Download or read book Quality of Life Indicators and Policy Strategies to Advance Sustainability in the Pearl River Delta written by Debra S. Knopman and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report proposes a set of land use and transportation goals and strategies and an accompanying system of indicators to characterize and monitor quality of life in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) of Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China. Goals, strategies, and indicators are also developed in less detail for the environment, housing, and economic development policy areas. The purpose of the indicator system is to provide an analytical foundation for guiding policy choices that strike a balance between meeting residents' needs and at the same time attracting new employers and employees to the region. The indicator system is designed to be flexible enough to work at the provincial, municipal, and district/county levels of government. Indicators are placed within a decision framework that first defines regional challenges, policy goals to meet those challenges, and strategies to address policy goals. The report identifies 12 challenges and proposes 21 goals and 53 strategies to address the challenges, as well as a set of 85 indicators to monitor progress. The authors prioritize strategies based on their likely impact on progress toward goals, degree of difficulty, and time required to put the strategy in place."--Back cover.
Download or read book River Deltas Research written by Andrew J. Manning and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River deltas are among the most sensitive and widely exploited territories habitats on Earth. Although predominantly shallow aquatic environments, river deltas are extremely important environments socioeconomically and their usage places ever-increasing stresses on these habitats, especially where there is any anthropogenic involvement. The effective governance and administration of river delta regions often requires an intricate scientific understanding of the various contributary natural processes. River Deltas Research - Recent Advances is a book that draws on the most recent world-class scientific research on river delta topics including climate change, water quality, geomorphology, anthropogenic stresses, water quality, sedimentation, ecosystems, and many more. The research was carried out by researchers who specialise in the river deltas and related issues.
Download or read book Community Quality of Life Indicators Best Cases IV written by M. Joseph Sirgy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community indicators projects are plentiful. These projects capture the quality of life in towns, cities, counties, metropolitan regions, and larger geographic regions. Community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators are increasingly being integrated into overallplanningandotherpublicpolicyactivities.Thecommunityindicatorsproject reports are used not only in monitoring and evaluation applications but also in the context of increasing citizen participation in guiding communities towards achieving desired goals. This is the fourth book in a series covering best practices in community QOL indicators. Each volume presents individual cases (chapters) of communities at the local or regional levels that have designed and implemented community indi- tors programs. In Volume IV, we present nine chapters from a variety of contexts: cities such as the City of Phoenix (Arizona, USA), Jacksonville (Florida, USA), and Bristol (UK), suburban communities areas such as Long Island (New York, USA) and Sydney (Australia), larger regions such as Vancouver (Canada), and townships such as Sobantu (South Africa).
Download or read book Resources and Development of the Pearl River Delta written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quality of Life Indicators written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Industrialization of the Pearl River Delta Minimizing Its Environmental and Social Impact written by Lawrence Tsang and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Quality of Life Indicators written by Frank Ridzi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the tradition now established since 2006, of compiling excellent research into the practice and application of community indicators in a single source volume. It focuses on the theme of the Community Indicators Consortium 2020 Summit, as a significant venue for the advancement of the practice and theory of community indicators work. It covers the conference's theme of “community resilience”, which is the capacity of all of a community’s elements to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience. In keeping with the practical, “best cases” emphasis of this book series, the editors incorporate a case-based approach to chapters discussing how specific indicators, indices or series of indicators can lead to better decisions and outcomes to help communities adapt and transform in the face of challenges, helping them prepare for both the expected and the unexpected to sustain and improve quality of life, including technology and open source approaches to data sharing and data-focussed collaboration; evolving approaches that use shared indicators to improve overall community well-being and quality of life; research related to community indicators and policy, application, research, and/or practice; and techniques and approaches to measure resilience. This volume is of interest to social scientists, management professionals, social workers and policy makers working on various aspects of community indicators of quality of life and well-being. Chapter “The Cost of Sea Level Rise for the Island Community of Vinalhaven, Maine: Spurring action through collaborative data analysis” is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). For further details see licence information in the chapters.
Download or read book Community Quality of Life Indicators Best Cases V written by M. Joseph Sirgy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proposed book is a sequel to volume 1-4 of Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. The first volume, Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases was edited by M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, and Dong-Jin Lee and published in 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Social Indicators Research Book Series (volume 22). The second volume, Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases II was edited by M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, and David Swain and published in published in 2006 by Springer in the Social Indicators Research Book Series (volume 28). The third and fourth volumes, Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III and Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV, were edited also by M. Joseph Sirgy, Rhonda Phillips, and Don Rahtz and published in 2009 by Springer in the ISQOLS Community Quality-of-Life Indicators Best Cases Book Series (volumes 1 and 2).
Download or read book The Quality of Life Concept written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Development in the United States written by U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Calvert Henderson Quality of Life Indicators written by Hazel Henderson and published by HP Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 15 essays which relate social, economic and environmental issues to 12 distinct domains of quality of life.
Download or read book Community Quality of Life Indicators Best Cases III written by M. Joseph Sirgy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-21 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators continue to gain attention and interest in their use as many communities and regions design and apply them. Evolving from early use as data systems, indicators are increasingly being integrated into overall planning and other public policy activities. Their use is found not only in monitoring and evaluation applications, but also in the context of increasing citizen partici- tion in guiding communities towards achieving desired goals. Indeed, the emphasis in many indicator applications now includes linking actions to outcomes – making sure that the indicators are integrated, useful and effective in helping communities address QOL issues. The use of QOL indicators to consider a full spectrum of c- munity and regional well-being is exciting and the focus on integration is certain to bring new and innovative applications to the forefront. This is the third book in a series covering best practices in community QOL indicators. Each volume presents individual cases (chapters) of communities at the local or regional levels that have designed and implemented community indicators programs. In Volume I, we present eight chapters from a variety of contexts – from the county level in the U. S. , to the large megalopolis of Sao Paulo, to looking at a cross section of communities throughout Europe. Also included are three chapters from Canada, a leader in applying community indicator systems.
Download or read book Study on Sustainable Development for the 21st Century written by ERM-Hong Kong, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Sard in the Pearl River Delta Region and China s Accession to the Wto written by Pun-Ho Chan and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) in the Pearl River Delta Region and China's Accession to the WTO" by Pun-ho, Chan, 陳本好, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of the thesis entitled "Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) in the Pearl River Delta Region and China's Accession to the WTO" submitted by Chan Pun Ho for the degree of Master of Philosophy at The University of Hong Kong in December 2003 China's 1978 Open Door Policy and the associated economic and rural reforms have affected agriculture and rural developments in the PRDR. With specific reference to six "original" and "self-developed" assessment principles derived from a synthesized theoretical framework of sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD), Agenda 21 and China's Agenda 21, it is found that SARD cannot be fully achieved in the Delta region before China's accession to the WTO (1979-2000). The key SARD component of "relative self-sufficiency of agricultural production" was not considered in the national and provincial Ninth (1996-2000) and Tenth (2001-2005) Five-Year Plans. Furthermore, those agricultural and rural legislations, embedding the idea of "sustainability," have not been enforced properly at local levels. As a result of few consultation channels and absence of civic education among the rural people, they have been inactive to express ideas in rural policy-making. For the local officials, in order to get promoted, they have only pursued economic growth in the region and they have not been well-trained in rural resources management and environmental protection. Inadequate supplies of modern machinery and facilities have led to low quality production systems of seeds and breeds. Although education and training programs on the practices of science and technology in sustainable agriculture have been provided for the rural people, the number of local agricultural scientists has been small, hindering the developments of science and technology for SARD. The converted "marginal land" is neither fertile nor productive, rather unsuitable for farming. Since December 11, 2001, China has become one of the 146 WTO members. Her WTO accession marks another turning point for agriculture and ruraldevelopment in the PRDR. Referring to the SARD assessment principles, the accomplishment of SARD in the PRDR may be enhanced after China's entry into the WTO. Existing and new laws, integrated with the idea of "sustainability," will be further revised and made in consistence with the WTO rules. There will probably be more FDIs, and hence bringing in advanced foreign science and technology, and scientists in the PRDR. More education and training on SARD and the WTO rules will be given to government officials and local residents. Making the best use of "green box" policies, monetary and technical supports from the provincial and local governments on the reinforcement of SARD will be further provided for the farmers. Although SARD may be promoted in the region after China's WTO accession, the attainment of SARD is not complete. It is suggested that rural community and social groups should be involved in rural policy-making. Besides, environmental and political education should be extended to kindergarten level. In addition, sustainable farming practices should be advocated through various schemes and legislations. Moreover, employment guarantee schemes should be established to provide social safety nets for the rural unemployed. DOI: 10.5353/th_b2928839 Subjects: Sustainable agriculture -...
Download or read book The Impact of National and Regional Policy on the Transformation of Pearl River Delta written by Katharyne Wilcox Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pearl River Delta The Facts and Figures written by InvestHK. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quality of Life Counts written by and published by Department of Environment Transport and Regions. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
