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  • Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century

    by Abhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond ...
    Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk ... Read more

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  • Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition

    The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

    by Dan Ariely ...
    The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics ... Read more

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  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution

    by Klaus Schwab ...
    World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are ... Read more

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  • How Economics Explains the World

    A Short History of Humanity

    by Andrew Leigh ...
    “If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world—all in under 200 pagesOne of The Economist's Best Books of the YearIn How ... Read more

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  • Co-operatives for Sustainable Communities

    by Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network ...
    Editors: Leslie Brown, Chiara Carini, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Lou Hammond Ketilson, Elizabeth Hicks, John McNamara, Sonja Novkovic, Daphne Rixon and Richard Simmons.The Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network and the Centre of Excellence in Accounting and Reporting for Co-operatives joined forces to organize an international conference, focused on how and why co-operatives assess ... Read more

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  • Think Like a Freak

    The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

    by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...
    The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and ... Read more

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  • The Age of Sustainability

    Just Transitions in a Complex World

    by Mark Swilling ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
    With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying dynamics of the transitions that are unfolding. Without this understanding, we enter the future in a state of informed bewilderment.Every day we are bombarded by reports about ecosystem breakdown, social conflict, economic stagnation and a crisis of identity. There is mounting ... Read more

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  • Blue Ocean Strategy with Harvard Business Review Classic Articles “Blue Ocean Leadership” and “Red Ocean Traps” (3 Books)

    by W. Chan Kim, Renée A. Mauborgne ...
    Chart a path to creating uncontested market space and winning the future. This collection of work by globally preeminent management thinkers W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne brings together their perennial bestseller book Blue Ocean Strategy with their classic articles “Blue Ocean Leadership” and “Red Ocean Traps.”Blue Ocean Strategy, the global phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies and is ... Read more

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  • Breaking Economic No-Growth

    by Hak Choi ...
    Series Book 8 - Profit Economics Series
    What is Economic Growth? GDP growth? But when there is no consumption, what is the purpose of growth. Optimal consumption? But when all resources are consumed, what else is left for growth?What is Economic Development? Birth control, industrialization, or capital deepening? Is Economic Development different from Economic Growth?What is steady state, golden rule, endogenous growth, phase diagram or ... Read more

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  • The Super Age

    Decoding Our Demographic Destiny

    by Bradley Schurman ...
    A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age—when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen—and explores what it could mean for our collective future.Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much of the developed world will have at ... Read more

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  • Capital and Ideology

    by Thomas Piketty ...
    Translated by Arthur Goldhammer ...
    The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system.Thomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Development Engineering

    A Framework with Applications from the Field

    Edited by Temina Madon, Ashok J. Gadgil, Richard Anderson, Lorenzo Casaburi, Kenneth Lee, Arman Rezaee ...
    This open access textbook introduces the emerging field of Development Engineering and its constituent theories, methods, and applications. It is both a teaching text for students and a resource for researchers and practitioners engaged in the design and scaling of technologies for low-resource communities. The scope is broad, ranging from the development of mobile applications for low-literacy ... Read more

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  • Development Management

    Theory and practice

    Edited by Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain, Asad K. Ghalib, Christopher J. Rees, Aminu Mamman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Despite significant financial investments, the rate of development and pace of poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries has not always matched expectations. Development management typically involves complex interactions between governmental and non-governmental organisations, donors and members of the public, and can be difficult to navigate.This volume brings together a group of ... Read more

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  • Read Write Own：開啟WEB3新局的區塊鏈網路趨勢與潛能

    Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

    by 克里斯‧狄克森, Chris Dixon ...
    Translated by 劉維人 ...
    Series series 財經企管
    《紐約時報》、《今日美國》、亞馬遜書店暢銷書《區塊勢》創辦人許明恩審定全球最佳新創投資人、科技創業家克里斯．狄克森分析區塊鏈如何影響每個人，並重塑網際網路的未來克里斯．狄克森是深具影響力的科技創業家暨新創投資人，他不只是a16z的合夥人，更創辦a16z crypto，專門投資加密貨幣與區塊鏈科技，引領資產成長將近25倍，榮登《富比士》雜誌全球最佳創投業者Midas List 榜首，是科技業盛名遠播的意見領袖。現今的網際網路已嚴重背離最初的分散、民主願景，落入蘋果、Google與臉書等少數科技巨頭的控制，不再孕育創新、連結與自由的精神。狄克森是科技夢想家，他認為想要翻轉控制、推動革新並非不可能，區塊鏈網路正是 我們的希望。在這本書中，他將25年堅實的產業經驗，凝鍊成條理清晰、充滿遠見的... ... Read more

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  • Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment in California

    by Jesse M. Keenan ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
    This book serves as a guide for local governments and private enterprises as they navigate the unchartered waters of investing in climate change adaptation and resilience. This book serves not only as a resource guide for identifying potential funding sources but also as a roadmap for asset management and public finance processes. It highlights practical synergies between funding mechanisms, as ... Read more

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  • Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction

    Managing Disasters in Small Steps

    by Malcolm G. Anderson, Elizabeth Holcombe ...
    Series series World Bank Training Series
    Many areas of the world are at risk from landslides and their consequences; rainfall-triggered landslides particularly affect developing countries in the tropics. Rapid urbanization and the associated growth of unauthorized and densely populated communities in hazardous locations, such as steep slopes, are powerful drivers in a cycle of disaster risk accumulation. Frequently, it is the most ... Read more

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  • Social Innovation in Higher Education

    Landscape, Practices, and Opportunities

    Edited by Carmen Păunescu, Katri-Liis Lepik, Nicholas Spencer ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional ... Read more

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  • The Bottom Billion

    Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

    by Paul Collier ...
    In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The book shines much-needed light on this group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, that are dropping further and further behind ... Read more

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  • How to Stop the World - How Over-Regulation, Over-Taxation and Crony Capitalism are Preventing the Growth of the American Economy

    by Paul J. Ossowski ...
    Since the 2008 recession the American economy has grown at a rate of less than 2% per year. This is far less than the growth rate after any other recession since World War II. Why is this happening? We are over-taxing, over-regulating and allowing crony capitalism to get in the way. This book explores the infrastructure and system of laws that are necessary for a successful modern economy. It ... Read more

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  • Individual Empowerment

    A Way to a Better Future

    by Eric Gribble ...
    Individual Empowerment: A Way to A Better Futureby Eric Gribble is a must-read for anyone searching foranswers to the most important issues of our survivalon Planet Earth.-Reader's Favorite MostAustralians look at politicians with disdain, but they continue to expect the government to solve their problems. Concerns include a social breakdown, an approaching climate calamity, loss of genetic ... Read more

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  • The Middle-Class Revolution

    A Meritocratic Strategy for the 21st Century

    by László György, Viktor Orbán ...
    'What sets this Hungarian school apart is its ability to sift the timeless from the timeworn. It does not cling to obsolete dogmas; rather, it rediscovers enduring truths too often overlooked by modern economics: that policy exists not for growth alone, but for prosperity that reaches real people.'Viktor OrbánPrime Minister of HungaryA timely and thought-provoking book, The Middle-Class Revolution ... Read more

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  • Understanding Poverty

    Edited by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Roland Benabou, Dilip Mookherjee ...
    Understanding poverty and what to do about it, is perhaps the central concern of all of economics. Yet the lay public almost never gets to hear what leading professional economists have to say about it. This volume brings together twenty-eight essays by some of the world leaders in the field, who were invited to tell the lay reader about the most important things they have learnt from their ... Read more

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  • Unlikely Partners

    Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China

    by Julian Gewirtz ...
    Unlikely Partners recounts the story of how Chinese politicians and intellectuals looked beyond their country’s borders for economic guidance at a key crossroads in the nation’s tumultuous twentieth century. Julian Gewirtz offers a dramatic tale of competition for influence between reformers and hardline conservatives during the Deng Xiaoping era, bringing to light China’s productive exchanges ... Read more

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  • The Economics of Uniqueness: Investing in Historic City Cores and Cultural Heritage Assets for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Guido Licciardi, Rana Amirtahmasebi ...
    In a world where half of the population lives in cities and more than 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world, cities struggle to modernize without completely losing their unique character, which is embodied by their historic cores and cultural heritage assets. As countries develop, cultural heritage can provide a crucial element of continuity and stability: the past can ... Read more

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