Twenty-First-Century South Carolina’s Economic Development Dilemma:

2018 ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Lacy K. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century

Sino-Vietnamese Relations in the Early Twenty-first Century

Asian Survey ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Y. S. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
First Century ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Economic Considerations

Sino-Vietnamese relations since the mid-1980s represent an interesting case for studying how economic considerations can transform two conflicting states into peaceful accommodation in an asymmetrical bilateral relationship. The Chinese leadership's pursuit of a peaceful international environment for economic development has been followed by its Vietnamese counterpart.

scholarly journals Influence of Industrialization and Environmental Protection on Environmental Pollution: A Case Study of Taihu Lake, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Shenglu Zhou ◽  
Zhenyi Jia ◽  
Liang Ge ◽  
Liping Mei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Neural Network Model ◽  
Taihu Lake ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Twenty First Century

In order to quantitatively study the effect of environmental protection in China since the twenty-first century and the environmental pollution projected for the next ten years (under the model of extensive economic development), this paper establishes a Bayesian regulation back propagation neural network (BRBPNN) to analyze the typical pollutants (i.e., cadmium (Cd) and benzopyrene (BaP)) for Taihu Lake, a typical Chinese freshwater lake. For the periods 1950–2003 and 1950–2015, the neural network model estimated the BaP concentration for the database with Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency (NS) = 0.99 and 0.99 and root-mean-square error (RMSE) = 3.1 and 9.3 for the total database and the Cd concentration for the database with NS = 0.93 and 0.98 and RMSE = 45.4 and 65.7 for the total database, respectively. In the model of extensive economic development, the concentration of pollutants in the sediments of Taihu reached the maximum value at the end of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century, and there was an inflection point. After the early twenty-first century, the concentration of pollutants was controlled under various environmental policies and measures. In 2015, the environmental protection ratio of Cd and BaP reached 52% and 89%, respectively. Without environmental protection measures, the concentrations of Cd and BaP obtained from the neural network model is projected to reach 2015.5 μg kg−1 and 407.8 ng g−1, respectively, in 2030. Based on the results of this study, the Chinese government will need to invest more money and energy to clean up the environment.

scholarly journals The Maghrib in the New Century

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
Rachel Newcomb
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Civil War ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Algerian Civil War ◽  
Islamist Movements

The Maghrib in the New Century: Identity, Religion, and Politics offers atimely addition to the literature on North Africa. Edited by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Daniel Zisenwine, this collection explores the socioeconomicand political challenges facing North Africa in the twenty-first century. Theeditors have divided the book into four sections broadly concerned with historyand identity; the status of the ruling regimes in the face of processessuch as globalization and Islamism; economic development; and the NorthAfrican presence in France.Benjamin Stora’s introduction to the collection neatly sums up many ofthe issues this region faces, including the aftereffects of colonialism, the falloutfrom the Algerian civil war, identity movements and the questionedlegitimacy of ruling regimes, emigration, terrorism, and battles overwomen’sstatus. In the first section, Mickael Bensadoun analyzes Moroccan nationalidentity under the nascent rule ofMohammedVI. This is followed by RobertMortimer’s examination of Algerian identity through literature. Maddy-Weitzman’s essay provides an insightful discussion of how Berber/Amazighactivists have sought to construct Amazigh identity in both Algeria andMorocco by reinterpreting history.The collection segues into a longer section focusing on the politicalchallenges facing the region’s dictatorial regimes, particularly inAlgeria andMorocco. In the fallout from the Algerian civil war, analyses of the currentsituation in Algeria by Gideon Gera, Louisa Aït-Hamadouche, and YahiaZoubir are particularly welcome. Zisenwine analyzes the first eight years ofMohammed VI’s rule, while Michael Willis gives a thorough overview ofthat country’s Islamist movements. Finally, in one of the few pieces to concentrateon Tunisia,Michele PennerAngrist offers a number of astute explanationsfor the strength of the Ben Ali regime ...

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