Tag: Villages

Chinese Cancer Villages Rural Development, Environmental Change and Public Health


Free Download Ajiang Chen, "Chinese "Cancer Villages": Rural Development, Environmental Change and Public Health"
English | ISBN: 9089647228 | 2020 | 304 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The phenomenon of "cancer villages" has emerged in many parts of rural China, drawing media attention and becoming a fact of social life. However, the relationship between pollution and disease is often hard to discern. Through sociological analysis of several villages with different social and economic structures, the authors offer a comprehensive, historically grounded analysis of the coexistence between the incidence of cancer, environmental pollution and villagers’ lifestyles, as well as the perceptions, claims and responses of different actors. They situate the appearance of "cancer villages" in the context of social, economic and cultural change in China, tracing the evolution of the issue over two decades, and providing deep insights into the complex interactions and trade-offs between economic growth, environmental change and public health.

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Histoire du Japon Ancien Des Villages Jōmon à la Splendeur d’Edo (French Edition)


Free Download Histoire du Japon Ancien: Des Villages Jōmon à la Splendeur d’Edo (French Edition) by Jim Barrow
French | March 3, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CX2ZFFW1 | 122 pages | EPUB | 1.34 Mb
L’histoire ne devrait pas rester confinée aux salles de classe. Explorez de manière captivante l’histoire du Japon avec ce guide pratique qui offre une vision riche et nuancée du passé du pays !

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Preparing a Nation The New Deal in the Villages of Papua New Guinea


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English | ISBN: 1760466611 | 2024 | 358 pages | EPUB, MOBI, PDF | 7 MB + 6 MB + 11 MB
Preparing a Nation?, based on extensive archival research, addresses perennial questions of Australian colonialism in Papua New Guinea. To what extent did Australia prepare Papua New Guinea for independence? And what were the policies and the ideologies behind colonial development, implemented after World War II? A key innovation of this book is to take these questions from policy desks in Canberra and Port Moresby to the villages of four administrative areas: Chimbu, Milne Bay, Sepik and New Hanover. How successful were Australian colonial planners in designing and implementing programs that could ameliorate the potential harm of market capitalism and develop ‘new’ socioeconomic structures that would combine a disparate people into an ‘imagined community’, capable of becoming an independent nation-state in the far distant future? Colonial intention is contrasted with Indigenous experience. Bradley Underhill explores an Australian governmental tendency to prioritise colonial control over Indigenous autonomy in circumstances where subjugated people do not necessarily fit within an expected narrative of compliant or westernised ‘native’.

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Deserted Villages Revisited


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English | May 1, 2010 | ISBN: 1905313799 | True EPUB | 160 pages | 9.2 MB
Assembling leading experts on the subject, this account explores the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of thousands of villages and smaller settlements in England and Wales between 1340 and 1750. By revisiting the deserted villages, this breakthrough study addresses questions that have plagued archaeologists, geographers, and historians since the 1940s-including why they were deserted, why some villages survived while others were abandoned, and who was responsible for their desertion-offering a series of exciting insights into the fate of these fascinating sites.

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In the Name of Inclusion The Redevelopment of Urban Villages and its Implications on Citizenship in China


Free Download Xiaoqing Zhang, "In the Name of Inclusion: The Redevelopment of Urban Villages and its Implications on Citizenship in China "
English | ISBN: 9813361190 | 2021 | 232 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book follows the citizenship-based approach and interrogates the policies on urban village redevelopment from a perspective of social exclusion and inclusion. It focuses on two questions: how policy makers and urban villagers understand social inclusion differently, and what makes a difference in enhancing social inclusion. Firstly, an examination of citizenship conceptions, as reflected in the Chinese traditional discourses, provides the basis for questioning the political rhetoric of social inclusion in China. Secondly, a comparison between policy makers’ and villages’ interpretations on urban citizenship helps explore the different understandings of citizenship between them. Finally, by studying six redeveloped urban villages in the city of Xi’an, the book identifies what villagers strive for, and discusses how their strivings make a difference in achieving social inclusion during urban village redevelopment.

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Smart Villages


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English | ISBN: 3110786214 | 2023 | 220 pages | EPUB, PDF | 16 MB + 193 MB
This book asserts that the goal of smart villages should shift from one of extraction to one of community value creation. To begin this conversation, we examine the smart village discourse, debates in design theory, non-western traditions of innovation, and sustainable development. Through case studies of smart village co-design we offer a way forward. This book is relevant for engineers, social scientists, and development practitioners. The book will be of special interest to those seeking to expand their inquiry into the role of science and technology in low and middle-income countries. Reconstructs the goals of smart villages to a community centric model. Intertwines the concepts of sustainable development and smart villages. Describes case studies achieving local value creation and circulation.

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