Entwicklungspolitik

The Growth of Biofuels in the 21st Century

R. Ackrill / A. Kay

This book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the expansion of biofuels production and use in recent years. Drawing on interviews with key policy insiders, Ackrill and Kay show how biofue...

Cultural Politics and the Transatlantic Divide over GMOs

H. Stephan

Alongside other factors, cultural values and identities help to explain different regulatory frameworks for genetically modified organisms. This book uses insights from environmental history and s...

The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management

This book discloses the spiritual dimension in business ethics and sustainability management. Spirituality is understood as a multiform search for meaning which connects people with all living bei...

Transitions to Sustainability

This book calls for the conditions of transition to sustainability: How to take into consideration new global phenomena such as and of the dimension of climate change, the depletion of natural res...

Governing the Nexus

Global trends such as urbanization, demographic and climate change that are currently underway pose serious challenges to sustainable development and integrated resources management. The complex r...

Environmental Sustainability

Covers different categories of green technologies (e.g. biofuels, renewable energy sources, phytoremediation etc.,) in a nutshell -Focuses on next generation technologies which will help to attain...

Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level

<p>This book documents and compares the experiences of a wide range of universities across the five continents with regard to sustainable development, making it of special interest to sustai...

Conflict-sensitive adaptation to climate change in Africa

Climate change affects and will affect livelihood resources and options in Africa, especially among the poor, through changes in temperatures, rainfall, sea levels and ocean acidification. This bo...

Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities

<p>This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorp...

The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security

Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse an...

Kambodscha abseits der Killing Fields - von Eiern am Spieß bis zu Zwangsumsiedlungen

Tanja-Elisabeth Lenz

Eier am Spieß, Aerobic auf der Promenade, bunte Schlafanzüge im Straßenverkehr – Kambodscha ist auf den ersten Blick ein Land der Improvisation und der Lebensfreude. Aber knapp vier Jahre Gew...

Science and Sustainability

J. Hendry

Indigenous peoples have passed down vital knowledge for generations from which local plants help cure common ailments, to which parts of the land are unsuitable for buildings because of earthquake...

Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula

Including considerations of sustainability in universities’ activities has long since become mainstream. However, there is still much to be done with regard to the full integration of sustainabi...

China on the Ground in Latin America

E. Ellis

An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated challenges that they face, and how they are impacting the region and its ...

Konjunktur und Wachstum transparent vermittelt

Prof. Dr. Harry Schröder

Konjunkturelle Entwicklungen treten auf, wenn sich die wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten beschleunigen oder verlangsamen. Üblicherweise unterscheiden Manager zwei Hauptphasen im Verlauf des ...

Konjunktur und Wachstum transparent vermittelt

Prof. Dr. Harry Schröder

Konjunkturelle Entwicklungen treten auf, wenn sich die wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten beschleunigen oder verlangsamen. Üblicherweise unterscheiden Manager zwei Hauptphasen im Verlauf des ...

Konjunktur und Wachstum transparent vermittelt

Prof. Dr. Harry Schröder

Konjunkturelle Entwicklungen treten auf, wenn sich die wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten beschleunigen oder verlangsamen. Üblicherweise unterscheiden Manager zwei Hauptphasen im Verlauf des ...

Die Hoffnung kehrt zurück

Birger Thureson

Das Ende der Arroganz

Helmut Danner

Rethinking Infrastructure Design for Multi-Use Water Services

Čedo Maksimović / Mathew Kurian / Reza Ardakanian

<p>As we approach a historic tipping point in the global trend toward urbanisation – within two decades urban dwellers will increase from 49% to 60% of the planet’s population – this b...