One methodology is proposed to estimate the quantification and composition of building-related construction and demolition (C&D) waste in a fast developing region like Shanghai, PR China.
'Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams' notes that the Lao PDR is particularly susceptible to trafficking as it is one of the world's least developed countries situated at the center of a fast developing region.
These soil samples were collected from 11 sites in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region, a representative fast developing area in China.
Large supermarkets which are characteristics of affluent societies are now spreading fast across developing regions like South Asia (Reardon et al., 2003).
In the meantime, Africa has become one of the fastest growing regions in the world, prompting the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, to claim that "Africa offers the highest rate of return on foreign direct investment of any developing region in the world".
All developing regions have enjoyed faster growth since 2002, with particular attention focused on the performance of larger countries.
All developing regions will grow faster than Western Europe and North America, where growth will slacken primarily because of a slowdown in the American economy.
Once known as the diseases of the wealthy western countries, NCDs are fast becoming more threatening in the developing regions such as Latin America and South Asia.
This approach is very fast and has been applied to three rapidly developing regions in China.
The MMR in developing regions was found to be 14 times higher than in developed regions.
But many operators see growth opportunities, particularly in developing regions.
