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Social Work and Sustainability in Asia

Author : Alice M. L. Chong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315514966
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Social Work and Sustainability in Asia written by Alice M. L. Chong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid trend of globalization has brought with it a variety of sustainability challenges, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities, which are problems with unclear boundaries, complicated interrelated components, undefined parameters, contradictory values, and no single solution. Social work has a long-standing tradition of emphasizing the interaction of people and their environment. For this reason, the field of social work is one of the best-placed academic disciplines for studying the impact of environmental change on social systems, and should play an important role in developing strategies for mitigating and adapting to these environmental challenges. However, traditional social work tends to lack sustaining work and neglect globally interconnected social problems. Combining case studies and country reports from around Asia with a theoretical framework for understanding sustainability concerns, this book aims to show how social work can play a valuable role in mitigating and adapting to environmental challenges and social sustainability. For social work to develop a meaningful and viable profession that addresses contemporary sustainability issues, it requires changes and transformation in paradigm, theories, strategies, social policy and social services that will facilitate a sustainable future for all mankind.

Social Work and Sustainability in Asia

Author : Alice M. L. Chong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315514958
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Social Work and Sustainability in Asia written by Alice M. L. Chong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid trend of globalization has brought with it a variety of sustainability challenges, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities, which are problems with unclear boundaries, complicated interrelated components, undefined parameters, contradictory values, and no single solution. Social work has a long-standing tradition of emphasizing the interaction of people and their environment. For this reason, the field of social work is one of the best-placed academic disciplines for studying the impact of environmental change on social systems, and should play an important role in developing strategies for mitigating and adapting to these environmental challenges. However, traditional social work tends to lack sustaining work and neglect globally interconnected social problems. Combining case studies and country reports from around Asia with a theoretical framework for understanding sustainability concerns, this book aims to show how social work can play a valuable role in mitigating and adapting to environmental challenges and social sustainability. For social work to develop a meaningful and viable profession that addresses contemporary sustainability issues, it requires changes and transformation in paradigm, theories, strategies, social policy and social services that will facilitate a sustainable future for all mankind.

Asian Social Work

Author : Ian Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429877986
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Asian Social Work written by Ian Shaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The countries of East and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole, display a laboratory of social and political conditions, with individual countries presenting a variety of political, cultural and social characteristics. Some with one-party state systems, others with stable liberal democracies and yet others with more fragile democratic systems. As such the region presents a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between diverse national environments and social work education regimes. In this book, social work educators and theorists from around East and Southeast Asia provide accounts of the social work programs within the higher education systems of their respective countries and compare them to those of their neighbours. This is the first book to offer a structured account of how social work and social work education have emerged and finds their present place in the historical, economic, political, urban/rural and higher education contexts of Southeast Asia and East Asia. Experts from the region assess the extent to which these countries’ systems possess a collective coherence, while examining the diversity among them.

Environmental Social Work

Author : Mel Gray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415678110
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Social Work written by Mel Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into three parts, this field-defining work explores what environmental social work is, and how it can be put into practice. It focuses on theory, discussing ecological and social justice, as well as sustainability, spirituality and human rights.

Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society

Author : Rowena Fong
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190859008
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society written by Rowena Fong and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work. GCSWI calls for bold innovation and collective action powered by proven and evolving scientific interventions to address critical social issues facing society. The purpose of GCSWI was modeled after the National Academy of Engineering, which aimed to identify some of the most persistent engineering problems of the day and then put the attentions, energies, and funding of the entire field to work on them for a decade. The GCSWI does the same for social issues, tackling problems such as homelessness, social isolation, mass incarceration, family violence, and economic inequality. Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society is an edited book that will present the foundations of the GCSWI, laying out the start of the initiative and providing summaries of each of the twelve challenges. The 12 main chapters that form the core of the book, one on each of the dozen Grand Challenges, are written by the primary research teams who are driving each GC project.

Green Social Work

Author : Lena Dominelli
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745680828
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Green Social Work written by Lena Dominelli and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally. This compelling new contribution confronts this topic head-on, examining environmental issues from a social work perspective. Lena Dominelli draws attention to the important voice of practitioners working on the ground in the aftermath of environmental disasters, whether these are caused by climate change, industrial accidents or human conflict. The author explores the concept of ‘green social work' and its role in using environmental crises to address poverty and other forms of structural inequalities, to obtain more equitable allocations of limited natural resources and to tackle global socio-political forces that have a damaging impact upon the quality of life of poor and marginalized populations at local levels. The resolution of these matters is linked to community initiatives that social workers can engage in to ensure that the quality of life of poor people can be enhanced without costing the Earth. This important book will appeal to those in the fields of social work, social policy, sociology and human geography. It powerfully reveals how environmental issues are an integral part of social work's remit if it is to retain its currency in the modern world and emphasize its relevance to the social issues that societies have to resolve in the twenty-first century.

Social Work in East Asia

Author : Christian Aspalter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317053311
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Social Work in East Asia written by Christian Aspalter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owing to rapid economic development and the onset of population ageing, social work has become a major means of delivering social services and relieving and preventing social problems at an individual, family, and community level in East Asia. In addition to this, the number of activities undertaken by social welfare NGOs has risen a great deal throughout East Asia, resulting in a greater demand for professional social workers. With governments across the region having discovered the beneficial effects of professional social work for both social integration and social harmony, there is now greater support for the development of this academic discipline and profession. This groundbreaking volume explores the current state of development of social work provision across the region. It is the first book of its kind to investigate current and future trends, as well as the challenges and pitfalls of social work - one of the fastest-growing professions in East Asia.

The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals

Author : David Androff
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000996417
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals written by David Androff and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge International Handbook of Social Development, Social Work, and the Sustainable Development Goals answers the question: What is the contribution of social development and social work to the Sustainable Development Goals? The success of these goals requires implementation, and each of the 17 objectives for sustainable social progress have a social dimension. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before them, were born of a larger social development movement which over the last 25 years has become increasingly mainstream in the fields of international development, sustainability, and social work. These practitioners are essential to the implementation of the SDGs. This handbook examines how the SDGs are being implemented in diverse contexts. No previous work has surveyed social development and social work’s contribution to the SDGs nor represented voices from the Global South on the SDGs. This book broadens the current literature by focusing on key sites throughout the Global South and featuring underrepresented voices from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These regions are vitally important to assessing the SDGs, as this is where innovative social development projects are occurring, and where social workers are playing a leading role in achieving the SDGs. The book is divided into eight parts: • Context of Social Development, Social Work, and the SDGs • Perspectives on the SDGs • Case Studies on Engagement with the SDG Agenda • Case Studies on Ending Poverty • Case Studies on Health and Well-Being • Case Studies on Gender Equality • Case Studies on Climate and Sustainability • Case Studies on Governance, Peace, and Justice It comprises 35 newly written chapters by 74 authors. It will be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary audience of scholars, educators, and students in the fields of social development, social welfare, social work, social policy, human rights, international relations, political science, international affairs, sustainability, community development, area studies, and development studies.

Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia

Author : Rasyikah Md Khalid
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000596648
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia written by Rasyikah Md Khalid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses management and governance initiatives undertaken by agencies and stakeholders towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in the Southeast Asian region, specifically Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. It highlights the theories, methodologies and action plans involved in implementing the goals in these countries and the importance of developing a positive relationship between the public and government agencies. With contributors coming from a range of disciplines and backgrounds across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, this edited collection provides a holistic quantitative and qualitative approach to achieving the SDGs. In order to realise these development objectives, it argues that a strong understanding of the basic principles of governance across all levels is required, supported by effective citizen participation and conflict resolution. It provides a detailed overview of the importance of governance at the country level, addressing the key elements of an integrated framework to support sustainable transitions. Regional case studies highlight processes and recommendations for improving governance and risk management and elevating citizen awareness and participation. Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia is a comprehensive and valuable companion for researchers, government agencies, and professionals with an interest in the SDGs in Southeast Asia and beyond.

Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia

Author : Ernest Lim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110849451X
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia written by Ernest Lim and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines how corporate law and governance can be and should be used to promote sustainability in Asia.

Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Asian Civilizations

Author : Linggui Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981197165X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Asian Civilizations written by Linggui Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of global scholars’ views on mankind’s wishes for the future, the Belt and Road Initiative, bilateral cooperation, inter-civilization exchanges, and mutual learning among Asian civilizations, which represent a critical way to boost the construction of an Asian community with a shared future and a community with a shared future for mankind. It also gives some insight into the future development of Asian civilizations. The book aims to present a diverse and balanced overview on the prospect of Asian development.

Business Sustainability in Asia

Author : Zabihollah Rezaee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119502314
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Business Sustainability in Asia written by Zabihollah Rezaee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get familiar with business sustainability in Asia Business Sustainability in Asia offers 12 chapters that cover different aspects of business sustainability with a keen focus on its implications in Asia. Anyone who is involved with business sustainability and corporate governance, the financial reporting process, investment decisions, legal and financial advising, assurance functions, and corporate governance education will be interested in this book. It examines business sustainability performance, reporting and assurance and their integration into strategy, governance, risk assessment, performance management, and the reporting process of disclosing governance, ethics, social, environmental, and economic sustainable performance. The book also highlights how people, businesses, and resources collaborate in a business sustainability and accountability model. • Develop an awareness and understanding of the main themes, perspectives, frameworks, and issues pertaining to corporate governance and business sustainability in Asia • Covers a variety of issues relevant to business sustainability in Asia • Authored by an expert who has written extensively on the subject • Understand why organizations worldwide recognize the importance of sustainability performance If you’re a business leader, executive, auditor, or student looking to familiarize yourself with this emerging subject, Business Sustainability in Asia has you covered.

Climate Change, Disasters, and Internal Displacement in Asia and the Pacific

Author : Matthew Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000223302
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change, Disasters, and Internal Displacement in Asia and the Pacific written by Matthew Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate change. The Asia and the Pacific region accounts for the majority of global disaster-related displacement, but the experience of the millions of individuals displaced differs according to gender, age, ethnicity, (dis)ability, caste, and so forth and is dependent on the legal, administrative, social, and economic structures and processes in place to support them. This book adopts a human rights-based approach, investigating the role of law and policy in preventing displacement, protecting people who are displaced, and engendering durable solutions across cases drawn from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. The specific cases in the book also reflect critically on the term ‘displacement’ and the wider normative framework within which this phenomenon is conceptualised and addressed. The book will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners working at the intersection of human rights, human mobility, development, disaster risk reduction and management, and climate change adaptation.

Addressing Anti-Asian Racism with Social Work Advocacy and Action

Author : Meirong Liu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197672248
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Addressing Anti-Asian Racism with Social Work Advocacy and Action written by Meirong Liu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first of its kind in examining how social work as a profession can address anti-Asian racism through our mission of providing clinical and community interventions, impacting policy, and advancing advocacy for Asian American and Pacific Islander populations. The contributing authors for this book represent many of the seminal social work scholars, activists and educators on this topic, and we provide a comprehensive and in-depth investigation on to address anti-Asian racism through social work action.

Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia

Author : Nagesh Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100069917X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia by : Nagesh Kumar

Download or read book Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia written by Nagesh Kumar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume foregrounds the importance of regional cooperation in the context of food security challenges in South Asia. South Asia holds the key to global achievement of SDG targets of ending hunger and malnutrition – it accounts for nearly one-third of food-insecure people on the planet, with every third child suffering from stunting due to malnutrition. Similar food preferences, production systems, and the transboundary nature of agrarian ecosystems call for coordinated action by South Asian countries, complementing national actions dealing with food security challenges. In this volume, leading experts discuss the perspectives of key South Asian countries in leveraging regional cooperation for addressing food security challenges and reflect on the potential of cooperative actions in different areas. The book proposes a ten-point regional policy agenda covering cooperation for combatting climate change, regional trade liberalization, operationalization of regional food reserves, leveraging technology, sharing of good practices, regional institution building, coordinated positions in multilateral trade negotiations, addressing trans-boundary outbreak of livestock diseases, strengthening food safety standards, and the management of shared natural resources. A key volume on accomplishing SDGs in the South Asian context, this book will be of immense interest to policy makers, researchers, and development practitioners. It is also essential reading for scholars and researchers in the areas of development studies, South Asia studies, food security, environment and sustainability.

The Role of Corporate Sustainability in Asian Development

Author : Gilbert Lenssen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331945160X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Role of Corporate Sustainability in Asian Development written by Gilbert Lenssen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the challenges faced by seven multinational companies - Intel, Lenovo, Samsung Electronics, ZTE, BMW Hyundai Motor Company, Mahindra and Mahindra - in their endeavour to contribute to the economic, environmental and social development of Asia. The lessons learned from the examination of these business practices may directly contribute to an increase in the practice of sustainable management and may as such contribute to positive economic, environmental and social impact of companies in this region. The cases are highly relevant for management theoreticians seeking to deepen our understanding of corporate sustainability in an area where scholars, practitioners and policy-makers can expect new questions, problems and challenges in the years ahead. The book is also of high interest to policy review agencies, policy makers and welfare economists seeking to support the development of a comprehensive sustainability framework for managing social and environmental issues in the context of Asia.

Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context

Author : Hitoshi Ieda
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431939547
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context written by Hitoshi Ieda and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems of transportation long ago developed out of the profound human need to connect and communicate. Transport today is still the only means for the physical movement of goods and people. Alongside the evolution of transportation and communication technologies, the astounding phenomenon of urbanization has taken place. Cities have grown faster and larger, absorbing vast influxes of dwellers who seek convenient and comfortable lifestyles with the required fast, cheap, and safe systems of transport. Of the world's megacities, with populations of more than ten million, over half are in Asia. While enjoying large-scale economic power, Asian megacities also face serious challenges. They suffer from too-rapid urbanization, with the resulting congestion, pollution, and destruction of traditional local cultures and industries. Written by experts from Asian academic institutes, this book addresses the urgent question of how to achieve sustainability in the still-growing cities of Asia. The chapters comprise the latest research and the application of promising measures, some already realized in Asia, that include urban transport system design and management, land-use control, city planning, and sustainability. Of vast import, this volume was written for students and researchers, planners and engineers, and all who are interested in sustainable urban environments. Following is the structure and rough sketch of the contents of this book: Part I, "The First Step: An Overview" deals with Asian characteristics from natural, cultural, and economic viewpoints, and then describes how we should grasp the concept of urban sustainability in urban transport in Asia. Readers will understand various aspects of Asia as introductory and preparatory knowledge. Part II, "Best Practices from Asia with Wisdom: Keys to Success and Facing Limitations" will introduce actual comparatively successful and promising measures tried and realized in Asia. This part covers various cases from passenger transport to freight transport, from transport system design to system management, from engineering measures to people's participation, from traffic control to land-use control and site development. Readers will find an abundance of information and examples in this main part of the book. Part III, "Future of Urban Transport in Asia: Rising Asia Proposes to the World" discusses key issues and hot topics of study on sustainable city and transport for the future: development and management, travel demand management, growth management, site development strategies, and financial and institutional measures.