Bücher von Tao Wang

This book presents the definition of aeolian desertification and uncovers its processes, driving factors, and consequences, and focuses on measures to effectively combat aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia. Aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia is of great concern for its destructive influences on the environment and society not only in the local but also in faraway areas. The topics of this book are addressed by compiling theoretical review, remote sensing monitoring, synoptic analysis, and laboratory and field studies in China, Japan, and Mongolia.This is the first comprehensive book to address the aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia. Readers can learn the basic theory of aeolian desertification and the primary causes of this environmental problem. More critical is the successful practical countermeasures to combat desertification which can be referred to by various stakeholders who concern the aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia.To meet the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations adopted in 2015, especially its Goal 15.3 to achieve a land degradation-neutral world by 2030, desertification combating actions should be taken cross country borders. This book is not only intended for environmental professionals but also for people who are affected and concerned about desertification and land degradation. The concept and processes in this book will serve as a ready reference to understand the aeolian desertification with countermeasures and successful preventing stories that can be referred to.

This book analyzes two sectors of an affordable housing system ¿ rented and owneroccupied sectors. There are two case countries that have been analyzed in the research, due to the fact that they both have made significant achievements in the respective sector. One is the Netherlands, which has the highest percentage of social rented housing in the European Union. Another is Singapore, which has successfully promoted home ownership in the nation, enabling 82% of citizens living in affordable public housing with high satisfaction. The first part of the book represents an analysis of three affordable housing systems: the social rented housing system in the Netherlands, the public owner-occupied housing system in Singapore and the current public housing system in Shanghai. The systems are examined from three aspects: Stakeholder, Measure and Market model. The second part, aims to optimize the current public housing system in Shanghai by introducing the strategies from the other two. The optimization is conducted also from the three aspects - stakeholder, measure and market model. An optimized organogram and an optimized causal loop diagram are formulated at the end of the research.

GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfect-and concise-introduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.This book is jointly developed for individual learning by Intel Software College and China Shanghai JiaoTong University, and is excerpted from Android Application Development for the Intel® Platform.