilities, from rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures, the car as an ‘adventure machine’ seems to lose cultural influence in favor of the car’s status character.
Download or read book Economic Development in Pacific Asia written by Hafiz A. Akhand and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an accessible and wide ranging assessment of the existing evidence and current arguments on East Asian economic development.
Download or read book The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific written by Michael K. Connors and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Mining in the Asia Pacific written by Terry O’Callaghan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the most comprehensive survey of mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the resources industry in the Asia-Pacific region today, and presents new theoretical and practical insights into the political and business risks faced by mining companies operating in the region from both academic and corporate perspectives. It focuses on the exploration, production and trade of the principal commodities coal, iron ore, uranium, oil and gas, and gold, as well as the emerging commodities unconventional gas and rare earth minerals, provides the reader with a valuable understanding of resource activity in the region. In addition, it also integrates and draws attention to eight key issue areas which have the potential to pose significant risks, challenges and opportunities for the industry going forward, which include sustainable development, resource governance and economic contributions, declining ore grades and territorial expansion, community aspects of mining, mining and indigenous peoples, climate change, and impact assessment. The contributors to this volume are experts in their respective fields, and the diversity of voices makes this book a must read for scholars, industry participants, investors and policy-makers with an interest in mining in the Asia-Pacific.
Download or read book The Pacific Monthly written by William Bittle Wells and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Pacific Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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