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Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction; 1 Social science, religions, and climate change ; PART I The Global South ; 2 A retreating Goddess? Conflicting perceptions of ecological change near the Gangotri-Gaumukh glacier ; 3 Religion, indigenous knowledge and climate change in a mountain region: A case study of Thini village, Mustang, Nepal ; 4 Climate change projects in the land of gross national happiness: Does religion play a role in environmental policy in Bhutan? 5 Pursuing diplomacy overseas, fostering adaptation at home: The Church of Bangladesh's proactive responses to climate change ; 6 From theology to a praxis of ""eco-jihad"": The role of religious civil society organizations in combating climate change in Indonesia ; 7 Churches building resiliency to climate change in Solomon Islands ; 8 Prophecies and climate change in the Mam Altiplano of Guatemala ; 9 Religious perspectives on climate change in the West Ivoirian mountainous region ; 10 Climate change and indigenous African religion: A case study of the transitional ecological zone of Ghana ; PART II The Global North ; 11 Stepping up to the plate: Climate change, faith communities and effective environmental advocacy in Canada ; 12 The U.S. Catholic response to climate change ; 13 ""How many Presbyterians does it take to change a light bulb?"" Confronting global climate change in the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. ; 14 Keep Christianity brown! Climate denial on the Christian Right in the United States ; 15 Christian and Muslim climate activists fasting and praying for the planet: Emotional translation of ""dark green"" activism and green-faith identities ; 16 ""Healing the Land"" in the Canadian Arctic: Evangelism, knowledge, and climate change ; PART III The transnational context ; 17 An investigation of perception of climate change risk, environmental values and development programming in a faith-based international development organization ; 18 International advocacy for climate justice; Conclusion ; 19 Climate change and religion as global phenomena: Summing up and directions for further research

Description / Table of Contents: Die Energieversorgung der Welt steht vor einer radikalen Wende: Mit Fracking erschließt eine neue Techniken bislang unerreichbare Öl- und Gasquellen in der Tiefe. Das verändert die Spielregeln im globalen Energiemarkt.Durch die Ausbeutung dieser sogenannten unkonventionellen Lagerstätten können einige Staaten, die bislang von Öl- und Gas-Importen abhängig sind, zu Exporteuren aufsteigen. Die Preise für Energie werden gerade in diesen Regionen enorm sinken. Unternehmen investieren Milliarden in Fracking und die LNG-Technologie zur Erdgasverflüssigung und verändern damit das Gefüge der Weltwirtschaft. Für energieintensive Industrien wie Stahl- und Aluminiumhütten, Automobilfertigung oder Maschinenbau werden etwa Verlagerungen in der Produktion nötig, um die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu halten.Doch die Fracking-Technologie ist heftig umstritten. In diesem Buch stellen Experten den neuesten Stand der Diskussion, Chancen und Risiken des Fracking-Booms vor. Entscheider aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft können sich so ein unvoreingenommenes Bild machen, um in einer aufgeheizten Debatte kompetent teilnehmen zu können.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Metal resources, use and criticality - The mining industry and the supply of critical minerals - Recycling of (critical) metals - Antimony - Beryllium - Cobal - Gallium - Germanium- Indium- Lithium - Magnesium - Platinum-group metals - Rare earth elements - Rhenium - Tantalum and niobium - Tungsten

Description / Table of Contents: Decoding the complete history of Earth and our solar system requires the placing of the scattered pages of Earth history in a precise chronological order, and the 40Ar/39Ar dating technique is one of the most trusteddating techniques to do that. The 40Ar/39Ar method has been in use for more than 40 years, and has constantlyevolved since then. The steady improvement of the technique is largely due to a better understandingof the K/Ar system, an appreciation of the subtleties of geological material and a continuous refinement ofthe analytical tools used for isotope extraction and counting. The 40Ar/39Ar method is also one of the mostversatile techniques with countless applications in archaeology, tectonics, structural geology, orogenic processesand provenance studies, ore and petroleum genesis, volcanology, weathering processes and climate,and planetary geology. This volume is the first of its kind and covers methodological developments, modelling,data handling, and direct applications of the 40Ar/39Ar technique.

Description / Table of Contents: Since the National Science Foundation joined the National Institutes of Health in requiring that grant proposals include a data management plan, academic librarians have been inundated with related requests from faculty and campus-based grant consulting offices. Data management is a new service area for many library staff, requiring careful planning and implementation. This guide offers a start-to-finish primer on understanding, building, and maintaining a data management service, showing another way the academic library can be invaluable to researchers. Krier and Strasser of the California Digital Library guide readers through every step of a data management plan by - Offering convincing arguments to persuade researchers to create a data management plan, with advice on collaborating with them Laying out all the foundations of starting a service, complete with sample data librarian job descriptions and data management plans - Providing tips for conducting successful data management interviews - Leading readers through making decisions about repositories and other infrastructure - Addressing sensitive questions such as ownership, intellectual property, sharing and access, metadata, and preservation

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction. - 2 Chinese loess and the east-asian monsoon. - 3 Asian monsoon variability recorded in other archives. - 4 Asian dust, eolian iron and black carbon-connections to climate changes. - 5 Mammalian evolution in asia linked to climate changes. - 6 Late cenozoic climate change in monsoon-arid Asia and global changes. - Index.

Description / Table of Contents: This book is the first of its kind on environmental change research devoted to monsoon-arid environment evolution history and its mechanism involved. Capturing the most prominent features of Asian climate and environmental changes, it gives a comprehensive review of the Asian monsoon records providing evidence for spatial and temporal climatic and environmental changes across the Asian continent since the Last Cenozoic. The dynamics underlying these changes are explored based on various bio-geological records and in particular based on the evidence of loess, speleothems as well as on mammal fossils. The Asian monsoon-arid climate system which quantifies the controlling mechanisms of climate change and the way it operates in different time scales is described. Attempts to differentiate between natural change and human-induced effects, which will help guide policies and countermeasures designed to support sustainable developement on the Chinese loess plateau and the arid west.

Description / Table of Contents: THE FACE OF THE EARTH - The Legacy of Eduard Suess ist ein posthumes Buch vom "Vater der modernen Geologie" Eduard Suess. Viele seiner bahnbrechenden, wissenschaftlichen Thesen haben heute noch Gültigkeit, er prägte Begriffe wie Atmosphäre, Hydro-, Litho- und Biosphäre oder Tethys und Gondwana-Land. Eduard Suess war nicht nur ein Pionier der Geowissenschaften sondern auch ein Vorreiter innovativer Ideen als Politiker. Er initiierte eine weltweit beispielhafte Wasserversorgung einer Großstadt, die 1. Wiener Hochquellenwasserleitung, oder die Donauregulierung in Wien, geplant und ausgeführt als eine natürliche Schutzvorrichtung vor Überschwemmungen. Zum 100. Todestag des Kosmopoliten - er wurde in England geboren, lebte in Prag und Wien und forschte auf der ganzen Welt - am 26. April 2014 setzt "The Face of the Earth" ein Zeichen. Zitate aus der Feder des exzellenten Schreibers Eduard Suess , wissenschaftliche reflektierende Texte von einigen der besten Geologen der Gegenwart und faszinierende Bilder von einem der renommiertesten Fotografen machen das Buch zu einer würdigen Hommage.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Chapter 1: Adaptation to climate change in Asia ; Chapter 2: Vulnerable and lagging behind: the case of Hong Kong ; Chapter 3: The evolution of environmental policies in South Korea in response to climate change ; Chapter 4: Climate-proofing a concrete island: improving state and societal climate adaptation capacities in Singapore ; Chapter 5: Assessing climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in China ; Chapter 6: Adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh: migration, the missing link ; Chapter 7: Adaptation strategy to address climate change impacts in the mountains: the case of Nepal ; Chapter 8: Climate change adaptation in agriculture in Cambodia ; Chapter 9: Adapting Indian agriculture to climate change

Description / Table of Contents: The Caledonides are a major orogenic belt that stretches from the Arctic, through Scandinavia, East Greenland, Britain and Ireland into the Atlantic coast of North America. Following the break-up of Rodinia, the Caledonides formed in the Palaeozoic by the drifting of various continents and their eventualaggregation in the Silurian and Devonian. The orogen subsequently fragmented during the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. This volume brings together 25 papers presenting the results of modern research that investigates the orogenic processes and the provenance of specific components of the belt. The contributions reflect different lines of research, linking traditional field studies with modern analytical techniques.In addition three overview papers summarize the main features of the belts in Scandinavia, Svalbard,East Greenland, Britain and Ireland, highlighting the advances made since the last major synthesis of theScandinavian Caledonides 30 years ago, and discussing important open questions.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 INTRODUCTION ; 2 SUSTAINABILITY IN THE REGION ; 3 RESEARCH TO INFORM SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGIONS ; 4 ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ; APPENDIXES

Description / Table of Contents: The latest volume in the LTER series, this book presents the results and finding of the Long-Term Ecological Research site in the Alaskan Arctic, discussing Arctic ecology from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

Description / Table of Contents: Content: 1 Mechanical Testing of Ceramics 2 Ductile Ceramics 3 Imperfections (Defects) in Ceramics 4 Deformation in Ceramics 5 The Strength and Strengthening of Ceramics 6 Time-Dependent Deformation Creep 7 Cyclic Stress Fatigue 8 Fracture 9 Mechanical Properties of Nano-Grain-Size Ceramics

Description / Table of Contents: Naturally fractured reservoirs constitute a substantial percentage of remaining hydrocarbon resources; theycreate exploration targets in otherwise impermeable rocks, including under-explored crystalline basement;and they can be used as geological stores for anthropogenic carbon dioxide. Their complex behaviour duringproduction has traditionally proved difficult to predict, causing a large degree of uncertainty in reservoirdevelopment. The applied study of naturally fractured reservoirs seeks to constrain this uncertainty bydeveloping new understanding, and is necessarily a broad, integrated, interdisciplinary topic. This bookaddresses some of the challenges and advances in knowledge, approaches, concepts, and methods usedto characterize the interplay of rock matrix and fracture networks, relevant to fluid flow and hydrocarbonrecovery. Topics include: describing, characterizing and identifying controls on fracture networks fromoutcrops, cores, geophysical data, digital and numerical models; geomechanical influences on reservoirbehaviour; numerical modelling and simulation of fluid flow; and case studies of the exploration and developmentof carbonate, siliciclastic and metamorphic naturally fractured reservoirs.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Published annually, this volume contains data for the last two years for which final data is available on the supply and consumption of coal, oil, natural gas, electricity, heat, renewables and waste presented as comprehensive energy balances. Data are expressed in thousand tonnes of oil equivalent for over 100 non-OECD countries. Historical tables summarise production, trade and final consumption data as well as key energy and economic indicators. Other tables show preliminary estimates of last year's production (and trade when available) for natural gas, primary coal and oil. This book also includes definitions of products and flows, explanatory notes on the individual country data and conversion factors from original units to energy units.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Prologue ; Why we need to transform ourselves ; Planet Earth in the Anthropocene - the Age of Humans ; Hot stuff: climate change ; We're not that stupid. A glance into the past ; Technically, everything is possible ; A task fot the whole world ; Who is going to pay for it? ; The State also has a role to play ; Politicians can't manage it alone

Description / Table of Contents: Weil Organisation eine elementare Führungsaufgabe darstellt, richtet sich dieses Grundlagenwerk an Studierende, die eine Führungsposition anstreben. Darüber hinaus sind mit dieser Disziplin auch künftige Unternehmensberater, ganz gleich ob das Berufsziel Inhouse-Berater oder externer Unternehmensberater lautet, angesprochen.Dieses Buch behandelt die Grundlagen der Organisationsgestaltung und -entwicklung. Dazu werden einführend der Gegenstand des Organisierens, die produktiven Faktoren sowie das Leistungsprogramm der Unternehmung beleuchtet.Die Organisationsgestaltung bildet den Kern dieses Werkes. Zunächst werden mit der Aufbau-, Ablauf- und Projektorganisation die theoretischen Grundlagen gelegt. Anschließend wird mit dem klassischen Analyse-Synthese-Konzept ein zweckmäßiges organisatorisches Vorgehen vorgestellt. Dieses Vorgehensmodell wird ergänzt um praktische Methoden der Organisationsanalyse, Ansätze zur Verbesserung der Organisation und um ausgewählte Instrumente der Organisationsgestaltung. Schließlich findet auch die Datenverarbeitung als Handlungsrahmen der Organisationsgestaltung Beachtung.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Background -- On the role(s) of energy in the economy -- A brief history of bubbles and busts through 1933 -- Post World War II -- After the end of Glass-Steagall -- The role of misbehavior -- Where do we stand today? -- A policy agenda for stabilization -- Economic growth -- Concluding thoughts about bubbles and energy.

Description / Table of Contents: Overview of Cyber-Physical Systems.- The Need for a Transdisciplinary Approach to Security of Cyber-Physical Infrastructure.- A Regional and Transdisciplinary Approach to Educating Secondary and College Students in Cyber-Physical Systems.- Cyber-Physical Systems and Stem Development: NASA Digital Astronaut Project- Radically Simplifying Cyber Security.- Cyber-Physical System Architectures for Dynamic, Real-Time "Need-to-Know" Authorization.- Cyber-Physical Systems Security.- Axiomatic Design Theory for Cyber-Physical Systems.- The Importance of Grain Size in Communication within Cyber-Physical Systems.- Focus, Salience, and Priming in Cyber-Physical Intelligence.- An Adaptive Cyber-Physical System Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems Design Automation.- Cyber-Physical Eco-Systems.- Risk Assessment and Management to Estimate Hospital Credibility Score of Patient Health Care Quality.- Use of Session Initiation Protocol in Multimedia Communications.- Principle of Active Condition Control.- Long Range Wireless Data Acquisition Sensor System for Health Care Applications.- Performance Improvement of RFID Systems.- Thinking Embedded, Designing Cyber-Physical.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Die Arbeit der Zukunft braucht uns alle! ; ARBEIT IN DEUTSCHLAND, EUROPA UND DER WELT ; Richard Sennett: Über neue Organisationsmodelle im flexiblen Kapitalismus ; Richard B. Freeman: Über soziale Ungleichheit und Mitarbeiterbeteiligung ; Peter A. Hall: Über die Zukunftschancen der sozialen Marktwirtschaft ; MEGATRENDS, ARBEITSCLÜCK UND DIE STILLE REVOLUTION ; Matthias Horx: Über Zukunftsforschung und Megatrends ; Tim Hagemann: Über Arbeitszufriedenheit und psychische Belastungen ; Mercedes Bunz: Über die schleichende Digitalisierung aller Lebensbereiche ; INNENANSICHTEN UND PRAKTISCHE PERSPEKTIVEN ; Thomas Satteiberger: Über die Demokratisierung der Arbeitswelt ; Günter Wallraff: Über Arbeit im freien Fall ; Henning Kagermann: Über das Internet der Dinge, Daten und Dienste ; Detlef Wetzel: Über den Kurswechsel für ein gutes Leben ; Brigitte Ederer: Über die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie ; Michael Sommer: Über die Humanisierung der Arbeit ; POLITISCHE REFLEXION UND GESTALTUNG ; Franz Müntefering: Über eine Arbeitswelt ohne Altersschranken ; Rita Süssmuth: Über Frauen, Zuwanderung und Integration ; Kurt Biedenkopf: Über Zukunftsvorsorge und Reformfähigkeit ; Katrin Göring-Eckardt: Über den ökologischen Umbau der Wirtschaft ; Christian Lindner: Über die liberale Chancengesellschaft ; Katja Kipping: Über das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen

Description / Table of Contents: The Oman Mountains contain one of the world's best- exposed and best-understood fold-thrust belts and the largest, best-exposed and most intensively studied ophiolite complex on Earth. This volume presentsnew international research from authors currently active in the field focusing on the geology of the Oman Mountains, the foreland region, the carbonate platforms of Northern and Central Oman and the underlying basement complex. In addition there is a particular focus on geoconservation in the region.The volume is divided into three main sections that discuss the tectonics of the Arabian plate using insights from geophysics, petrology, structural geology, geochronology and palaeontology; the petrology andgeochemistry of the Oman Ophiolite and the sedimentary and hydrocarbon systems of Oman, drawing on the geophysics, structure and sedimentology of these systems. The volume is enhanced by numerous colour images

Description / Table of Contents: In focus of this volume are five emerging megacities and mega-urban regions across the globe. Located in different climatic areas, determined by different economic development conditions and political frameworks each city has to address different local challenges. Based on various case studies and pilot projects, the book shows the early conceptualisation and the further organisation of integrative spatial planning and urban design for sustainable and more energy-efficient urban structures and the adaptation of cities to climate change.

Description / Table of Contents: The projects in the Future Megacities programme gain valuable experiences in developing energy efficient standards and urban structures with adequate conditions to treat resources with care and avoid unnecessary emissions. To achieve the ambitious objectives, it is essential to convince and enable people to take an active part in sustainable development. This requires qualification and education efforts at different levels, with different target groups and for different topics. This volume presents several proven and evaluated capacity building measures. Proper workmanship, individual responsibility and the ability for personal professional progress are presented in the categories Training Practice and Enabling Local Communities. The authors share their experience and inspire people to set up own comparable projects.

Description / Table of Contents: Als die deutsche Bundesregierung im Juni 2011 die Energiewende verkündete, läutete sie damit gleichzeitig das Ende der Kernenergienutzung zur Stromproduktion ein. Bis zum Jahr 2022 soll kein deutsches Kernkraftwerk mehr Strom produzieren. Allerdings ist die Frage nach der Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle nicht beantwortet. Bislang ist weltweit noch kein Endlager für wärmeentwickelnde Abfälle in Betrieb. Hinsichtlich der Langzeitsicherheit eines Endlagers ist neben Art und Menge der Abfälle auch die Dauer entscheidend, über die die Abfälle sicher aufbewahrt werden müssen. Eine Möglichkeit, das Langzeit-Gefährdungspotenzial wärmeentwickelnder Abfälle zu verringern, könnte Partitionierung und Transmutation (P&T) sein, eine Technik, die sich derzeit in Forschung und Entwicklung befindet.In einem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt wurden die technischen und gesellschaftlichen Chancen und Risiken von P&T anhand von Szenarien untersucht. Das übergeordnete Ziel war es, eine sachgerechte und ausgewogene Grundlage zu erarbeiten, anhand derer entschieden werden kann, wie sich Deutschland in Fragen der P&T-Forschung zukünftig positionieren möchte. In der vorliegenden acatech POSITION werden Empfehlungen zum künftigen Umgang mit P&T an Akteure aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft gegeben.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Das Wissen über den anthropogenen Klimawandel. - 1 .1 Die globale Erwärmung ist eindeutig: Beobachtungen des Klimasystems. - 1.1.1 Erwärmung der Atmosphäre. - 1.1.2 Erwärmung des Ozeans. - 1.1.3 Ozeanversauerung. - 1.1.4 Schmelzen der Eismassen. - 1.1.4.1 Meereis, gegenläufige Trends an den beiden Polen. - 1.1.4.2 Die Eisschilde Grönlands und der Antarktis. - 1.1.5 Meeresspiegelanstieg. - 1 .2 Fähigkeiten und Grenzen von Klimamodellen und Szenarien. - 1.2.1 Klima- und Erdsystemmodelle. - 1.2.2 Integrierte Analysemodelle. - 1.2.3 Emissionsszenarien. - 1 .3 Der menschliche Einfluss auf das Klima ist evident: zum Verständnis der Zusammenhänge. - 1 .4 CO2 aus fossilen Energieträgern - der Kern des Klimaproblems. - 1.4.1 Die Rolle von CO2. - 1.4.2 Andere klimawirksame Gase und Stoffe. - 1 .5 Die zukünftige Entwicklung des Klimas hängt stark vom menschlichen Handeln ab. - 1.5.1 Representative Concentration Pathways - Ein Blick in die Zukunft. - 1.5.1.1RCP 2.6: Ambitionierte Klimapolitik - Negative Emissionen. - 1.5.1.2 RCP 8.5: Der Pfad zur Klimakatastrophe - Business as usual. - 1.5.2 Potenzielle Instabilitäten des Klimasystems - das Risiko der Auslösung nichtlinearer Prozesse. - 1 .6 Beobachtete Auswirkungen des Klimawandels. - 1 .7 Die zukünftigen Auswirkungen des globalen Klimawandels auf die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen der Menschheit. - 1.7.1 Gefährliche anthropogene Störung des Klimasystems: fünf Gefährdungslagen. - 1.7.2 Kernrisiken für den Erhalt der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen. - 1.7.3 Kernrisiken für Sektoren und Regionen: Beispiele. - 1.7.3.1 Nahrungsproduktion und Ernährungssicherheit. - 1.7.3.2 Süßwasserdargebot. - 1.7.3.3 Städtische Verdichtungsräume. - 1.7.3.4 Menschliche Gesundheit. - 1.7.3.5 Verlust von Kulturerbe und kultureller Vielfalt. - 1.7.3.6 Konfliktfaktor Klimawandel. - 1.7.3.7 Migration. - 1.7.3.8 Ökosysteme und biologische Vielfalt. - 1.7.4 Regionale Herausforderungen. - 1.7.4.1 Europa. - 1.7.4.2 Afrika und Asien. - 1 .8 Den anthropogenen Klimawandel begrenzen. - 1.8.1 Transformationspfade zur Einhaltung der 2°C-Leitplanke. - 1.8.2 Handlungsfelder und Sektoren für den Klimaschutz. - 1.8.2.1 Energie. - 1.8.2.2 Transport. - 1.8.2.3 Gebäude. - 1.8.2.4 Industrie. - 1.8.2.5 Land- und Forstwirtschaft sowie weitere Landnutzung. - 1.8.2.6 Menschliche Siedlungen, Infrastruktur und Raumplanung. - 1.8.3 Großtechnische Eingriffe. - 1.8.3.1 Aktive Entfernung von CO2. - 1.8.3.2 Manipulation der Strahlungsbilanz. - 1 .9 Rahmenbedingungen für die Transformation zu einer klimaverträglichen Gesellschaft. - 1.9.1 Emissionstrends und ihre Treiber. - 1.9.2 Klimaschutz erfordert neue Investitionsmuster. - 1.9.3 Klimaschutzmaßnahmen und ihre Zusatznutzen. - 1.9.4 Akteure und Bündnisse für den Klimaschutz. - 1 .10 Kernbotschaften. - 2 Herausforderungen für einen gerechten Klimaschutz. - 2 .1 Die Einhaltung der 2°C-Leitplanke als zentrales Ziel im internationalen Klimaschutz. - 2 .2 Voraussetzungen für die Einhaltung der 2°C-Leitplanke. - 2 .3 Verantwortung für die Einhaltung der 2°C-Leitplanke. - 2.3.1 Das Nullemissionsziel als gemeinsame Verantwortung für alle Staaten. - 2.3.2 Das Nullemissionsziel als gemeinsame Verantwortung aller gesellschaftlichen Akteure. - 2.3.3 Eine neue Verantwortungsarchitektur für den Klimaschutz: Das Zusammenspiel zwischen Weltbürgerbewegung und Multilateralismus. - 2 .4 Kernbotschaften. - 3 Vorschlag für ein Pariser Klimaprotokoll 2015. - 3 .1 Leitkonzept: Prozeduralisierung der 2°C-Leitplanke. - 3 .2 Pariser Protokoll: Allgemeiner Teil. - 3.2.1 Wissenschaftliche Expertise rechtsverbindlich verankern. - 3.2.2 Größtmögliche Transparenz durch Information gewährleisten. - 3.2.3 Akzeptanz und Kontrolle durch Beteiligung fördern. - 3.2.4 Befolgung durch Klagerechte verbessern. - 3 .3 Pariser Protokoll: Besonderer Teil. - 3.3.1 Klimaschützende Maßnahmen. - 3.3.1.1 2°C-Leitplanke als rechtsverbindlichen Maßstab verankern. - 3.3.1.2 Globales Langfristziel verbindlich festlegen. - 3.3.1.3 Vertragsstaatliche Zusagen zur CO2-Reduktion und Überprüfungsverfahren (Pledge-and-Review- Verfahren). - 3.3.1.4 Berichterstattung klar strukturieren und verbindlich verankern. - 3.3.2 Anpassung: Fortführung und Stärkung vorhandener Maßnahmen. - 3.3.3 Verluste und Schäden: Warschau-Mechanismus ausbauen. - 3.3.4 Flexible Mechanismen. - 3.3.4.1 Die flexiblen Mechanismen im Kyoto-Protokoll. - 3.3.4.2 Zukünftige Nutzung flexibler Mechanismen. - 3.3.5 Ein Transformationsfonds für eine klimaverträgliche Wirtschaft. - 3.3.5.1 Vorschlag für einen Transformationsfonds. - 3.3.6 Finanzierung. - 3 .4 Kernbotschaften. - 4 Narrative und Laboratorien für aktiven Klimaschutz. - 4 .1 Die Vitalisierung internationaler Verhandlungen. - 4 .2 Modularer Multilateralismus. - 4.2.1 Staaten-Clubs. - 4.2.2 Club der Metropolen: das Beispiel C40 Climate Leadership Group. - 4 .3 Individuelle und kollektive Verantwortung. - 4.3.1 Politischer Konsum: Boykott und Buykott. - 4.3.2 Individueller Emissionshandel: Beispiel CO2-Kreditkarte. - 4.3.3 Transition-Town-Bewegung. - 4.3.4 Divestition. - 4.3.5 Anpassungsnetzwerke. - 4.3.6 Städtenetzwerke. - 4 .4 Normativer und kognitiver Paradigmenwechsel. - 4.4.1 Von Reallaboren bis zur Citizen Science - zum unterschätzten Potenzial einertransformativen Wissenschaft. - 4.4.2 Impulse aus Religionsgemeinschaften. - 4 .5 Wiedereinbettung der Märkte. - 4.5.1 Multi-Stakeholder-Initiativen. - 4.5.2 Nachhaltiges öffentliches Beschaffungswesen. - 4.5.3 Energiegenossenschaften. - 4.5.4 Privatwirtschaftliche Akteure und deren Zusammenschlüsse. - 4.5.5 Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie. - 4 .6 Das Zusammenspiel. - 4 .7 Handlungsempfehlungen. - 4.7.1 Modularer Multilateralismus. - 4.7.2 Individuelle und kollektive Verantwortung stärken. - 4.7.3 Wiedereinbettung der Märkte. - 4 .8 Kernbotschaften. - 5 Forschungsempfehlungen. - 5 .1 Transformationsforschung und transformative Forschung. - 5.1.1 Transformationsforschung. - 5.1.2 Transformative Forschung und Wissenskoproduktion. - 5.1.3 Institutionelle Impulse. - 5 .2 Global Governance für die Transformation zur klimaverträglichen Gesellschaft. - 5.2.1 Governance- und Gerechtigkeitsfragen. - 5.2.2 Gestaltung des Pariser Klimaprotokolls. - 5.2.3 Integrative Ansätze. - 5.2.4 Forschung zu Niedrigemissionstechnologien und zu großtechnischen Eingriffen. - 5 .3 Ausgewählte Laboratorien für eine Transformation zur klimaverträglichen Gesellschaft. - 5.3.1 Förderung von Experimenten und Reallaboren. - 5.3.2 Politischer Konsum. - 5.3.3 Wissenschaftliche Begleitung lokaler Transformationsinitiativen. - 5.3.4 Städtenetzwerke. - 5.3.5 Anpassungsnetzwerke. - 5.3.6 Desertec. - 5.3.7 Transformationserfordernisse und -barrieren in der Privatwirtschaft. - 5.3.8 Entwicklung handelbarer Emissionsrechte für Privathaushalte. - 5.3.9 Integration nachhaltiger und innovations orientierter Beschaffung. - 5 .4 Epilog. - 6 Synopse. - 7 Literatur.

Description / Table of Contents: Der 5. Sachstandsbericht des Weltklimarates (IPCC) macht unmissverständlich klar: Inakzeptable Klimafolgen, die sich jenseits der 2°C-Leitplanke häufen dürften, können nur vermieden werden, wenn der weitere Anstieg der Treibhausgaskonzentration so bald wie möglich gestoppt wird. Der WBGU empfiehlt daher, die CO2-Emissionen aus fossilen Energieträgern bis spätestens 2070 auf Null zu senken. Dies ist ein ebenso ehrgeiziges wie prägnantes Politikziel, denn jedes Land, jede Kommune, jedes Unternehmen und jeder Bürger müssen - die Null schaffen-, wenn die Welt als Ganzes klimaneutral werden soll. Die 2°C-Linie kann allerdings nur gehalten werden, wenn zahlreiche Akteure - insbesondere die OECD-Staaten - schon deutlich früher ihre Emissionen herunterfahren. Der Weltgesellschaft als Ganzes steht ein eng begrenztes Kohlenstoffbudget zur Verfügung, so dass der Scheitelpunkt der Emissionen möglichst bis 2020, auf alle Fälle aber in der dritten Dekade erreicht werden sollte. Der WBGU umreißt in diesem Gutachten eine Doppelstrategie für den globalen Klimaschutz, die auf das Zusammenspiel von Multilateralismus und Zivilgesellschaft setzt. Dafür sollte zum einen das für Ende 2015 angestrebte Pariser Klimaabkommen bestimmte Merkmale aufweisen, die der Beirat benennt. Insbesondere sollte ein Prozess vereinbart werden, der die Einhaltung der 2°C-Leitplanke sicherstellt. Zum anderen sollten alle gesellschaftlichen Akteure ihre spezifischen Beiträge zur Dekarbonisierung leisten. So kann eine verschränkte Verantwortungsarchitektur für die Zukunft unseres Planeten entstehen, in der vertikales Delegieren und horizontales Engagieren keinen Gegensatz bilden, sondern sich wechselseitig verstärken.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 The Great Paradigm Shift from Market Capitalism to the Collaborative Commons ; PARTI THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF CAPITALISM ; 2 The European Enclosures and the Birth of the Market Economy ; 3 The Courtship of Capitalism and Vertical Integration ; 4 Human Nature through a Capitalist Lens ; PART II THE NEAR ZERO MARGINAL COST SOCIETY ; 5 Extreme Productivity, the Internet of Things, and Free Energy ; 6 3D Printing: From Mass Production to Production by the Masses ; 7 MOOCs and a Zero Marginal Cost Education ; 8 The Last Worker Standing ; 9 The Ascent of the Prosumer and the Build-out of the Smart Economy ; PART III THE RISE OF THE COLLABORATIVE COMMONS ; 10 The Comedy of the Commons ; 11 The Collaboratists Prepare for Battle ; 12 The Struggle to Define and Control the Intelligent Infrastructure ; PART IV SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE SHARING ECONOMY ; 13 The Transformation from Ownership to Access ; 14 Crowdfunding Social Capital, Democratizing Currency, Humanizing Entrepreneurship, and Rethinking Work ; PART V THE ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE ; 15 The Sustainable Cornucopia ; 16 A Biosphere Lifestyle ; Afterword: A Personal Note

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. General Introduction ; PART I: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ; 2. The Trajectory of International Environmental Politics ; 3. Theoretical Perspectives on International Environmental Politics ; 4. Methods in International Environmental Politics ; PART II: MAJOR RESEARCH AREAS ; 5. International Political Economy and the Environment ; 6. Gender and International Environmental Politics ; 7. Knowledge and the Environment ; 8. Transnational Actors in International Environmental Politics ; 9. Environmental Security ; 10. Global Governance and the Environment ; PART III: FRAMEWORKS FOR EVALUATING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ; 11. The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes ; 12. Sustainable development: the institutionalization of a contested policy concept ; 13. Environmental and Ecological Justice ; 14. Transparency and International Environmental Politics ; 15. Conclusion

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Zeiten des Klimawandels, der Energiewende und der (großen) Transformation sind auch Zeiten der Verunsicherung. Da ist es sinnvoll, sich zu erinnern und zu vergewissern beispielsweise bei den Vordenkern und Vorreitern der Ökologiebewegung. In diesem Buch sind 40 Porträts von Philosophen und Praktikern, Natur- und Sozialwissenschaftlern zusammengestellt, denen der Erhalt und die Pflege einer intakten Umwelt besondere Anliegen waren und sind. Die ausgewählten Vordenker umspannen die Zeit vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert, die vorgestellten Vorreiter die Neuzeit des aktiven Umweltschutzes und Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurses.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. Methodology ; 3. Data ; 4. Results and discussion ; 5. Conclusion and policy implications

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. Overall socio-economic status of North African countries ; 3. State of manufacturing production in North African countries ; 4. State of manufactured exports in North Africa ; 5. Discussion and conclusion

Description / Table of Contents: Contents:PART I: FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE 1. Overview of Climate Science 2. Earth' Climate System Today 3. Climatic Archives, Data and Models PART II: TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE 4. CO2 and Long-Term Climate 5. Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate 6. Greenhouse Climate From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years PART III: ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE 8. Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation 9. Insolation Control of Monsoons 10. Insolation Control of Ice Sheets 11. Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane 12. Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems PART IV: GLACIAL/DEGLACIAL CLIMATE CHANGE 13. The Last Glacial Maximum 14. Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation 15. Millennial Oscillations of Climate PART V: HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE 16. Humans and Pre-Industrial Climate 17. Climate Changes During the Last 1000 Years 18. Climate Changes Since 1850 19. Causes of Warming over the Last 125 Years 20. Future Climatic Change

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 Research question: Domestic linkages and institutional distance ; 3 Data and methodology ; 4 Results ; 5 Conclusion and policy implications

Description / Table of Contents: Content: 1. Introduction to information theory; 2. Probability, entropy and inference; More about inference; Part I. Data Compression: 4. The source coding theorem; 5. Symbol codes; 6. Stream codes; 7. Codes for integers; Part II. Noisy-Channel Coding: 8. Dependent random variables; 9. Communication over a noisy channel; 10. The noisy-channel coding theorem; 11. Error-correcting codes and real channels; Part III. Further Topics in Information Theory: 12. Hash codes; 13. Binary codes; 14. Very good linear codes exist; 15. Further exercises on information theory; 16. Message passing; 17. Constrained noiseless channels; 18. Crosswords and codebreaking; 19. Why have sex? Information acquisition and evolution; Part IV. Probabilities and Inference: 20. An example inference task: clustering; 21. Exact inference by complete enumeration; 22. Maximum likelihood and clustering; 23. Useful probability distributions; 24. Exact marginalization; 25. Exact marginalization in trellises; 26. Exact

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. Introduction: 1. Grasping the essentials of the climate change problem ; 2. Mitigation, adaptation and geo-engineering ; Part II. The History of the Negotiations: 3. Setting the stage: defining the climate problem (until 1990) ; 4. Institutionalising key issues: the Framework Convention on Climate Change (1991-1996) ; 5. Progress despite challenges: towards the Kyoto Protocol and beyond (1997-2001) ; 6. The regime under challenge: leadership competition sets in (2001-2007) ; 7. Enlarging the negotiating pie ; Part III. Issues in Global Climate Governance: 8. Countries, coalitions, other actors and negotiation challenges ; 9. Litigation and human rights ; Part IV. Towards the Future: 10. Climate governance: a steep learning curve!

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- The Global Picture -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Europe and Central Asia -- Appendix

Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS: PREFACE. - INTERACT PARTNER STATIONS AND INTERACT OBSERVER STATIONS. - ABOUT INTERACT. - INTRODUCTION. - 1 Management planning. - 1.1Introduction to management planning. - 1.2 Master Plan/Strategic Plan and other management planning documents. - 1.2.1Vision and mission statements. - 1.2.2 Conceptual framework for the station. - 1.2.3 Terms of Reference (ToR) for station operations. - 1.2.4Strategy, including Programme and Implementation Plan. - 1.3 Other plans and regulations. - 1.3.1Land Use Plan. - 1.3.2Facility Plan. - 1.3.3 Business Plan / Financial Plan. - 1.3.4 Other relevant plans. - 1.3.5 Policies. - 1.3.6 Description of procedures, rules and recommendations. - 1.4Check lists. - 31.4.1Application handling - check list. - 1.4.2 Visitor information - check list. - 1.4.3 Emergency operations - check lists. - 1.4.6Inventories - check lists. - Key considerations. - Examples. - 2 Policies. - 2.1Introduction. - 2.2 Examples of types of policies. - Key considerations. - Examples. - 3 Staff. - 3.1Organisation, roles and responsibilities. - 3.2 Attracting and keeping good staff. - Key considerations. - Station examples. - 4 Visitors. - 4.1Introduction. - 4.2 Pre-visit phase (application phase). - 4.2.1Communication with potential applicants. - 4.2.2 Important information that can be included in information documents to visitors. - 4.3 Visit phase. - 4.3.1Communication with visitors at the station. - 4.3.2Creating a good work environment at the station. - 4.3.3 Conflict mitigation and mental health problems. - 4.4 Post-visit phase. - Key considerations. - Examples. - Station examples. - 5 Permit issues. - 5.1Introduction. - 5.2 National/regional/local legislation and permits. - 5.3 Communication with authorities and local communities. - 5.4 Application procedures and forms for station access. - 5.4.1Application guidelines for applicants. - 5.4.2 Application handling procedures for station management. - 5.4.3 Application form. - 5.4.4 Permit or user agreement. - 5.5 Communication with applicants. - 5.6 GIS based project management tool developed under INTERACT. - 5.6.1System specification. - 5.6.2Migration - inclusion of additional stations. - 5.6.3 Research on environmental informatics. - 5.6.4Typical development and implementation procedures. - Key considerations. - Examples. - 6Health and safety. - 6.1Introduction. - 6.2 Health and safety policies. - 6.2.1 Health policy - required health status for access to station. - 6.2.2 Under-aged, senior and family policy. - 6.2.3 Insurance policy and disclaimer. - 6.3 Important risks and mitigation measures. - 6.3.1Risk assessment. - 6.3.2Transport - risks and mitigation measures. - 6.3.3 Field work - risks and mitigation measures. - 6.3.4 At station - risks and mitigation measures. - 6.4 Emergency preparedness. - 6.5 Medical facilities. - 6.6 Health and safety training. - Key considerations. - Examples. - Station examples. - 7 Environmental impact. - 7.1Introduction. - 7.2 Legislation and standards. - 7.3 Environmental Impact Assessment. - 7.4 Limiting environmental impacts. - 7.5 Eco-policies. - Key considerations. - 8 Outreach and marketing. - 8.1Introduction. - 8.2 Stakeholders and marketing/outreach mechanisms. - 8.2.1Stakeholder groups - marketing. - 8.2.2Stakeholder groups - outreach. - 8.2.3 Marketing and outreach mechanisms. - 8.3 Developing a marketing and outreach strategy (or a communication strategy). - 8.4 Local involvement/Citizen Science. - Key considerations. - Examples. - Station examples. - 9 Research and monitoring. - 9.1Introduction. - 9.2 Organisational set-up of science and logistics functions. - 9.3 Research and monitoring strategy and working programme. - 9.4 International scientific networks and organisations with an arctic focus. - 9.4.1Arctic Council. - 9.4.2 Multi-disciplinary international organisations and projects. - 9.4.3 Single discipline/parameters networks. - 9.5 International assessments and strategies of relevance to development of science/monitoring strategies. - Key considerations. - Station examples. - 10 Training and education. - 10.1Introduction. - 10.2 Training. - 10.3 Education. - Key considerations. - Examples. - Station examples. - 11Knowledge capture and data management. - 11.1Introduction. - 11.2 Operational data for station management. - 11.3 Research data management. - 11.3.1Introduction to metadata and DOI. - 11.3.2 Data discovery and data publication. - 11.3.3 Data policies. - 11.4 Data-related outreach and education. - 11.5 Formulation of a 'Data Management Plan'. - Key considerations. - APPENDICES. - Appendices, Chapter 1 Management planning. - 1.1 Land Use Plan - Kings Bay logistics company, Svalbard. - 1.2 User information check list - Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA. - Appendices, Chapter 2 Policies (station examples). - 2.1a Environmental policy - NERC Arctic Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.1b Environmental policy - Sverdrup Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.2a Ethics policy - NERC Arctic Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.2b Ethics policy; alcohol and drugs policy - Sverdrup Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.2c Ethics policy; alcohol and drugs policy - Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA. - 2.3 Extreme weather/winter operation policy - Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA. - 2.4a Health and safety policy - NERC Arctic Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.4b Health and safety policy - Sverdrup Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.5 Information policy (data and publication sharing policy) - NERC Arctic Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.6 Sponsorship policy - NERC Arctic Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.7 Staff policy - Sverdrup Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. - 2.8a Transport; snow machine/snowmobile use policy - Barrow Arctic Research Center/Barrow Environmental Observatory, Alaska, USA.. - 2.8b Transport; snow machine/snowmobile use policy - Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA. - 2.9 Under-aged and family policy - Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA. - Appendices, Chapter 4 Visitors. - 4.1User guide - Sermilik Research Station, Greenland. - 4.2 Permit issues - FINSE Alpine Research Center, Norway. - 4.3 Visitor information - Kolari Research Unit, Finland. - 4.4 Visitor information - Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. - Appendices, Chapter 5 Permit issues. - 5.1 Application form - Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. - 5.2 Application form for protected areas - Metsähallitus, Finland. - 5.3 Application form - Finse Alpine Research Center, Norway. - 5.4Application form - Zackenberg Research Station, Greenland. - 5.5 Generalised application form based on best practice examples. - Appendices, Chapter 6 Health and safety. - 6.1Insurance statement, independent groups - Government of Greenland. - 6.2 Insurance statement, self-insured institutions - Government of Greenland. - 6.3 Risk assessment - Sermilik Research Station, Greenland. - 6.4 Declaration of indemnity - Samoylov Research Station/AWI, Russia/Germany. - Appendices, Chapter 7 Environmental management. - 7.1Example of generalised contents from Environmental Impact Assessment. - 7.2 EIA Screening Checklist with thought example (in grey text) - EU. - 7.3 Environmental impact and mitigation measures for research station operations. - Appendices, Chapter 9 Research and monitoring. - 9.1Example of research and monitoring strategy and working programme contents - Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring. - 9.2 Example of monitored variables - Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. - Appendices, Chapter 11 Knowledge capture and data management. - 11.1 Development of local data capture and storing mechanism. - INDEX.

Description / Table of Contents: INTERACT is a one-stop shop for access to research infrastructures in the Arctic and in alpine areas of the Northern Hemisphere. The main objective of INTERACT is to build capacity for identifying, understanding, predicting and responding to changes throughout the wide environmental and land-use envelopes of the Arctic and alpine areas of the Northern Hemisphere. The INTERACT network of field stations provides a unique platform for terrestrial sciences and the network hosts and operates top level research and monitoring projects and programmes within a wide range of scientific disciplines. This book is about management of arctic and northern alpine research stations. In the book, INTERACT's station managers share their knowledge and experiences gained from managing a set of very different research stations in very different environmental and climatic settings. The target audience for the book is mainly managers of research stations in arctic and alpine areas, but it is the hope that it will also be a useful tool for others being involved in science coordination and logistics, for example research institutions, chief scientists and expedition planners.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Executive summary ; Chapter 1. Impacts of climate change on the water cycle and implications for agricultur ; Chapter 2. Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agricultural water management ; Chapter 3. Conclusion and key policy implications ; Annex A. Linkages between climate change, water and agricultural production ; Annex B. Trends in temperature anomalies ; Annex C. A review of the water resource and water quality implications of selected mitigation practices

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction ; I. Torts and Misalignments ; 1. Prices, Sanctions, and Discontinuities ; 2. The Injurer's Self-Risk Puzzle ; 3. Negligence Per Se and Unaccounted Risks ; 4. Lapses and Substitution ; 5. Total Liability for Excessive Harm ; II. Contracts and Victims' Incentives ; 6. Unity in the Law of Torts and Contracts ; 7. Anti-Insurance ; 8. Decreasing Liability Contracts and the Assistant Interest ; III. Restitution and Positive Externalities ; 9. A Public Goods Theory of Restitution ; 10. Liability Externalities and Mandatory Choices ; 11. The Relationship between Nonlegal Sanctions and Damages ; Conclusion

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introductory Chapter ; Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change Response Policies ; Social, Economic and Ethical Concepts and Methods ; Sustainable Development and Equity ; Drivers, Trends and Mitigation ; Assessing Transformation Pathways ; Energy Systems ; Transport ; Buildings ; Industry ; Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) ; Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning ; International Cooperation:Agreements and Instruments ; Regional Development and Cooperation ; National and Sub-national Policies and Institutions ; Cross-cutting Investment and Finance Issues ; Annexes

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. The Arc of the Book ; 2. Social Failures and Social Solutions ; 3. "Meet" Solutions: eHarmony and OkCupid ; 4. "Meet" Solution: Twitter ; 5. "Friend" Solutions: Facebook and mixi ; 6. "Meet" and "Friend" Solutions: LinkedIn and Friendster ; 7. "Meet" and "Friend" Solution: MySpace ; 8. Social Strategies ; 9. Social Strategy at Zynga ; 10. Social Strategy at Yelp ; 11. Social Strategy at American Express ; 12. Social Strategy at Nike ; 13. Building Social Strategy at XCard and Harvard Business Review ; 14. Conclusions

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. Background and related empirical literature ; 3. Data description and methodology ; 4. Empirical results ; 5. Conclusions

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Economics before Keynes, I : Hume -- Keynes at Versailles -- Keynes and the Macmillan Committee -- Economics before Keynes, II : Marshall -- The general theory -- IS-LM curves -- The liquidity trap -- Bretton Woods and the Swan diagram -- The Keynesian age, crises and reactions -- An international paradox of thrift.

Description / Table of Contents: The focus of this R&D project is the development of a new integrated workflow using state of the art optimization techniques combined with the adjoint method for history matching. The integration concept is aimed at developing a robust workflow supporting decision processes for evaluating alternative production scenarios of oil and gas fields. For this purpose, SenEx, which is an advanced sensitivity computation tool capable of modifying rock properties on grid-block level, has been linked to the existing optimization framework MEPO. The Hotlink thus developed has been tested, reviewed and enhanced. Within the framework of this re-search project, the developed workflows have been applied to a spectrum of history match-ing problems with varying complexities.In general, multiple geological realizations were used to capture existing uncertainty in an extended optimization workflow, including history matching and production optimization. Us-ing this method, history match is typically achieved with significantly less number of iterations compared to existing methods. The workflow applied is useful for evaluating alternative re-development scenarios, quantifying uncertainties and generating realistic history matched models. Benchmarking work performed provided better insights into benefits and limitations of the adjoint method.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: A Allgemeiner Teil ; 1 Ziele der Erhaltung von forstlichen Genressourcen ; 2 Genetische Ressourcen als Grundlage einer nachhaltigen Waldentwicklung ; 3 Grundlagen für die Erhaltung forstgenetischer Ressourcen ; 4 Gefährdung der genetischen Vielfalt ; 5 Aufgaben der forstlichen Generhaltung ; 6 Arbeitsschritte und Entscheidungsgrundlagen für die Erhaltung genetischer Ressourcen ; 7 Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung genetischer Ressourcen ; B Spezieller Teil - Baumarten ; 1 Gehölzarten ; 2 Baumartenspezifische Erhaltungsstrategien ; Anlagen

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Regional context ; Africa ; Europe ; Asia ; Australasia ; North America ; Central and South America ; Polar Regions ; Small Islands ; The Ocean ; Annexes

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface. - Megacities and Global Change. - Megacities and Climate Change: Early Adapters, Mainstream Adapters, and Capacities. - Underground cities. - Water quality and socio-ecological vulnerability regarding urban development in selected case studies of megacity Guangzhou, China. - Rice for the Megacity. Dhaka's food supply between global risks and local vulnerabilities. - Land development strategies in megacities: Guiding land use and land rights in the context of urban sprawl and informality. - The influence of foreign direct investment on land use changes and regional planning in developing-World megacities: a Bangalore case study. - Inner-city development in megacities between degradation and renewal. The case of Sao Paulo case study. - Agile Firm Organisation and Upgrading in the Greater Pearl River Delta. - Linking Global Change, National Development Goals, Urbanization and International Migration in China: The Example of African Migrants in Guangzhou and Foshan. - "Phobopolis": Violence, fear and socio-political fragmentation of the space in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - Dar es Salaam, megacity of tomorrow - informal urban expansion and the provision of technical infrastructure. - Bus Rapid Transit: the answer to transport problems in megacities? The example of TransMilenio (Bogotá / Colombia). - Governance in Megacities: Experiences, Challenges, and Implications for International Cooperation. - Managing the Metropolis: Planning in New York City. - E-Governance Initiatives in India: Case Studies from Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction to Computers and C++ ; 2 Introduction to C++ Programming; Input/Output and Operators ; 3 Introduction to Classes, Objects and Strings ; 4 Control Statements: Part 1; Assignment, ++ and -- Operators ; 5 Control Statements: Part 2; Logical Operators ; 6 Functions and an Introduction to Recursion ; 7 Class Templates array and vector; Catching Exceptions ; 8 Pointers ; 9 Classes: A Deeper Look; Throwing Exceptions ; 10 Operator Overloading; Class string ; 11 Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance ; 12 Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism ; 13 Stream Input/Output: A Deeper Look ; 14 File Processing ; 15 Standard Library Containers and Iterators ; 16 Standard Library Algorithms ; 17 Exception Handling: A Deeper Look ; 18 Introduction to Custom Templates ; 19 Custom Templatized Data Structures ; 20 Searching and Sorting ; 21 Class string and String Stream Processing: A Deeper Look ; 22 Bits, Characters, C Strings and structs ; 23 Other Topics

Description / Table of Contents: Orogenic andesites have long intrigued scientists because of their remarkable compositional similarities to the continental crust. The significance of orogenic andesites as proxies to continental crust formation has been recognized for over 30 years, but no consensus model of andesite genesis exists. Much of the controversy revolves around whether orogenic andesites are primary melts of slab and mantle materials, or instead evolve from basaltic mantle melts at shallower crustal levels. In three sections, this book provides an overview of andesite genesis at convergent margins that focuses on the slab mantle interaction, crustal processing and andesite evolution through the life of volcanic arcs. Without favouring a particular view, the books aims to engender cross-fertilization and discussion that will smooth the pathway towards a holistic communal model of andesite petrogenesis and its role within the broader geochemical cycles of the Earth.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Contours of the International Climate Movement - Conception and Contents of the Handbook ; Part 1 Theoretical Prospects of the Climate Movement ; 2. Framing Processes in the Climate Movement: from Climate Change to Climate Justice ; 3. Democratizing the Climate Negotiations System through Improved Opportunities for Participation ; 4. Antagonistic Standpoints: The Climate Justice Coalition Viewed in Light of a Theory of Societal Relationships with Nature ; 5. The Climate Justice Movement and the Hegemonic Discourse of Technology ; 6. Climate Justice from the Perspective of Philosophy ; Part 2 Components of the Climate Movement Regional Climate Movements ; 7. The Green Movement in Britain ; 8. The Climate Movement in Germany ; 9. Movements for Climate Justice in the US and Worldwide ; 10. The Australian Climate Movement: A disparate response to climate change and climate politics in a not so 'lucky country' ; 11. The Climate Movement in Brazil - Professionalism and Ideological Differences ; 12. India - The long march to a climate movement ; 13. China's Emerging Climate Change Movement - Finding a Place to Stand ; 14. Climate Justice In, By and For Africa ; 15. Activist Profile Bill McKibben ; 16. Activist Profile Naomi Klein ; 17. Activist Profile James Hansen ; 18. Activist Profile Gore ; Popular Activists 19. Activist Profile Tim DeChristopher ; 20. Activist Profile Anna Rose ; 21. Activist Profiles David Spratt und Phillip Sutton ; International NGOs and Network Organizations 22. Organization Profile Climate Action Network International ; 23. Organization Profile Climate Justice Now! ; 24. Organization Profile La Via Campesina ; 25. Organization Profile Friends of the Earth International ; 26. Organization Profile Climate Alliance ; Climate NGOs from the US 27. Organization Profile 350.org ; 28. Organization Profile Rising Tide ; 29. Organization Profile Energy Action Coalition ; Climate NGOs from Europe 30. Organization Profile Plane Stupid ; 31. Organization Profile Germanwatch ; Part 3 Arenas, Activities and Development of the Climate Movement ; 32. Between Pragmatism and Radicalization. NGOs and Social Movements in International Climate Politics ; 33. Re-Framing Climate Change: The Cochabamba Conference and Global Climate Politics ; 34. Debates and Conflicts in the Climate Movement ; 35. Small Island States and the new Climate Change: the Case of Kiribati ; 36. Ambivalent involvement: Civil-Society Actors in Forest Carbon Offsets. The case of the Climate Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCB) ; 37. In the Periphery of the Climate Movement - Humanitarian Organizations ; 38. Conclusion: Results of the Handbook - State, Influence and Future of the Climate Movement