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Description / Table of Contents: While researching for another film, filmmakers Tom Radford and Peter Raymont came across the story of Nugliak, an Inuvialuit man born just before the end of the 19th century who observed and wrote of the changes that occurred in the north during his lifetime on Herschel Island. Radford's film loosely follows the book, touching on much the same subjects, but using Nugliak's descendents as a link to the present.

Description / Table of Contents: It is easy to overlook Herschel Island - a tiny speck of land just off the Yukon coast - where the Inuvialuit hunter Nuligak once followed the great journeys of caribou, polar bears, and whales. The island lays silently on the margins of geography, entrapped in the footnotes of history, a forgotten place frozen in time. And yet just over a century ago Herschel Island was a frontier boomtown, branded "the Sodom of the Arctic" by some visitors at the time. A place cohabited by whalers, Inuit, missionaries, and police; a place of contact and conflict; a place where worlds collided and lives were changed forever. It was on Herschel Island that a young Inucialuit boy, Nuligak (later named Bob Cockney by the missionaries) came of age - fascinated by Herschel, but equally repelled by the excess of so-called civilization. Through Nuligak's touching yet tragic life-story expressed through his writings and echoed by his grandchildren's poignant return to the Island - we are offered a unique view into an often troubling past and a potentially hopeful future.

Description / Table of Contents: Die Frage ist nicht, ob fossile Energieträger (insbesondere das Erdöl) endlich sind, sondern wie bald die Quellen endgültig versiegen. 3 Jahre nach seinem beachtlichen Debüt "Öko-Realismus" (BA 2/03), das Gründinger (geboren 1984) als Oberstufenschüler vorgelegt hatte, beschäftigt sich der Student der Politikwissenschaften und Mitglied von Youth for Intergenerational Justice und Sustainability - Europe (YOIS) eingehend mit der brisanten Energiefrage. Die "pyromane" Menschheit verbrenne sich selbst, sei durch die Abhängigkeit von der "schwarzen Droge Öl" in eine bedrohliche Falle geraten, aus der sie sich kaum befreien könne. Sein Abgesang auf die fossil-atomare Energieversorgung, die kritische Analyse des gegenwärtigen Energiesystems und sein propagierter "Weg in ein Industrielles Solarzeitalter" (Energie-Revolution) speisen sich aus einem breiten Fundus an aktuellen Daten und Fakten aus Fachliteratur, aber auch geheimgehaltenen Dokumenten. Mit Bibliografie. Wie H. Scheer: "Energieautonomie" (BA 10/05) ein wichtiger, kompetenter Beitrag zum Thema, diesmal der jüngeren Generation. Sehr empfohlen. (2) (Helga Lüdtke)

Description / Table of Contents: Abgesang auf die fossil-atomare Energieversorgung, kritische Analyse des gegenwärtigen Energiesystems und propagierter "Weg in ein Industrielles Solarzeitalter" (Energie-Revolution) eines Umweltaktivisten der jüngeren Generation. (Helga Lüdtke)

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE The characteristics of natural disasters in modern mega-cities have been complicated and diversified since the end of 20th century and originated not only from geo-physical and global changes of natural hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunami, floods, storms, landslides, and drought, but also from the recent structural changes of our post-industrial societies. In fact, the Japanese urban area has become more and more vulnerable to newly emerging risks of low probability but high consequence type (LPHC type), which have been induced technologically and socially in modern society. For example, the estimated damage exposed by the floods has increased five times during the past 20 years in terms of unit-exposed space (inundated area in the case of flooding). This is due to the high concentration of both population and social infrastructures in residential districts, in spite of the success in decreasing the total number of human casualties of flood disasters, thanks to the tremendous amount of investment in constructing such physical structural facilities as dams, dikes, banks, etc. In return, we unfortunately face the soaring marginal cost of reducing disaster risk up to an acceptable level. In addition, we have such a new type of multi-disasters in modern mega-cities that a single small-scale hazard episode in an urban area might trigger a series of "catastrophic disasters" in a cascading manner under current interwoven and complicated urban water systems, such as from a small-scale river channel up to a large-scale river embankment. There seems to be many cases in which "natural disasters with totally different characteristics may happen before people forget about the previous disasters", in contrast with the famous expression "natural disasters occur when people are not thinking about them". Until very recently, people used to take precautionary steps against storms and/or inundation disasters at their homes in accordance with the amount of rainfall or the rise of water in adjacent rivers, and would listen to radio or TV news reports that predicted the routes of typhoons, and would standby at their homes or work places. Nowadays, such self-help practices to reduce possible damage of disasters have waned, reflecting a public relience on the remarkable improvements in basic social infrastructure to prevent disasters. Our country seems to have been transformed into a "hands-off society of leaving the management responsibility to regulatory authorities" in which people wait until they receive warning information or evacuation orders from the local government who are specialized in disaster prevention. However, when we face unexpected or surprise conditions, ordinary citizens become unable to understand the nature of risks, partly due to the complex processes of the regulatory management systems specialized in current disaster prevention schemes. They stop making their own choices regarding proactive responses to the emerging risks that have been so-called socio-technologically or socioculturally constructed in our post-industrial society. In fact, newcomers who have migrated and settled in newly developed lowland areas that used to be flood plains tend to be unable to inherit past disaster experiences. They tend to claim more and more "safety measures of intensified structural facilities" as well as an expansion of the "disaster relief measures" in cases where local residents become victims. But they prefer to leave management judgment regarding distinction between "safety and danger" to governmental institutions, as indicated in our recent case studies on a series of catastrophic flood disasters, such as the 2000 Tokai Floods in Nagoya and the 2004 Niigata-Fukui Floods. This also leads to another management issue of the increase in social costs to deal with the unexpected nature of risks, even by taking a proper combination of both structural and non-structural measures depending on which level of risks the community and residents may accept in long-term. Moreover, we are concerned about this kind of emerging disaster risks growing larger and continuing to increase, as suggested by the recent IPCC reports of global and regional climate changes. Here appears an integrated risk management approach to deal with natural disasters as social risk phenomena in terms of enhancing a variety of proactive or participatory ways that governmental institutions, communities, and residents could jointly carry out proper risk management against newly emerging disaster risks. To make our modern societies sustainable in terms of our lives, socio-cultural assets, and environmental resources in this risk society, it is vital to create a kind of societal governance system resilient to unexpected or surprise disasters not only by promoting a proper understanding of the nature of "risks" in their community but also by strengthening their preparedness to "risks" in the whole cycle of disaster prevention, from the normal, emergency, and recovery phases . Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) has launched a five-year research project (2001-2005) with the aim of making modern societies resilient, not only to a traditional flood but also to possible catastrophic disasters of low probability but high consequence (LPHC). The approach that NIED has tried to explore is necessarily a new type of integrated risk management that should be tailored to the emerging disaster risks of the LPHC type. This includes (1) shifting the management strategy from "disaster prevention with zero risk" to "disaster reduction with an acceptable risk", (2) integrating both structure and non-structure measures (hard and soft measures), and (3) creating a social platform to call for a wide range of stakeholders (governments, communities, residents, corporations, local groups, and NPOs) in planning, designing and implementing an integrated risk management plan resilient to LPHC disasters in both short- and long-term perspectives. In order to tackle these urgent tasks, a new team was formed on the basis of social and human sciences by adding fellows and guest researchers, unlike the conventional team of disaster scientists at the NIED. Then, the team began operations through close cooperation with outside research institutions such as the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University. Our research group has been developing such a participatory platform of disaster risk communication, called the Participatory Flood Risk Communication Support System (Pafrics), that can facilitate community-based participation in planning, designing and implementing processes for a better integrated flood risk management. Pafrics has been particularly developed by taking a number of research outcomes based on the social scientific studies concerning local people's flood risk perception and disaster prevention activities in their community through questionnaire surveys conducted by NIED. Currently, we believe that Pafrics has been developed to such a sufficient level as to be released on the Web, but it is still being repeatedly modified through trials and experiences with new aspects and episodes in new areas. This book intends to provide outcomes of those studies in three parts. The first part expresses some of the important conceptual and methodological issues associated with the "integrated approach of disaster risk management" toward resilient society to emerging disaster risks in mega-cities in Japan. Four types of "integration" are taken into consideration in most of the papers. They are (1) integration of hard (structural control facilities) and soft (institutions and information) measures for shifting the concept of "zero risk" to "an acceptable level of risk", (2) integration of precaution and emergency relief measures, (3) integration of governmental and local community activities toward residents' informed choice of disaster risks, and (4) integration of individual risk management programs towards handling multiple sources of hazards. All papers focus on both the natural and socio-cultural factors of integrated risk management and their uncertainties involved in our modern society, reflecting the recent inter disciplinary development in "risk analysis", "disaster sciences", "resource economics", and "public policy analysis". In the second part, all contributed papers are more or less associated with outcomes of case studies or the social surveys which NIED conducted since the start of the project. Those involved include the 2000 Tokai flood disaster, 2004 Fukui, Niigata Typhoon 23 disasters in Japan, as well as the 2005 Hurricane Catrena in the USA. Many important research topics are addressed in terms of public understanding or perception of disaster risks, public preparedness for reducing risks, attitude of local government officers engaging in disaster prevention, the role of volunteers in disaster prevention or relief activities, based on social scientific disciplines in relation to social psychology, disaster sociology, and disaster insurance and economics, etc. Those contributions are particularly important for the NIED project to look forward to making modern societies resilient to disasters of LPHC type by facilitating residents' participation to risk governance in local communities towards the informed choice of disaster risks. The final part presents a set of papers which illustrate the development of "Pafrics", and some of the lessons we learned from several trials of using Pafrics in workshops, meetings, and lectures. In order to disseminate our model of "Pafrics", several internet-accessible versions are already open on theWeb (http://www.pafrics.org), which is in Japanese for local residents, but a short English version is also available at the same Web site. Finally, we should stress again that all contributions in this book are, more or less, the outcome of joint efforts conducted by all members of the project. However, final responsibility of the views expressed in these chapters lies with the individual authors themselves. We are very grateful for a number of invaluable comments and suggestions provided by the members of advisory body to our project; Dr. Sachio Kubo (Pasco Corporation), Mr. Nobuyuki Kurita (NPO: Rescue Stock Yard), Dr. Kimio Meguro (Tokyo University), Mr. Yukiji Nishida (NPO: Rescue Stock Yard), Dr. Norio Okada (Kyoto University), Dr. Yugo Ono (Hokkaido University), Dr. Isao Takagi (Keio University), and Dr. Kentaro Yoshida (Tsukuba University). We also express our deep gratitude forMs. Reiko Shibakami, Ms. Reiko Kawamura, and other assistants for their sincere and endless effort to support our studies and preparation of these manuscripts during period of the project. We should be very pleased if this book could make a valuable contribution towards a new perspective of "integrated disaster risk management" and "disaster risk governance" in the future.

Description / Table of Contents: Die ExpertInnen des Wandels leben und arbeiten in Wissenschaft und Kunst. Ihre Beiträge hätten wir bitter nötig in einer Zeit, in der sich die Umrisse der Wissensgesellschaft erst herauszuschälen beginnen, in der unser Land vor vielfältigen Problemen des Wandels, etwa auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, steht. Doch die Grenzen zwischen Politik und Kultur sind wie eingefroren. Adrienne Goehler fordert:Verflüssigen wir sie, damit mehr Bewegung in den Wandel kommt!

Description / Table of Contents: Natur ist Gegenbegriff von Gesellschaft, von Kultur, vom Sozialen, kurz: sie ist alles, was der Mensch nicht erschaffen hat. Natur scheint damit auch all das zu sein, was nicht zum Untersuchungsbereich der Soziologie gehört. Dieses Buch interpretiert die Entwicklung der Soziologie als Auseinandersetzung mit ihrem vermeintlichen Gegenpol Natur. Hierzu gehören immer wieder aufflammende Debatten um die menschliche Natur, Konzepte von Gesellschaft als Naturprozess oder Diskussionen über die Rückwirkungen der äußeren Natur auf die Gesellschaft. Der auf den Einsatz in der Lehre zugeschnittene Einführungsband verweist damit auf die Zentralität des Gesellschafts-Natur-Verhältnisses für die soziologische Begriffs- und Theoriebildung.

Description / Table of Contents: Biographical note: Matthias Groß ist Professor für Umweltsoziologie am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung in Leipzig sowie an der Universität Jena. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Energie, Technologie und Innovation. 2013 gewann er den Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence in Cultural Sociology der British Sociological Association.

Description / Table of Contents: An account of the results of the 2 March 1987 earthquake in the eastern Bay of Plenty and the aftermath's effects on the people and places on the Rangitaiki Plains

Description / Table of Contents: Gullies on Mars resemble terrestrial gullies involved in the transport of abundant material down steep slopes by liquid water. However, liquid water should not be stable at the Martian surface. The articles in this volume present the two main opposing theories for Martian gully formation: climate-driven melting of surficial water-ice deposits and seasonal dry-ice sublimation. The evidence presented ranges from remote-sensing observations, to experimental simulations, to comparison with Earth analogues. The opposing hypotheses imply either that Mars has been unusually wet in the last few million years or that it has remained a cold dry desert – both with profound implications for understanding the water budget of Mars and its habitability. The debate questions the limits of remote-sensing data and how we interpret active processes on extra-terrestrial planetary surfaces, even beyond those on Mars, as summarized by the review paper at the beginning of the book.

Description / Table of Contents: Despite successful production from Carboniferous and Permian reservoirs in the southern North Sea and onshore Netherlands and Germany, Paleozoic hydrocarbon plays across parts of NW Europe remain relatively under-explored both onshore and offshore. This volume brings together new and previously unpublished knowledge about the Paleozoic plays of NW Europe to describe significant additional exploration opportunities outside and below existing plays. The volume contains papers on Paleozoic plays in the North Sea, Irish Sea, onshore UK, France and Switzerland. They highlight how improvements in seismic data quality and the availability of previously unpublished well datasets form the basis for improved understanding of local to regional interpretations that move forward from generalized basin development models. The improved structural trap and source rock basin definition feeds to better constrained, locally variable burial, uplift, maturation and migration models. Particularly notable are the significant mapped extents and thickness of Paleozoic source, reservoir and seal rocks in areas previously dismissed as regional highs and platforms.

Description / Table of Contents: This book provides a sound introduction to the basic physical processes that dominate the workings of the Earth, its atmosphere and hydrosphere. It systematically introduces the physical processes involved in the Earth's systems without assuming an advanced physics or mathematical background.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Agent-based computational modelling: an introduction ; SOCIO-ECONOMICS: Agent-based modelling - a methodology for the analysis of qualitative development processes ; On the analysis of asymmetric directed communication structures in electronic election markets ; POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHY: The role of assortative mating on population growth in contemporary developed societies ; An agent-based simulation model of age-at-marriage norms ; The strength of social interactions and obesity among women ; ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT: Agent-based models in ecology: patterns and alternative theories of adaptive behaviour ; Agent-based modelling of self-organisation processes to support adaptive forest management ; Vampire bats & the micro-macro link ; GENERAL ASPECTS: How are physical and social spaces related? - cognitive agents as the necessary "glue" ; Agent design for agent-based modelling

Description / Table of Contents: Dies ist die Geschichte von Einsteins unvollendeter Revolution, einer tiefgreifenden Veränderung unserer Begriffe von Raum, Zeit, Materie und Strahlung. Diese Revolution begann in Einsteins Wunderjahr 1905, wurde durch seine allgemeine Relativitätstheorie aus dem Jahre 1915 fortgesetzt und wirkt in den heutigen Versuchender Wissenschaft, die Entstehung und das Schicksal des Universums zu verstehen, weiter.Vor dem Hintergrund einer historischen Theorie des wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts wird Einsteins bis heute nicht abgeschlossene Revolution als das Ergebnis einer langfristigen Entwicklung des Wissens verständlich. Anhand der spannenden Geschichte von Einsteins Entdeckungen wird nachvollziehbar, warum große Denker wie Einstein weiter gesehen haben als ihre Vorgänger. Sie standen nicht nur auf den Schultern von Riesen, also den wissenschaftlichen Leistungen einzelner großer Vorgänger wie Newton, sondern auch auf den Schultern von "Zwergen", dem wissenschaftlichen Wissen, dem technischen Wissen, und dem Alltagswissen, das Generationen im Verlaufe der Menschheitsgeschichte angehäuft haben. Zu den "Zwergen" gehören nicht zuletzt Einsteins heute unbekannte Freunde und Helfer, deren Beitrag hier zum ersten Mal umfassend gewürdigt wird.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Vorwort ; 2. Das sozialmetabolische Regime der solarenergiebasierten Landwirtschaft ; 3. Fallstudien zur Landwirtschaft am Vorabend der Industrialisierung ; 4. Die industrielle Transformation ; 5. Die energetische Transformation im Vereinigten Königreich von Großbritannien und Irland ; 6. Landnutzung und Energie in Österreich 1800-2000 ; 7. Die energetische Transformation im Vereinigten Königreich und in Österreich ; 8. Die Transformation des sozialmetabolischen Regimes ; 9. Anhang

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 1: The Setting of Maya Civilization ; CHAPTER 2: Archaeology and Maya Civilization ; CHAPTER 3: History and Maya Civilization ; CHAPTER 4: The Origins of Maya Civilization ; CHAPTER 5: The Emergence of Maya Civilization in the Middle Preclassic ; CHAPTER 6: The Origins of Maya States in the Late Preclassic ; CHAPTER 7: The Expansion of Maya States in the Early Classic ; CHAPTER 8: The Apogee of Maya States in the Late Classic ; CHAPTER 9: Transformations in the Terminal Classic ; CHAPTER 10: Reformulation and Revival in the Postclassic ; CHAPTER 11: The Ancient Maya Economy ; CHAPTER 12: The Organization of Maya Society ; CHAPTER 13: Maya Ideology and Religion ; EPILOGUE: The Conquest of the Maya ; APPENDIX: Dates for K'atun and Half-K'atun Endings

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part 1. Water in the Universe: From the Big Bang to the Appearance of Man 1. Beginnings2. The Churning of the Earth3. Origin and Evolution of Life4. Cosmic Catastrophes5. Ice, Moon, and PlanetsPart 2: Water in Today's World 6. Water and Energy Cycles7. Winds, waves, and currents8. Water's deep memories9. Clouds, rain, and angry skies10. Earth's water, between sky and seaPart 3: Water in Human History: Past and Future 11. Water and Man's Rise to Civilization12. Problems for the 21st Century13. Butterflies and humans in a warming greenhouse14. Back to the ice age?15. The end of the story

Description / Table of Contents: This Atlas and accompanying CD-ROM contains oceanographic data collected by the scientific specialists of the Academy of Sciences, Ministery of Fisheries, and the Hydrometeorological Service of Russia in the Sea of Azov and the adjacent part of the Black Sea during 1913 - 2004. Monthly data distribution plots are provided for each year. Monthly climatic maps of temperature and salinity at the sea surface and depth levels of 5 and 10 meters are computed using opjective analysis. Intra-annual variability of temperature and salinity of the Sea of Azov is discussed with respect to the quality control of the primary data. The Atlas also includes, in electronic format, selected copies of rare books and articles about the history of the Sea of Azov exploration and climate studies as well as photos, which provide information about the people and environment of this region.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Das Havelverbundprojekt: eine Einführung ; 2 Die Ziele im Havelverbundprojekt ; 3 Bisherige Arbeiten zu Fragen der Wasserqualität im Havelgebiet ; 4 Der Forschungsansatz im Havelverbundprojekt ; 5 Charakterisierung des Untersuchungsgebietes ; 6 Untersuchte Prozesse, Daten und Methoden zu ihrer Beschreibung ; 7 Definition der Entwicklungsziele und der Bewirtschaftungsszenarios ; 8 Einbeziehung der Öffentlichkeit im Havelverbundprojekt ; 9 Modellergebnisse und Szenarioanalysen ; 10 Bewertung der Szenarios für das Haveleinzugsgebiet ; 11 Das Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem "Havel-DSS" ; 12 Handlungsempfehlungen für das Haveleinzugsgebiet ; 13 Zusammenfassung und Schlussfolgerungen

Description / Table of Contents: Wallace and Hobbs' original edition of Atmospheric Sciencehelped define the field nearly 30 years ago, and has served as the cornerstone for most university curriculums. Now students and professionals alike can use this updated classic to understand atmospheric phenomena in the context of the latest discoveries and technologies, and prepare themselves for more advanced study and real-life problem solving. Atmospheric Science, Second Edition,has been completely revamped in terms of content and appearance. It contains new chapters on atmospheric chemistry, the Earth system,climate, and the atmospheric boundary layer, as well as enhanced treatment of atmospheric dynamics, weather forecasting, radiative transfer, severe storms, and human impacts, such as global warming. The authors illustrate concepts with colorful state-of-the-art imagery and cover a vast amount of new information in the field. They have also developed several online materials for instructors who adopt the text. With its thorough coverage of the fundamentals, clear explanations, and extensive updates, Wallace Hobbs' Atmospheric Science, Second Edition,is the essential first step in educating today's atmospheric scientists. * Full-color satellite imagery and cloud photographs illustrate principles throughout * Extensive numerical and qualitative exercises emphasize the application of basic physical principles to problems in the atmospheric sciences * Biographical footnotes summarize the lives and work of scientists mentioned in the text, and provide students with a sense of the long history of meteorology * Companion website encourages more advanced exploration of text topics: supplementary information, images, and bonus exercises

Description / Table of Contents: The second edition of this internationally acclaimed text presents the latest developments in atmospheric science. It continues to be the premier text for both a rigorous and a complete treatment of the chemistry of the atmosphere, covering such pivotal topics as: chemistry of the stratosphere and troposphere; formation, growth, dynamics, and properties of aerosols; meteorology of air pollution; transport, diffusion, and removal of species in the atmosphere; formation and chemistry of clouds; interaction of atmospheric chemistry and climate; radiative and climatic effects of gases and particles; formulation of mathematical chemical/transport models of the atmosphere. All chapters develop results based on fundamental principles, enabling the reader to build a solid understanding of the science underlying atmospheric processes. Among the new material are three new chapters: Atmospheric radiation and photochemistry, gernal circulation of the atmosphere, and global cycles. In addition, the chapters Stratospheric chemistry, tropospheric chemistry, and organic atmospheric aerosols have been rewritten to reflect the latest findings. Readers familiar with the first edition will discover a text with new structures and new features that greatly aid learning. Many examples are set off in the text to help readers work through the application of concepts. Advanced material has been moved to appendices. Finally, many new problems, coded by degree of difficulty, have been added. A solutions manual is available. Throughly updated and restructured, the second edition of Atmospheric chemistry and physics is an ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a reference for researchers in environmental engineering, meteorology, chemistry, and the atmospheric sciences.

Description / Table of Contents: In the middle of the 19th century, Alexander Theodor von Middendorff - a baltic-german scientist of Estonian descent - led an expedition to the nothernmost place of the Eurasian continent, the Taimyr Peninsula. According to the spirits of his time, being equally adept in etnology, botany and zoology, Middendorff made numerous scientific discoveries and first-time scientifc descriptions of local culture, flora, fauna and climate, establishing himself firmly among famous explorers of the North. 150 years later, Middendorff's journey was re-traced by a team of Estonian scientists, with a goal to record the changes occured in the region.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction ; 1. The Agenda ; 2. Pension and Retirement Income in a Global Environment ; I Retirement in Context ; Creating Modern Retirement ; 3. The History of Retirement ; 4. The Development of Public Pensions from 1889 to the 1990s ; 5. The Development of Employer Retirement Income Plans: from the Nineteenth Century to 1980 ; 6. Changing Work Patters and the Reorganization of Occupational Pensions ; 7. Gender, the Family, and the Economy ; 8. Social Solidarity ; The Economic Context ; 9. Demography and Ageing ; 10. Life-cycle Options and Preferences ; 11. Funding, Saving and Economic Growth ; II Public Retirement Plans ; State Old-Age Pension Programs ; 12. Structure and Performance of Defined Benefit Schemes ; 13. The Structure and Performance of Mandated Pensions ; 14. Actuarial-based Public Pension Systems ; Entitlements and Pensions ; 15. Citizenship, Entitlement, and Mobility ; 16. Early Retirement ; 17. Meeting Health and Long-term Care Needs in Retirement ; III Employment-Sponsored Retirement Plans ; Structure of Employer-Sponsored Pensions ; 18. Employer-Sponsored Plans: The Shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution ; 19. Organized Labor and Pensions ; 20. Corporate Finance and Capital Markets ; Pension Plan Investments ; 21. Asset Liability Management ; 22. Strategic Asset Allocation for Pension Plans ; 23. Pension Fund Management and Investment Performance ; Pension Plan Governance ; 24. Regulation of pension fund governance ; 25. Regulatory Principles and Institutions ; 26. Accounting Standards for Pension Costs ; IV Individual and Household Retirement Provision ; Individual Pnesions, Insurance, and Saving ; 27. Occupational pension scheme design ; 28. Annuities, Risk, and Longevity ; 29. Personal Pensions and Markets ; Individual and Household Retirement Planning ; 30. Choice, Behavior, and Retirement Saving ; 31. Housing Wealth and Retirement Savings ; 32. The Elderly and Ethical Financial Decision-Making ; V Looking Ahead ; Prospective Models ; 33. Structure Pension Reform - privatisation - in Latin America ; 34. Private Pensions and Public Policy: the Public-Private Divide Reappraised ; 35. Unending Work ; Challenges ; 36. Productivity, Compensation, and Retirement ; 37. Poverty and Inequality ; 38. The Politics of Reform: Managing Interest Group Conflicts ; Emerging Economies ; 39. Pensions for Development and Poverty Reduction ; 40. Retirement Income Systems in Asia ; 41. Pensions in Africa ; Coda ; 42. Sustainable and Equitable Retirement in a Life Course Perspective

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: A Allgemeine Klimatologie ; 1 Die Atmosphäre ; 2 Das solare Klima ; 3 Energieumsatz und Strahlungshaushalt ; 4 Wärmehaushalt ; 5 Lufttemperatur ; 6 Wasserhaushalt ; 7 Wolken und Niederschlag ; 8 Luftdruck und Wind ; 9 Die planetarische Zirkulation ; B Regionale Klimatologie ; 10 Witterung und Klima in den Tropen ; 11 Witterung und Klima in den Subtropen ; 12 Witterung und Klima ausgewählter Regionen der Außertropen ; 13 Witterung und Klima in den Polargebieten ; 14 Variabilität des Klimas - Das El Nino-Phänomen (ENSO) ; 15 Klimaklassifikationen ; C Spezielle Klimatologie ; 16 Klimageschichte - Klimaänderungen ; 17 Mikro- und Mesoklimatologie

Description / Table of Contents: An illustrated guide to trapping, identifying, and quantifying airborne biological particles such as fungus and plant spores and pollen. This book is of use to those interested in aerobiology or studying applied aspects such as dispersal and effect of allergens, or human, animal and plant pathogens.This is an illustrated guide to trapping, identifying and quantifying airborne biological particles such as fungus, plant spores and pollen. Including a comprehensive review of what is in the air and detailing the historical development of theories leading to modern aerobiology, the book explains the fundamental processes behind airborne dispersal and techniques used to sample, identify and quantify biological particles. Includes photographs and 9 colour reproductions of paintings of airborne particles. Table of contens: Chapter 1 Introduction to Aerobiology 1. What is aerobiology 2. The Air Spora 3. What is in the air 4. Early history of aerobiology 5. Aerobiology as a discipline 6. Aerobiology in action Chapter 2 The Aerobiology Pathway 1. Introduction 2. Take-off (Release) 3. Dispersal 4. Deposition - sedimentation and impaction 5. Impact 6. Interpreting spore trap data 7. Dispersal by rain splash and aerosol Chapter 3 Air Sampling Techniques 1. Introduction 2. Passive traps 3. Cascade impactor 4. Andersen sampler 5. Whirling arm trap 6. Burkard trap 7. Cyclone and minature cyclone samplers 8. Virtual impactors and liquid impingers 9. Filters Chapter 4 Using a Burkard Trap 1. Introduction 2. Siting the trap 3. Running the trap Chapter 5 Using a microscope 1. Introduction 2. Microscope structures 3. Using a microscope 4. Measuring and calibration Chapter 6 Pollen and spore counts 1. Introduction 2. Counting pollens and spores from a Burkard trap 3. Counting pollen and spores from a whirling arm trap Chapter 7 Identification 1. Introduction 2. Particle types 3. Useful references 4. Paintings - x1000 Appendix Glossary References Index