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Yves-Heng Lim
No full textYves-Heng Lim est enseignant-chercheur au Département d’Etudes de Sécurité et de Criminologie de l’Université Macquarie, Sydney. Il est l’auteur de China’s Naval Power: An Offensive Realist Approach (Ashgate, 2014). Yves-Heng Lim is a lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. He is the author of China’s Naval Power: An Offensive Realist Approach (Ashgate, 2014)
Cambodia–China Relations: A Positive-Sum Game?
No full textChina has re-emerged to become a dominant foreign player in Cambodia. Politically, Cambodia is one of China’s oldest and closest allies. Economically, China is Cambodia’s top foreign investor, a major donor, and an increasingly important trading partner. Culturally, Chinese values are deeply embedded in many aspects of Cambodian society. However, China’s dominance is surrounded by renewed controversies. While the government warmly welcomes Chinese aid, saying that it comes with no strings attached, many experts are concerned that China is providing aid for more nefarious reasons. Critics also accuse Chinese investment and aid of having exacerbated corruption, weakened governance and harmed human rights, and of ruining Cambodia’s natural resources and environment. With such controversies, it is relevant and significant to assess the roles that China has played and continues to play in Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Using expert interviews, media analysis and an extensive literature review, this paper uniquely contributes to the existing discussion on China–Cambodia relations by closely examining the controversies of China’s investment and aid, critically analysing China’s interests in Cambodia, and asking if the relationship between the two nations is a positive-sum game
Hydropower and local community: A case study of the Kamchay dam, a China-funded hydropower project in Cambodia
No full textTo solve its chronic power shortage, the Government of Cambodia has placed the development of hydropower as one of the national priorities. With a total of US$2.4bn in investment, China is the most prominent player in hydropower development in Cambodia. The increase of hydropower projects and China’s involvement has sparked national controversy. There are contentious debates on such projects despite their potential economic benefits because of the concerns over their social and environmental consequences. Combining site visits and field interviews, this article studies the China-funded Kamchay hydropower project in Cambodia and examines its impact on the local community two years after it began operating. This article makes a distinct contribution to the ongoing debate on the effects of large-scale natural resource investments on sustainable development in Cambodia
Capital budgeting in investment and project appraisal / Wong Soon Heng
No full textThis article critically evaluates the relative attractions of the Net Present Value (NPV) method in capital budgeting. The author argues for the NPV method over the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method. The implications of inflation for
investment appraisal are discussed in the later part of this article. The author opines that in capital budgeting, particularly for projects with a long life, the inflation factor cannot be ignored
A Human Settlement's Assessment with GIS on Niche Suitability in Heng Yang City of China
No full textIn order to assess the cities' human settlement, this paper proposes a new method according to the elements of niche suitability by the following: (1) the author selects meticulously 25 leading indicators what can reflect the best coupling between the reality niche and the best approximate niche; (2) the author sets up a new quantitative model of multiplies indices using niche suitability on assessing the cities' human settlements. By the way, the indices those the author uses to set up the model are form the economical, social and environmental niche respectively. The new method and the model are used to assessing the Heng Yang City of Hu Nan Province in China in order to take an example for its effect. With the help of the SuperMap-GIS software in his experiment, the author acquires a thematic map of Heng Yang Cities' human settlement, the results of this experiment display that this method and its model are very practicable for assessing a cities' inner human settlement. By the results of this paper, the author expresses his viewpoints for promotion the cities' human settlement that this paper does a research.</jats:p
“EMPER TERBUKA” PADA DESAIN RUMAH TOKO KELUARGA HO A HENG KARYA FRIEDRICH SILABAN
Full text linkAbstrak_ Pada periode akhir karirnya, Friedrich Silaban merancang Rumah Toko Keluarga Ho A Heng di daerah Suryakencana Bogor yang merupakan satu-satunya proyek huniannya untuk rumah toko tunggal. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis metode yang digunakan oleh Silaban dalam mendesain “emper terbuka” pada Rumah Toko Keluarga Ho A Heng dan membandingkannya dengan tipologi rumah toko Tionghoa. Dengan pendekatan historikal, penulis menganalisis komposisi tata ruang dan desain atap emper terbuka melalui dokumen arsip Silaban untuk proyek ini. Selanjutnya pendekatan komparatif digunakan untuk membandingkan desain rumah toko ini dengan tipologi rumah toko Tionghoa di Cina Selatan dan Bogor. Melalui desainnya Silaban memadukan pola tata ruang rumah toko nonlinier yang fungsional dan taman dalam sebagai pusat yang dikelilingi oleh emper terbuka dengan naungan atap berteritisan lebar dan elemen pembayangan. Emper terbuka dan taman tengah menjadi bagian dari metode desain Silaban sebagai solusi masalah iklim tropis lembab pada rumah toko modern.
Kata kunci : Friedrich Silaban; Emper Terbuka; Rumah Toko; Komposisi Tata Ruang; Desain
Abstract_ At the end of his career period, Friedrich Silaban designed a shophouse for the family of Ho A Heng at Suryakencana Bogor remarked as his only housing project for a single shophouse. This paper aims to analyze Silaban’s design method for creating the “open veranda” in the shophouse for Ho A Heng and compare it to the Chinese shophouse typology. Using a historical method, the author analyzed the open veranda’s spatial composition and roof design by examining Silaban’s archive documents for this project. Furthermore, the author used a comparative method to collate this shophouse design with Chinese shophouse typology in Southern China and Bogor. Through his design, Silaban integrated a functional non-linear spatial composition and a central courtyard was surrounded by the open veranda beneath wide roof eaves and shading elements. The open veranda and central courtyard become a part of Silaban’s design method to solve the problem of the hot-humid climate in modern shophouse design.
Keywords : Friedrich Silaban; Open Veranda; Shophouse; Spatial Composition; Desig
Cambodia–China Relations: A Positive-Sum Game?
No full textChina has re-emerged to become a dominant foreign player in Cambodia. Politically, Cambodia is one of China’s oldest and closest allies. Economically, China is Cambodia’s top foreign investor, a major donor, and an increasingly important trading partner. Culturally, Chinese values are deeply embedded in many aspects of Cambodian society. However, China’s dominance is surrounded by renewed controversies. While the government warmly welcomes Chinese aid, saying that it comes with no strings attached, many experts are concerned that China is providing aid for more nefarious reasons. Critics also accuse Chinese investment and aid of having exacerbated corruption, weakened governance and harmed human rights, and of ruining Cambodia’s natural resources and environment. With such controversies, it is relevant and significant to assess the roles that China has played and continues to play in Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Using expert interviews, media analysis and an extensive literature review, this paper uniquely contributes to the existing discussion on China–Cambodia relations by closely examining the controversies of China’s investment and aid, critically analysing China’s interests in Cambodia, and asking if the relationship between the two nations is a positive-sum game
Cambodia–China Relations: A Positive-Sum Game?
No full textChina has re-emerged to become a dominant foreign player in Cambodia. Politically, Cambodia is one of China’s oldest and closest allies. Economically, China is Cambodia’s top foreign investor, a major donor, and an increasingly important trading partner. Culturally, Chinese values are deeply embedded in many aspects of Cambodian society. However, China’s dominance is surrounded by renewed controversies. While the government warmly welcomes Chinese aid, saying that it comes with no strings attached, many experts are concerned that China is providing aid for more nefarious reasons. Critics also accuse Chinese investment and aid of having exacerbated corruption, weakened governance and harmed human rights, and of ruining Cambodia’s natural resources and environment. With such controversies, it is relevant and significant to assess the roles that China has played and continues to play in Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Using expert interviews, media analysis and an extensive literature review, this paper uniquely contributes to the existing discussion on China–Cambodia relations by closely examining the controversies of China’s investment and aid, critically analysing China’s interests in Cambodia, and asking if the relationship between the two nations is a positive-sum game
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