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Urban Youth Academy
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Stellenbosch University
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Thammasat University
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Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Publications
Towards Inclusive Urban Governance and Planning: Emerging Trends and Future Trajectories
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 04-05-2019
Gender Equality in Asia-Pacific: Reflections on the Beijing+25 Review
Publisher: ACCB Publishing
Date: 29-11-2020
Abstract: This article reviews the 25-year progress made in implementing the ‘Beijing Platform for Action’ and the challenges that remain towards achieving gender equality in the Asia-Pacific region. Adopted in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women, the ‘Beijing Platform for Action’ has been hailed as the most progressive policy blueprint for gender equality and women’s empowerment. In November 2019, over 600 participants from 54 countries, comprising representatives from Governments, international organisations and civil society organisations attended the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+25 Review in Bangkok. The delegations reviewed the “achievements, challenges and priority areas for realizing gender equality and women’s empowerment” (UNESCAP, 2019a:1) in Asia-Pacific. For 25 years, since the adoption of the ‘Beijing Platform for Action’, Asia-Pacific has witnessed significant progress in girls’ education and women’s health. Unprecedented progress has been made in and reducing maternal deaths and enhancing women’s representation in national parliaments and local governments in several countries. However, there are some enduring challenges, including women’s economic empowerment and political participation, and violence against women. Whilst women play a pivotal role in protecting the environment and natural resources, they have been underrepresented in environment-related decision making and negotiations. Accordingly, the key actions outlined by the ‘Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review’ cover a wide range of issues, from women’s economic empowerment, political participation, to women’s full and effective participation in environment conservation, climate action and peace building process.
Hard struggle and soft gains: environmental management, civil society and governance in Pammal, South India
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 04-2003
Introduction: Essays in Honour of Rana P. B. Singh
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date: 2022
Rana Pratap Bahadur Singh, ‘Rana-Ji’: Academic Contributions, Professional Career and Recognition
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date: 2022
Smart Economy in Smart Cities
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 26-08-2016
Benchmarking the Interactions among Challenges for Blockchain Technology Adoption: A Circular Economy Perspective
Publisher: Ram Arti Publishers
Date: 12-2022
DOI: 10.33889/IJMEMS.2022.7.6.054
Abstract: The chances of food contamination and spoilage get enhanced as it passes through various stages, and prudent consumers often need transparency on the origin of food products, their production and processing facilities utilized. Blockchain, an emerging digital technology, offers food traceability solutions to consumers and supply chain partners. But presently, blockchain adoption in Indian supply chains is in the nascent stages. The present study identified the challenges of adopting blockchain technology in Indian food supply chains and modelled them using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM). As per the ISM, the ‘regulatory structure’ and ‘lack of realised need’ emerged as the most significant driving forces that impact other challenges, viz. ‘privacy breach issues’, ‘high costs’, ‘lack of skills’, ‘lack of technology’, ‘lack of trust’ and ‘lack of infrastructure’. These challenges have an impact on the ‘scalability problem’. The paper underlines the significance of enabling regulatory structure, improved information and communication technologies infrastructure, and convincing the supply chain stakeholders to use blockchain technology to resolve the underlying challenges and achieve its adoption and scalability in the Indian food industry.
Strategic Business Model Canvassing for Terracotta Pottery Entrepreneurs in India
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2022
Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Urban Environmental Services
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2020
Peri-urban environments and community driven development: Chennai, India
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2003
New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2020
Global Urbanization
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 26-04-2018
Practising Cultural Geographies
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Date: 2022
New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 04-05-2019
Sustainable urbanization in Southeast Asia and beyond: Challenges of population growth, land use change, and environmental health
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-2019
DOI: 10.1111/GROW.12297
Cities in Asia, 2012: Demographics, economics, poverty, environment and governance
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2012
Accessing the Loss and Damage climate fund
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 23-12-2022
Understanding Local Politics, Democracy and Civil Society: Environmental Governance in Urban India
Publisher: Anthem Press
Date: 05-09-2005
City Profile: Khon Kaen, Thailand
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 20-08-2019
Abstract: This city profile focuses on the patterns of growth, challenges and urban renewal in Khon Kaen Metropolitan Municipality located in Thailand’s north-eastern region. It is presented in the global, Asia-Pacific regional and Southeast Asian context, where the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable urbanization are in a flux. After the Second World War, Khon Kaen emerged as a regional urban centre due to the Thai government’s anticommunist c aign and it being military base to US c s in the US-Vietnam War. As the city rapidly urbanized, it faced erse challenges, ranging from an influx of rural migrants to environmental degradation. Today, Khon Kaen’s urban challenges are different. As the economy shifts from manufacturing to services, metropolitan government leaders and their constituents seek to transform Khon Kaen into a smart city with a transit-oriented development strategy. Climate change has also affected the city, causing devastating floods and prolonged droughts. Residents in squatter settlements are highly vulnerable to these climate-induced disasters and are under constant threat of eviction. Informed by the development trajectory outlined above, this city profile starts by laying out the global, Asia-Pacific regional and Southeast Asian context, and then discusses Khon Kaen’s rise to prominence as a regional economic and logistic hub in Thailand’s north-eastern region. The city’s current conditions, such as its geographical, historical, economic, social, environmental and administrative and governance contexts, are considered. Then, contemporary challenges of sustainable urban development are explained. This city profile culminates in a discussion of future development strategies for Khon Kaen as a bellwether secondary city in Thailand.
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National Institute Of Science, Technology And Development Studies (NISTADS)
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Location: Singapore
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Related Funding Activities
Community-Led Ger Area Upgrading Project In Ulaanbaatar City In Mongolia
Start Date: 2009
End Date: 2013
Funder: Government of Japan
View Funded ActivityPreparation Of A Proposal On Viet Nam: City Development Strategy For Thanh Hoa City In A Regional Development Context
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 2012
Funder: Cities Alliance
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