The long held idea of the city as theater of social life is being replaced by a historically new paradigm of the city as an “urban sector” posed as an “engine of growth” with government in service of a globalizing corporate economy. In Asia support for this new paradigm is coming from...

This paper seeks to locate the household in research on global migration and transborder social and economic integration. The focus is on the household as a basic institution in social reproduction. The discussion begins by comparing concepts of the household in society, starting with peasant...

With the rise of a contact-free era, consumers enjoy shopping via Virtual reality (VR) without any physical constraints. The expansion of sensory shopping experience via VR can enrich consumers’ positive emotions and stimulate their imagination and creative thinking. However, there is a lack...

As a result of the rise of China, East Asian countries are adjusting themselves around China through a very complex web of interdependence along fluid but distinctive transborder spaces. This paper examines the adjustments being made by Japan and the newly advanced economies in Asia. Coastal...

Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) have received attention as hazardous air contaminants for decades, and a complete oxidation process of CVOCs using an efficient catalyst should be most effective to handle such hazardous materials. A series of CuOx-supported on Al-Ti mixed oxide...