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Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

By: Mika Shimizu,Allen L. Clark

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Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

By: Mika Shimizu,Allen L. Clark

This is the first book to articulate resilience-based public policy for a constantly changing, complex, and uncertain risk society. Its primary focus is on operationalizing resilience, i.e., on incorporating elements of resilience in public policy in the context of our modern risk society.While there is a wealth of literature on resilience and disaster risk management, there are few publications that focus on the nexus of resilience and public policy, resulting in gaps between various fields and public policy for resilient societies and disaster risk management. In response, this book integrates the latest theoretical insights on public policy and resilience and the latest practical analyses of case studies such as the Tohoku Disaster (Great East Japan Earthquake) in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy on the North American East Coast in 2012 to provide policy tools for future resilient societies and disaster risk management. The recent disaster cases illustrate that our changing, complex and uncertain risk environment requires far more resilience-based public policy through co-production of knowledge than is normally required for conventional disasters. By linking various fields and public policy, the book articulates a resilience-based public policy, i.e., the incorporation of resilience into various entities by designing and implementing “linkages.” These include national-to-local linkages, linkages between different entities such as scientific communities and decision makers, and linkages between financial, human, and information resources. Thus, the nexus of resilience and public policy presented in this book aims at better public policy to face a changing and complex risk society, together with fundamental uncertainties at regional, national, and local levels around the world.

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Springer

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9811073627

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9789811073625

Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

By: Mika Ko

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Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

By: Mika Ko

Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in Japanese cinema. By combining textual and contextual analysis, this book analyses the narrative and visual style of films of contemporary Japanese cinema in relation to their social and historical context of production and reception. Mika Ko considers the ways in which ‘multicultural’ sentiments have emerged in contemporary Japanese cinema. In this respect, Japanese films may be seen not simply to have ‘reflected’ more general trends within Japanese society but to have played an active role in constructing and communicating different versions of multiculturalism. In particular, the book is concerned with how representations of ‘otherness’ in contemporary Japanese cinema may be identified as reinforcing or subverting dominant discourses of ‘Japaneseness’. the author book also illuminates the ways in which Japanese films have engaged in the dramatisation and elaboration of ideas and attitudes surrounding contemporary Japanese nationalism and multiculturalism. By locating contemporary Japanese cinema in a social and political context, Japanese Cinema and Otherness makes an original contribution to scholarship on Japanese film study but also to bridging the gap between Japanese studies and film studies.

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270

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Routledge

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1135238855

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9781135238858

Tokyo, 1955-1970

A New Avant-garde

By: Doryun Chong,Michio Hayashi,Mika Yoshitake,Miryam Sas

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Tokyo, 1955-1970

A New Avant-garde

By: Doryun Chong,Michio Hayashi,Mika Yoshitake,Miryam Sas

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Nov. 18, 2012-Feb. 25, 2013.

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238

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The Museum of Modern Art

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0870708341

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9780870708343

A Sustainable Bioeconomy

The Green Industrial Revolution

By: Mika Sillanpää,Chaker Ncibi

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A Sustainable Bioeconomy

The Green Industrial Revolution

By: Mika Sillanpää,Chaker Ncibi

An authoritative and comprehensive volume of knowledge and green technologies wholly focused on the future of the bioeconomy. The authors present data, show opportunities, discuss R&D findings, analyze strategies, assess the wider economic impact, showcase achievements, criticize policies and propose solutions for the green revolution in biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials’ production and power generation. A fascinating range of case studies from the US, China and many European countries are used to inform readers about the impact of this field on society and how various technologies are currently being implemented. Additionally, the role of industry on this green industrial revolution is outlined with contributions from several major companies such as DuPont (US), UPM-Kymmene Oy (Finland), Anhui BBCA Biochemical Co (China).

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348

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Springer

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3319556371

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9783319556376

The Circular Economy

Case Studies about the Transition from the Linear Economy

By: Mika Sillanpää,Chaker Ncibi

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The Circular Economy

Case Studies about the Transition from the Linear Economy

By: Mika Sillanpää,Chaker Ncibi

The Circular Economy: Case Studies about the Transition from the Linear Economy explores examples of the circular economy in action. Unlike other books that provide narrow perceptions of wide-ranging and highly interconnected paradigms, such as supply chains, recycling, businesses models and waste management, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the circular economy from various perspectives. Its unique insights into the approaches, methods and tools that enable people to make the transformation to a circular economy show how recent research, trends and attitudes have moved beyond the "call to arms" approach to a level of maturity that requires sound scientific thinking. - Compiles evidence through case studies that illustrate how individuals, organizations, communities and countries are transitioning to a circular economy - Provides a theoretical and empirical summary of the circular economy that emphasizes what others are actually doing and planning - Highlights achievements from industry, agriculture, forestry, energy, water and other sectors that show how circular principles are applicable, eco-friendly, profitable, and thus sustainable

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Academic Press

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0128152680

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Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

By: Mika Shimizu,Allen L. Clark

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I Cannot Reach You, Vol. 6

By: Mika

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I Cannot Reach You, Vol. 6

By: Mika

Please, may the little light in Yamato never go out. Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. Yamato and Kakeru. The clock has rewound to their elementary school days as a carefree Kakeru tries his hardest to befriend the quiet and reserved Yamato. But as they get closer, Kakeru soon realizes Yamato is keeping something buried deep within—a secret related to his father, who is now in a coma. With Kakeru at his side, can Yamato finally face the feelings that have been haunting him?

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Yen Press LLC

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1975369165

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9781975369163

Book's by Mika Shimizu

Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Tokyo, 1955-1970

Tokyo, 1955-1970

A Sustainable Bioeconomy

A Sustainable Bioeconomy

The Circular Economy

The Circular Economy

Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

Nexus of Resilience and Public Policy in a Modern Risk Society

I Cannot Reach You, Vol. 6

I Cannot Reach You, Vol. 6

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