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    The Forum of Federations Handbook on Local Government in Federal Systems (2024)
    Springer Nature | Palgrave Macmillan
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    Publication Date: 2024-05-12
    Description: This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to examine the current roles of and future trends in local government structures and mechanisms in 16 different federal and federal-type countries. In doing so, this volume explores pressing topics such as the institutions of local government, constitutional recognition, financial management, intergovernmental relations, political culture, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the role of local government in federal systems. Contributors to this volume provide a timely and comprehensive account of the integral role local governments play in federal countries and offer fascinating perspectives on how these roles may change as individual federal systems evolve. These individual analyses are contextualized in a comparative perspective in order to gain a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities of various local government dynamics in different regions around the world. This is an open access book.
    Keywords: Local governance ; Federalism ; multilevel governance ; comparative ; decentralization ; local government ; countries ; constitutions ; municipalities ; financial management ; intergovernmental relations ; metropolitan areas ; Argentina ; Australia ; Austria ; Brazil ; Canada ; Germany ; India ; Mexico ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KF Finance and accounting::KFF Finance and the finance industry::KFFD Public finance and taxation
    Language: English
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    Logics of War (2021)
    Cornell University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-05-11
    Description: Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and suffering. What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructive? In Logics of War, Alex Weisiger tests three explanations for a nation’s decision to go to war and continue fighting regardless of the costs. He combines sharp statistical analysis of interstate wars over the past two centuries with nine narrative case studies. He examines both well-known conflicts like World War II and the Persian Gulf War, as well as unfamiliar ones such as the 1864–1870 Paraguayan War (or the War of the Triple Alliance), which proportionally caused more deaths than any other war in modern history.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Adolf Hitler ; Argentina ; Germany ; Paraguay ; Unconditional surrender ; United States ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWA Theory of warfare and military science
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    Childlessness in Europe (2021)
    Springer Nature
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: In recent decades, levels of childlessness have been increasing rapidly in most European countries. German-speaking countries seem to be at the forefront of this development, as more than 20% of the women living in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria who are now reaching the end of their reproductive period will remain childless. But other European countries, such as the UK and Finland, also report high levels of childlessness. Eastern and Southern Europe did not have high levels of childlessness a decade ago, but are now seeing steady increases. This book provides an overview of the recent trend toward a “life without children” across Europe. It seeks answers to questions like: What are the determinants of childlessness in the twenty-first century? Is there an unbroken trend in childlessness, or is there evidence of trend reversals? How does the likelihood of remaining childless differ across social strata? To what extent do economic uncertainties affect childlessness? How do fertility desires evolve over the life course? To what extent does the situation of a woman’s partner affect her fertility decisions? How far can we push the biological limits of fertility? What role can assisted reproduction play in reducing childlessness? How many men fail to have children of their own? What impact can family policies have on fertility decisions? Can governments reverse the trend toward childlessness—and, if so, should they?
    Keywords: Childlessness ; Demography ; Austria ; Fertility ; Finland ; Germany ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VF Family and health
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    Cultural Diversity in Motion (2024)
    transcript Verlag | transcript Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: What does migration-generated diversity mean for cultural policy and the performing arts scene in Germany and how is it promoted? Through bridging theory and practice, Özlem Canyürek introduces the concept of ›thinking and acting interculturally‹ and proposes a set of criteria as a stepping stone for a semantic shift in cultural policy towards achieving a fair and accessible performing arts scene for all. She delineates the framework conditions of a receptive cultural policy to envision cultural diversity in motion to enable the production and dissemination of multiplicity of thoughts, experiences, knowledge, worldviews, and aesthetics of an intercultural society.
    Keywords: Diversity ; Migration ; Performing Arts ; Cultural Policy ; Germany ; Theatre ; Culture ; Theatre Studies ; Interculturalism ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies
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    On History (2021)
    Open Book Publishers
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Edited by Lionel Gossman, this volume contains three programmatic essays by Michelet. The first two are available here for the first time in English translation. The third, the Preface to the 1869 edition of the Histoire de France, originally published in its first English translation by Edward K. Kaplan in his Michelet’s Poetic Vision (1977), has been revised by the translator for this volume. Curated by leading scholars and translators this volume provides essential reading for anybody interested in modern French and European history. One of the greatest Romantic historians and immensely popular during his lifetime, Jules Michelet (1798-1874) fell into disfavour among the positivist historians who came after him and who regarded his work with disdain as "literature." In the 1920s and 30s, however, he began to be rediscovered and rehabilitated by the members of the influential Annales school. The objects of Michelet’s interest—living conditions, popular mentalities, laws and the arts, the historian’s relation to the objects of his study, no less than political history—have since come to occupy a central place in modern historical research. A free online-only supplement contains an essay on Michelet by John Stuart Mill from the Edinburgh Review (January 1844) and several studies of Michelet by Lionel Gossman. The University Committee on Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences of Princeton University has generously contributed to the publication of this volume.
    Keywords: jules michelet ; french historiography ; world history ; romantic historiography ; english translation ; history of france ; Germany ; Italy ; Rome ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
    Language: English
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    Germany on their Minds (2021)
    Berghahn Books
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, before closing its borders to Jewish refugees, the United States granted asylum to approximately 90,000 German Jews fleeing the horrors of the Third Reich. And while most became active participants in American society, they also often constructed their individual and communal lives and identities in relation to their home country. As this groundbreaking study shows, even though many refugees wanted little to do with Germany, the political circumstances of the postwar era meant that engagement of some kind was unavoidable—whether initiated within the community itself, or by political actors and the broader public in West Germany. Author Anne C. Schenderlein gives a fascinating account of these entangled histories on both sides of the Atlantic, and demonstrates the remarkable extent to which German Jewish refugees helped to shape the course of West German democratization.
    Keywords: History ; Jewish diaspora ; refugees ; Nazis ; Third Reich ; World War II ; postwar ; Germany ; United States ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities ; thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PG Relating to religious groups::5PGJ Relating to Jewish people and groups
    Language: English
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    SUMP for Cities’ Sustainable Development (2021)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In a rapidly changing world, it is necessary to increase the engagement of local authorities and stakeholders to make urban mobility cleaner and more sustainable. The best way is to combine great ideas and innovative measures with political support. This Special Issue consists of six articles analyzing the impact of SUMPs. Innovative measures have been proposed to change urban transport systems towards sustainability: Chinese research has analyzed the tourist flow of Tibet using innovative technologies: mobile phone data, visualizations using GIS, and social networks. Lithuanian authors proposed three autonomous car travel development concepts that should become a conceptual tool in the development of ITS and C-ITS. An English scientific paper is based on a review of local transport policy documents from 13 cities in four countries. Most cities seek to reduce car travel as a proportion of trips. Experience from Slovenia shows that the comprehensive traffic calming approach has positive effects and contributes to achieving sustainable mobility. Korean researchers used the GINI coefficient to evaluate the bus system to identify bus nodes in order of importance. The last article described that multicriteria decision-making methods have been successfully used for assessing the effectiveness of sustainable transport systems, and a universal evaluation model was proposed.
    Keywords: sustainable urban mobility ; SUMP ; mobility measures ; multicriteria decision making methods ; MCDM ; bus transportation system ; urban infrastructure ; network growth ; Gini coefficient ; complex systems ; comprehensive traffic calming ; active mobility ; travel behaviour ; quality of life ; traffic safety ; sustainable urban mobility planning ; sustainable urban mobility plan ; policy ; problematisation ; local transport ; mobility plan ; Sweden ; Great Britain ; Netherlands ; Germany ; development ; autonomous cars ; ITS and C-ITS ; public infrastructure ; Kendall method ; pattern ; social network analysis ; tourist flow ; visualization ; Tibet ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Planning, Development and Management of Sustainable Cities (2021)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The concept of ‘sustainable urban development’ has been pushed to the forefront of policymaking and politics as the world wakes up to the impacts of climate change and the destructive effects of the Anthropocene. Climate change has emerged to be one of the biggest challenges faced by our planet today, threatening both built and natural systems with long-term consequences, which may be irreversible. While there is a vast body of literature on sustainability and sustainable urban development, there is currently limited focus on how to cohesively bring together the vital issues of the planning, development, and management of sustainable cities. Moreover, it has been widely stated that current practices and lifestyles cannot continue if we are to leave a healthy living planet to not only the next generation, but also to the generations beyond. The current global school strikes for climate action (known as Fridays for Future) evidences this. The book advocates the view that the focus needs to rest on ways in which our cities and industries can become green enough to avoid urban ecocide. This book fills a gap in the literature by bringing together issues related to the planning, development, and management of cities and focusing on a triple-bottom-line approach to sustainability.
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; TA170-171 ; neighborhood sustainability assessment index ; urban ecology ; sustainable urban ecosystems ; DEFRA ; urban land development ; stakeholder ; sustainable transportation ; GDP ; bottom-up ; carbon ; neighbourhood ; humidity ; customer value ; technology roadmapping (TRM) ; Istanbul ; SDM ; fire caution effect ; low carbon cities ; megacity ; frames ; heavy-duty vehicles ; noise pollution ; green innovation ; low carbon economy ; demand ; practitioner perceptions ; visioning ; ecosystem approach ; urban resilience ; anthropogenic impact ; Germany ; Ipoh ; natural environmental impact ; sustainable urban development ; civic engagement ; Wujin ; ecological landscape management ; sustainable regional development ; urban forest ; mixed land-use ; spatial decision support systems ; heat island mitigation ; public participation ; innovation ; urban transport ; sustainability assessment ; urban fire ; urban forestry ; United Kingdom ; water supply ; time-series forecasting ; low-frequency noise ; PIs (performance indicators) ; environmental threshold ; built environment sector ; ARIMA ; driving forces-pressure-state-impact-policy and pattern (DPSIP) ; open innovation (OI) ; eco-cities ; indicator ; regional stakeholder involvement ; green economy ; land use mixture ; Malaysia ; Gap analysis ; urban planning ; sustainability index ; sustainability indicators ; perception ; water asset management ; medium-sized cities ; LOS (level of service) ; wood fuel ; the fire assimilation effect ; energy consumption ; Satoyama Index ; framing processes ; land cover ; green infrastructure ; cities ; tree ; neighborhood sustainability ; sustainable city ; sustainability ; precision farming (PF) ; sustainable development ; GIS ; smart cities ; local new town ; fire inertia effect ; co-design ; City Biodiversity Index ; knowledge management ; scaling-up strategy ; process-function ecology ; neoliberal capitalism ; sustainability literacy ; China ; urban development ; co-production ; urban metabolism ; emissions ; sustainable transport ; developing cities ; low-energy transport ; sociotechnical transition ; power poles ; road grades ; spatio-temporal features ; socio-technical transition ; travel behaviour ; infrastructure ; human well-being ; forest values ; urban water sustainability ; transport projects ; land use governance ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Hydrothermal Technology in Biomass Utilization & Conversion (2021)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book addresses a key innovative technology for decarbonization of the energy system: hydrothermal processing. It basically consists of treating biomass and wastes in a wet form, under pressure and temperature condition. This approach is becoming more and more attractive, as new feedstock and applications are appearing on the scene of bioeconomy and bioenergy. The hydrothermal processing of various type of biomass, waste, and residues, thus, raised the interest of many researchers and companies around the world, together with downstream upgrading processes and technologies: solid products as biochar, for instance, or liquid ones as crude bioliquids, are finding new market opportunities in circular economy schemes. The Special Issue collects recent innovative research works in the field, from basic to applied research, as well as pilot industrial applications/demo. It is a valuable set of references for those investing time and effort in research in the field.
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; biorefinery ; life cycle assessment (LCA) ; drop-in biofuels ; lipids ; sensitivity analysis ; brewer’s spent grains (BSG) ; lignin ; nutrient recovery ; fuel properties ; Scenedesmus rubescens ; hydroprocessing ; combustion indices ; hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) ; fiber rejects ; upgrading ; aqueous co-product ; hydrotreating ; biofuel ; hydrothermal disintegration ; cell wall disruption ; two-steps carbonization ; hydrothermal processes ; fuzzy Delphi method ; process economics ; agricultural yield ; hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) ; acid addition ; microalgae extraction ; coal ; hydrochar ; fuzzy logic cognitive map ; Germany ; microalgal oils ; deinked sludge ; nitrogen distribution ; hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) ; sewage sludge ; fresh harvested ; hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) ; biomass ; struvite ; primary sludge ; EROI ; biocrude ; hydrothermal liquefaction ; electricity and heat production ; fractional distillation ; Spirulina ; cost of electricity ; secondary sludge ; depolymerization ; freeze-dried ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    100% Renewable Energy Transition: Pathways and Implementation (2021)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Energy markets are already undergoing considerable transitions to accommodate new (renewable) energy forms, new (decentral) energy players, and new system requirements, e.g. flexibility and resilience. Traditional energy markets for fossil fuels are therefore under pressure, while not-yet-mature (renewable) energy markets are emerging. As a consequence, investments in large-scale and capital intensive (traditional) energy production projects are surrounded by high uncertainty, and are difficult to hedge by private entities. Traditional energy production companies are transforming into energy service suppliers and companies aggregating numerous potential market players are emerging, while regulation and system management are playing an increasing role. To address these increasing uncertainties and complexities, economic analysis, forecasting, modeling and investment assessment require fresh approaches and views. Novel research is thus required to simulate multiple actor interplays and idiosyncratic behavior. The required approaches cannot deal only with energy supply, but need to include active demand and cover systemic aspects. Energy market transitions challenge policy-making. Market coordination failure, the removal of barriers hindering restructuring and the combination of market signals with command-and-control policy measures are some of the new aims of policies.The aim of this Special Issue is to collect research papers that address the above issues using novel methods from any adequate perspective, including economic analysis, modeling of systems, behavioral forecasting, and policy assessment.The issue will include, but is not be limited to: Local control schemes and algorithms for distributed generation systems; Centralized and decentralized sustainable energy management strategies; Communication architectures, protocols and properties of practical applications; Topologies of distributed generation systems improving flexibility, efficiency and power quality; Practical issues in the control design and implementation of distributed generation systems; Energy transition studies for optimized pathway options aiming for high levels of sustainability
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; Demand Response ; Energiewende ; energy system modeling ; market value ; interconnector capacities ; energy sector integration ; sector-coupling ; aviation ; renewables ; net metering ; 100% RE pathways ; variable renewable energy sources ; energy transformation ; renewable energy ; blackout prevention ; vehicle-to-grid ; energy market ; energy storage ; road ; electric vehicle ; electrostatic-driven inertia ; RE integration ; carbon dioxide reduction ; Orkney ; energy system optimisation ; transport sector ; island energy system transition ; pumped hydro storage ; storage solutions ; climate policies ; rail ; power-to-gas ; electricity market modeling ; greenhouse gas emissions ; renewable transition ; community ; India ; delayed grid expansion ; wind power ; blockchain ; smart grid technologies ; Åland ; Germany ; solar energy ; renewable integration ; energy system modelling ; Solid State Transformer ; decarbonization ; immunity ; system-friendly renewables ; marine ; transportation demand ; numeric modelling ; microgeneration ; flexibility ; prosumer ; microgrid ; maritime transportation ; European electricity system ; Samsø ; resilience ; smart energy system ; microgrid by design ; global energy system model (GENeSYS-MOD) ; electricity markets ; energy community ; sector coupling ; final energy demand ; energy transition ; energy policy ; electrification ; agent-based modelling ; levelized cost of mobility ; dynamic positioning ; gamification ; ship’s electrical power system ; regulation ; Madeira ; GENeSYS-MOD ; open energy modelling ; Mexico ; 100% renewable energy ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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