Tabla de Contenidos: “…Progressing from management to governance while learning from disasters -- Incentives for low-carbon communities in Shanghai, China -- Social science research on global environmental change in the Asia-Pacific region -- Education, science and climate change in French schools -- Social learning and climate change adaptation in Thailand -- Are Algerian agro-pastoralists adapting to climate change? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.6.2 Major Areas of Negotiations -- 7.6.3 Some Recent Developments -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Objective Type Questions -- Case Study -- Study Topic -- References -- Select Further Readings -- Chapter 8: Regional Economic Integration -- 8.1 Levels of Economic Integration -- 8.2 Benefits and Cost of Economic Integration -- 8.2.1 Trade Creation and Trade Diversion -- 8.2.2 Inter-Commodity Substitution and Consumption Gains -- 8.2.3 Trade Deflection in a Free Trade Area -- 8.2.4 Dynamic Effects -- 8.2.5 Collective Self-reliance -- 8.2.6 Increased Foreign Direct Investment -- 8.2.7 Polarisation of Benefits -- 8.3 Some Economic Integration Schemes -- 8.3.1 The European Case -- 8.3.2 The American and Caribbean Schemes -- 8.3.3 Integration Schemes in Africa and the Middle-East -- 8.3.4 Economic Co-Operation Schemes in Asia and Pacific -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Objective Type Questions -- Case Study -- References -- Select Further Readings -- Chapter 9: Political and Legal Environment -- 9.1 Concept of Political Environment -- 9.1.1 Political Diversity and Political Similarity -- 9.1.2 Democracy Versus Totalitarianism -- 9.2 Home Country Perspective -- 9.3 Host Country Perspective -- 9.3.1 Meaning and Forms of Political Risk -- 9.3.2 Evaluation of Political Risk -- 9.3.3 Management of Political Risk -- 9.4 Legal Environment -- 9.4.1 Legal System -- 9.4.2 Principles of International Business Law -- 9.4.3 Wide Variance in National Business Laws and the Issue of Legal Standardisation -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Objective Type Questions -- Study Topic -- References -- Select Further Readings -- Chapter 10: Economic Environment -- 10.1 Forms of Economic System -- 10.2 Preliminary Economic Indicators -- 10.2.1 Level of Income and Its Distribution -- 10.2.2 Inflation -- 10.2.3 Consumption Behaviour…”