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Note: Introduction -- Citizen competence and democratic decision-making -- Data and methods -- The preference/policy link -- Policy domains and democratic responsiveness -- Interest groups and democratic responsiveness -- Parties, elections, and democratic responsiveness -- Democratic responsiveness across time -- Money and American politics..

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Note: Einleitung: Die Energiewende beginnt auf dem Land ; I. Das Bundesland Septurbien: Soziologische Forschung im Osten Deutschland ; 1. Wo liegt Septurbien ; 2. Sieben Orte mit einem Ziel ; 3. Die Orte im Vergleich ; 4. Definition einer Energieregion ; II. Ostdeutsche Regionen mit Visionen ; 5. Die regionale Planungsstelle ; 6. Vom großen Sprung zu kleinen Schritten (Urwegen-Rätsch) ; 7. Dialog und Partizipation als Erfolgsrezept (Roseln) ; 8. Von oben nach unten: Der Einfluss starker Machtgefälle (Schönbirk) ; 9. Eine ethnische Minderheit kämpft gegen die Kohle (Ludwigsdorf) ; 10. Tourismus als Treibstoff für die Energiewende (Landschaftsschutzg. Breite) ; 11. Wenn vier sich streiten (Tschippendorf) ; 12. Erneuerbare Energien ohne Umweltbewusstsein (Großeidau) ; III. Akteure und Strukturen ruraler Energieprojekte ; 13. Kategorien partizipativer Energieprojekte ; 14. Relevante Akteure und Gruppen ; 15. Technologieakzeptanz als Diskurs ; IV. Theoretische Überlegungen ; 16. Von der informellen zur formalen Institution ; 17. Das soziale Kapital ; 18. Motive für ein kollektives Handeln ; V. Soziale und technische Komplexität erneuerbarer Energien ; 19. Komplexität von Technologie-Anwendungen ; 20. Verschränkung von technischer und sozialer Komplexität ; VI. Anleitung für den energetischen Wandel ; 21. Das Modell einer erfolgreichen Energieregion

Note: Chapter 1: The innovation challenge: America's innovation challenges -- New trends in global innovation -- The pillars of U.S. innovative strength -- Responding to the innovation challenge -- Chapter 2: Sustaining leadership in innovation: Improving framework conditions, substantially increasing R&D funding, institutional support for applied research -- Strengthening manufacturing -- Providing early stage finance -- Developing twenty-first century universities -- Investing in modern S&T parks -- Growing innovation clusters -- Hunting for global talent, the way forward -- Chapter 3: Findings -- Chapter 4: Recommendations -- Chapter 5: The new global competitive environment: Emerging powers -- Newly industrialized economies -- Industrialized nation case studies -- Chapter 6: National support for emerging industries: Seminconductors -- The photovoltaic industry -- Advanced batteries -- Pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals -- In closing -- Chapter 7: Clusters and regional initiatives: The innovation challenge, policies to foster innovation, regional innovation clusters -- Twenty-first century research and industry -- In closing..

Note: The future of China -- The future of the United States -- The future of U.S.-China relations -- The future of India -- The future of Islamic extremism -- The future of national economic growth -- The future of geopolitics and globalization -- The future of democracy -- How Lee Kuan Yew thinks -- Conclusion..

Note: Inhalt; Über dieses Buch; Teil I Einführungen: Theorien der Erzählungen; Erzählen. Die ethisch-politische Funktion narrativer Diskurse; 1 Narrative Diskurse: Eigenschaften und Funktionen; 1.1 Die narrative Kunst der Begründung; 1.2 Ein semantisches Modell der Erzählung: Algirdas J. Greimas' Aktantentheorie; 1.3 Narrative Begründungen: Eine semantische Typologie; 1.4 Die Schuld und die Vergebung: Zum Verantwortungsmanagement narrativer Diskurse; 1.5 In medias res: Warum Erzählungen oft mit dem Ende beginnen; 1.6 Die doppelte Referenz: Das Allgemeine und das Einzigartige. , 2 Die Erzähler und ihr Publikum: Zur Öffentlichkeit narrativer Diskurse2.1 Öffentliche Urteile: Die Erzähler und ihr Publikum; 2.2 Die zwei Stimmen des Erzählers; 2.3 Die Präsenz des Erzählers in der Erzählung; 2.4 Die Öffentlichkeiten des Erzählers; 2.5 Autobiografisches Erzählen: Der innere Dialog und das Denken; 2.6 Ausblick: Die Öffentlichkeitsregime narrativer Diskurse; Literatur; »Menschen lesbarer machen«1: Narration, Diskurs,Referenz; 1 Narrationen als sozialwissenschaftliches Konzept; 1.1 Erzählungen zwischen Text und Handlung; 1.2 Typen der Erzählung. , 1.3 Zur lebensweltlichen Einbettung von Narrativen2 Zum Verhältnis von Narration und Diskurs; 2.1 Brauchen Diskurse Erzählungen?; 2.2 Narrationen als Sprech-Handlungen (über Satzniveau); 3 Erzählungen: Strukturen, Ereignisse und dieKomposition der Fabel; 3.1 Narration und Fabelkomposition; 3.2 Ebenen der Erzählung; 3.3 Kollektiv-Symbole und ihre Erzählungen; 3.4 Narrative und ihre Bedeutung für die kulturelle Reproduktion und Innovation; 4 Referenz und Erzählung: Jenseits der Innenwelt von Texten; 4.1 Öffentliche Erzählungen als Mimesis von Handlungen?. , 5 ConclusioLiteratur; Öffentliche Erzählungen und der globale Wandel des Klimas; 1 Einleitung; 2 Der Mensch als Klimageschichtenerzähler; 2.1 Was heißt Narrativisierung des Klimas?; 2.2 Narrationen als Geburtshelfer möglicher Welten; 2.3 Klimageschichten sind lebende Geschichten; 3 Globaler Klimawandel: Geburt eines Konzepts; 4 Sechs Varianten der Narrativisierung des globalenKlimawandels; 4.1 Das »globale Treibhaus« als anthropogene Katastrophe; 4.2 Anthropogene Eiszeiten: die Katastrophe des; 4.3 Die Geschichte vom »nuklearen Winter«; 4.4 »Paradiesische Warmzeiten«. , 4.5 Die ewige Wiederkehr der »Sonnenflecken«: Normalität statt Katastrophe. , 4.2 Die Konfiguration von Charakteren in öffentlichen Erzählungen4.3 Re-figuration und die Rolle des Lesers; Teil II Erzählungen in den Medien; Kollektivsymbolik und die deutsche Krise seit dem Jahr 2000; Heimat, Natur und die gute alte Zeit. Erzählungenüber Nachhaltige Entwicklung im Spannungsfeldöffentlicher und wissenschaftlicher Diskurse1; 1 Einleitung; 2 Wissenschaftliche Diskurse über Nachhaltige Entwicklung; 3 Nachhaltige Ernährung und Ernährungskommunikation; 4 Erzählungen über Ernährung in den Medien; 4.1 Polarisierende Rhetorik; 4.2 Affirmative Rhetorik; 4.3 Reflektierende Rhetorik.

Note: Preface -- Manifesto: a call to establish a legitimate, wise, powerful collective voice of the people -- Democracy is about power and the people -- Direct democracy, representative democracy, and their shadows -- Why we need public wisdom -- Public wisdom: its role, its sources and its limitations -- Citizenship and the random selection of ad hoc mini publics -- Citizen deliberative councils: their character, variety and history -- How citizen deliberative councils could and should be used -- Public empowerment, public engagement, and the role of journalism -- Polarization, transpartisanship, and public wisdom -- Wisdom councils in 100 cities; with study circles, world cafes, and open space to engage the public with the results -- Deliberation for direct democracy -- Empowered public wisdom rising from the grassroots -- A new branch of government? -- Protecting the power and integrity of public wisdom -- What role will you play? -- Appendices -- An annotated list of powerful participatory processes, with links -- Some areas for research and development..

Note: Introduction.The role of compliance in an evolving climate regime / Lavanya Rajamani, Jutta Brunnée, and Meinhard Doelle -- The emerging post-Cancun climate regime / Jennifer Morgan -- Promoting compliance with multilateral environmental agreements / Jutta Brunnée -- Compliance regimes in multilateral environmental agreements / Jane Bulmer -- Key features of the Kyoto Protocol's compliance system / René Lefeber and Sebastian Oberthür -- Experience with the facilitative and enforcement branches of the Kyoto compliance system / Meinhard Doelle -- Experiences with Articles 5, 7, and 8 defining the monitoring, reporting and verification system under the Kyoto Protocol / Anke Herold -- The role of non-state actors in climate compliance / Eric Dannenmaier -- Facilitation of compliance / Catherine Redgwell -- Enforcing compliance in an evolving climate regime / Michael Mehling -- Financial mechanisms under the climate regime / Haroldo Machado-Filho -- Post-2012 compliance and carbon markets / Franceso Sindico -- Compliance and the use of trade measures / Jacob Werksman -- 'Comparability of efforts' among developed country parties and the post-2012 compliance system / M.J. Mace -- From the Kyoto Protocol compliance system to MRV : what is at stake for the European Union? / Sandrine Maljean-Dubois and Anne-Sophie Tabau -- Compliance in transition countries / Christina Voigt -- Developing countries and compliance in the climate regime / Lavanya Rajamani -- The role of dispute settlement in the climate regime / Ruth Mackenzie -- Depoliticizing compliance / Geir Ulfstein -- Conclusion.Promoting compliance in an evolving climate regime / Meinhard Doelle, Jutta Brunnée, and Lavanya Rajamani..

Note: Contents: 1. Introduction. - 2. Current Practices. - 3. Drivers of Change. - 4. The Fuel Penalty. - 5. Underwater Hull Related Environmental Concerns. - 6. Regulatory Aspects. - 7. Hull Coating Systems Compared. - 8. A Better, Viable Alternative. - 9. In-water Ship Hull Cleaning. - 10. Propeller Cleaning. - 11. Rudder Protection. - 12. Case Studies. - 13. Conclusion. - Resources. - Glossary. - Index.

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Note: Introduction -- What is financialization? -- The social politics of U.S financial deregulation -- The Reagan administration discovers the global economy -- The making of U.S. monetary policy -- Conclusion..

Note: Contents: Part 1: Introduction ; The Global Adaptation Community Expands Its Scope ; Part 2: Urban Risk and Assessing Vulnerability at the Local Level ; Introduction: Urban Risk and Assessing Vulnerability at the Local Level ; A Region at Risk: Policy Determination Through Vulnerability Hotspot Assessment ; Developing a Framework for Assessing Coastal Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise in Southern New England, USA ; Quantifying Impacts of Potential Sea-Level Rise Scenarios on Irish Coastal Cities ; Mapping Risk and Vulnerability in São Paulo Metropolitan Region ; Water Crisis: Public Management of a Critical Situation ; Environmental Assessment and Restoration of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: A Case Study in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei ; Flood Risk Protection Concept for the Urban Region Geising/Altenberg in the Flood Formation Area of the Eastern Ore Mountains, Germany ; Part 3: Toward the Resilient City ; Introduction: Toward the Resilient City ; Water, Energy and Food Security in Mexico City ; Nature at the Heart of Urban Design for Resilience ; Smart City: Energy Efficiency in a New Scope ; Resilient Food Systems for Resilient Cities ; Urban Agriculture Casablanca ; Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Scenarios for Urban Neighbourhoods in the City of Essen ; Combining Urban Development with Climate Change Adaptation Using a Systems Approach ; Towards Resilient Architecture ; Towards More Resilient Water Infrastructures ; Building ‘Equitable’ Urban Resilience: The Challenge for Cities ; Climate Change and the Urban Poor: Support of the German Development Cooperation to a City in Bangladesh ; The Green Infrastructure Transect: An Organizational Framework for Mainstreaming Adaptation Planning Policies ; Part 4: Frameworks for Local Response to Climate Change: Challenges and Recommendations ; Introduction: Framework for Local Responses to Climate Change: Challenges and Recommendations ; Building Resilience in Asian Cities ; A Science-Policy Approach Towards Local Adaptation Planning: The Case of Santiago de Chile ; Participatory Action Adaptation: Tools for Increasing Climate Change Capacity and Preparedness at the Local Government Level ; Knowledge and Information for Resilient Cities ; Climate Change Guidelines for Urban Planning in the Basque Country ; Integrated Roadmapping to Shape Adaptation Processes in Metropolitan Areas ; The Significance of Adaptation Framing in Local and Regional Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives in Australia ; Decision-Making Frameworks for Adaptation to Extremes in Two Local Government Areas: Comparing and Contrasting India and Australia ; Urban Climate Governance in the Philippines, Mexico and South Africa: National- and State-Level Laws and Policies ; Space for Adapting: Reconciling Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Plans ; The Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norway Compared with That of Local Agenda 21 ; Climate Change Adaptation Plan of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain ; Integrated Climate Action: Linking Mitigation and Adaptation to Make Indonesian Cities Resilient ; Enhancing the Climate Change Adaptation Capabilities of Local Governments in Korea: Supporting Programs for Local Adaptation Plan ; Reality Check: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ; Part 5: Financing the Resilient City ; Introduction: Financing the Resilient City ; A Demand-Driven Approach to Development, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Climate Adaptation ; Smarter Interventions in an Age of Uncertainty ; Linking Resilience and Green Growth: How Green Business Can Contribute to More Resilient Cities in India ; Green Areas Inner-City Agreement (GAIA): How Local Enterprises Can Contribute to Local Adaptation to Climate Change ; Financing Climate Change Adaptation: The Copenhagen Case ; Challenges on the Way to Financing Urban Climate Change Adaptation

Note: Introduction -- Part I. Environmental thought and action: introduction; environmental philosophy; green ideology; environmental movements -- Part II. The background to environmental policy making: introduction; rationality and power in environmental decision making; choosing the means; valuation of the environment -- Part III. Multi-level environmental governance: from global to local: introduction; greening global governance; European integration; constructing the green state; local democracy and local authorities..

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: Vorwort. - 1. Gletscherrückgang – eine dramatische Folgereaktion des Klimawandels in den Alpen. - 2. Methoden der Gletscherforschung. - 3. Einflussfaktoren auf die Entwicklung von Gletschern in den Alpen. - 4. Bedeutung der Alpengletscher im Wasserkreislauf. - 5. Gletscher in Bayern heute – eine Bestandsaufnahme. - Nördlicher Schneeferner. - Südlicher Schneeferner. - Höllentalferner. - Watzmanngletscher. - Blaueis. - 6. Entwicklung der Gletscher in Bayern. - Historische Aufzeichnungen seit dem 18. Jahrhundert. - Systematische Erfassung der bayerischen Gletscher ab 1950. - Ausblick in die Zukunft der bayerischen Gletscher. - 7. Ein Blick nach Europa: Haben die Gletscher der Alpen eine Zukunft?. - Alpengletscher im Überblick. - Schweizer Alpengletscher. - Österreichische Alpengletscher. - Zusammenfassung. - Glossar. - Fachliteratur und Quellen. - Allgemeine Literatur zum Thema Gletscher. - Internetquellen. - Impressum.

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Note: Contents Preface Preface to the First Edition List of figures Abbreviations 1 Historical perspective (Roland A. Madden and Paul R. Julian) 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The intraseasonal, tropospheric oscillation 1.3 The elementary 4-D structure 1.4 Other early studies of the oscillation 1.5 The oscillation in 1979 1.6 Complexity of cloud movement and structure 1.7 Seasonal variations in the oscillation 1.8 The oscillation in the zonal average 1.9 Other effects of the oscillation 1.10 Summary 1.11 References 2 South Asian monsoon (B. N. Goswami) 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 South Asian summer monsoon and active/break cycles 2.1.2 Amplitude and temporal and spatial scales 2.1.3 Regional propagation characteristics 2.1.4 Relationship between poleward-propagating ISOs and monsoon onset 2.1.5 Relationship with the MJO 2.2 Mechanism for temporal-scale selection and propagation 2.2.1 30 to 60-day mode 2.2.2 10 to 20-day mode 2.3 Air-sea interactions 2.4 Clustering of synoptic events by ISOs 2.5 Monsoon ISOs and predictability of the seasonal mean 2.6 Aerosols and monsoon ISOs 2.7 Predictability and prediction of monsoon ISOs 2.8 Summary and discussion 2.9 Acknowledgments 2.10 Appendix 2.11 References 3 Intraseasonal variability of the atmosphere-ocean-climate system: East Asian monsoon (Huang-Hsiung Hsu) 3.1 Introduction 3.2 General characteristics of EA/WNP monsoon flow 3.3 Periodicity, seasonality, and regionality 3.4 Intraseasonal oscillation propagation tendency 3.5 Relationship with monsoon onsets and breaks 3.6 The 10 to 30-day and 30 to 60-day boreal summer ISO 3.6.1 The 30 to 60-day northward/northwestward-propagating pattern 3.6.2 The 10 to 30-day westward-propagating pattern 3.7 Relationship with tropical cyclone activity 3.8 Upscale effect of TC and synoptic systems 3.9 Final remarks 3.9.1 Close association with the EA/WNP monsoon 3.9.2 The CISO vs. interannual variability 3.9.3 Multiperiodicities and multiscale interaction 3.9.4 Others 3.10 References 4 Pan America (Kingtse C. Mo, Charles Jones, and Julia Nogues Paegle) 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Variations in the IS band 4.3 IS variability in December-March 4.3.1 EOF modes 4.3.2 The Madden Julian Oscillation 4.3.3 The submonthly oscillation 4.4 IS variability in June-September 4.4.1 EOF modes 4.4.2 Madden-Julian Oscillation 4.4.3 Submonthly oscillation 4.5 Intraseasonal modulation of hurricanes 4.6 Summary 4.7 References 5 Australasian monsoon (M. C. Wheeler and J. L. McBride) 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Seasonal cycle of background flow 5.3 Broadband intraseasonal behavior: Bursts and breaks 5.4 Broadband intraseasonal behavior: Spectral analysis 5.5 Meteorology of the bursts and breaks 5.6 Characteristics and influence of the MJO 5.7 1983/1984 and 1987/1988 case studies 5.8 MJO influence on monsoon onset 5.9 Other modes and sources of ISV 5.10 Modulation of tropical cyclones 5.11 Extratropical-tropical interaction 5.12 Prediction 5.13 Conclusions 5.14 References 6 The oceans (William S. Kessler) 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Heat fluxes 6.2.1 Salinity and the barrier layer 6.2.2 A 1-D heat balance? 6.2.3 The role of advection 6.3 Vertical structure under westerly winds 6.4 Remote signatures of wind-forced Kelvin waves 6.5 El Nino and rectification of ISV 6.6 ISV in the Indian Ocean 6.6.1 Differences between the Indian and Pacific Ocean warm pools and their consequences 6.6.2 Oscillations lasting about 60 days in the western equatorial Indian Ocean 6.6.3 Recent models of wind-forced ISV in the Indian Ocean 6.7 Other intrinsic oceanic ISV 6.7.1 Global ISV 6.7.2 Non-TISO-forced ISV in the tropical Indo-Pacific 6.7.3 ISV outside the equatorial Indo-Pacific 6.8 Conclusion 6.9 References 7 Air-sea interaction (Harry Hendori) 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Air-sea fluxes for the eastward MJO 7.3 Air-sea fluxes associated with northward propagation in the Indian summer monsoon 7.4 SST variability 7.5 Mechanisms of SST variability 7.6 SST-atmosphere feedback 7.7 Impact of slow SST variations on MJO activity 7.8 Concluding remarks 7.9 Acknowledgments 7.10 References 8 Mass, momentum, and geodynamics (Benjamin F. Chao and David A. Salstein) 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Angular momentum variations and Earth rotation 8.2.1 Length-of-day variation and axial angular momentum 8.2.2 Polar motion excitation and equatorial angular momentum 8.2.3 Angular momentum and torques 8.3 Time-variable gravity 8.4 Geocenter motion 8.5 Conclusions 8.6 Acknowledgments 8.7 References 9 El Nino Southern Oscillation connection (William K. M. Lau) 9.1 Introduction 9.2 A historical perspective 9.3 Phase 1: The embryonic stage 9.3.1 OLR time-longitude sections 9.3.2 Seasonality 9.3.3 Supercloud clusters 9.3.4 Early modeling framework 9.4 Phase 2: The exploratory stage 9.4.1 MJO and ENSO interactions 9.4.2 WWEs 9.5 Phase 3: ENSO case studies 9.5.1 El Nino of 1997/1998 9.5.2 Stochastic forcings 9.6 Phase-4: Recent development 9.6.1 A new ISO index 9.6.2 Composite events 9.6.3 The ISV-ENSO biennial rhythm 9.7 TISV and predictability 9.8 Acknowledgments 9.9 References 10 Theories (Bin Wang) 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Review of ISO theories 10.2.1 Wave CISK 10.2.2 Wind-evaporation feedback or WISHE 10.2.3 Frictional convergence instability (FCI) 10.2.4 Cloud-radiation feedback 10.2.5 Convection-water vapor feedback and the moisture mode 10.2.6 Multiscale interaction theory 10.2.7 Mechanisms of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation 10.2.8 Atmosphere-ocean interaction 10.3 A general theoretical framework 10.3.1 Fundamental physical processes 10.3.2 Governing equations 10.3.3 Boundary layer dynamics near the equator 10.3.4 The 1.5-layer model for the MJO 10.3.5 The 2.5-layer model including the effects of basic flows 10.4 Dynamics of the MJO 10.4.1 Low-frequency equatorial waves and the associated Ekman pumping 10.4.2 Frictional convergence instability (FCI) 10.4.3 FCI mode under nonlinear heating 10.4.4 The role of multiscale interaction (MSI) in MJO dynamics 10.5 Dynamics of boreal summer ISO 10.5.1 Effects of mean flows on the ISO 10.5.2 Mechanism of northward propagation 10.6 Role played by atmospheric-ocean interaction 10.7 Summary and discussion 10.7.1 Understanding gained from the FCI theory 10.7.2 Model limitations 10.7.3 Outstanding issues 10.8 Acknowledgments 10.9 References 11 Modeling intraseasonal variability (K. R. Sperber, J. M. Slingo, and P. M. Inness) 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Modeling the MJO in boreal winter 11.2.1 Interannual and decadal variability of the MJO 11.2.2 Sensitivity to formulation of the atmospheric model 11.2.3 Modeling the MJO as a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon 11.3 Boreal summer intraseasonal variability 11.3.1 GCM simulations 11.3.2 Air-sea interaction and boreal summer intraseasonal variability 11.3.3 Modeling studies of the links between boreal summer intraseasonal and interannual variability 11.4 The impact of vertical resolution in the upper ocean 11.5 Concluding remarks 11.6 Acknowledgments 11.7 References 12 Predictability and forecasting (Duane Waliser) 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Empirical models 12.3 Dynamical forecast models 12.4 Predictability 12.5 Real time forecasts 12.6 Discussion 12.7 Appendix 12.8 Acknowledgments 12.9 References 13 Africa and West Asia (Mathew Barlow) 13.1 Overview 13.2 Summary of Africa research 13.2.1 West Africa 13.2.2 Eastern Africa 13.2.3 Southern Africa 13.3 Summary of West Asia research 13.4 Station data analysis 13.4.1 Methodology and data 13.4.2 Nairobi 13.4.3 Riyadh 13.5 Relevance of Gill-Matsuno dynamics and the role of mean wind 13.6 Summary and discussion 13.7 References 14 Tropical-extratropical interactions (Paul E. Roundy) 14.1 Introduction 14.2 A boreal winter composite of the global flow associated with the MJO 14.3 Response of the global atmosphere to heating in tropical convection 14.4 Influence of extratropical waves on tropical convection 14.5 Two-way interactions between the tropics and extratropics 14.6 MJO inf

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Note: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Prehistory; 1. Introduction; 2. Sex and Salesmanship; 3. Seduction and the Emotions; 4. Social Primates; Part Two: Today; 5. Testing for Talent; 6. What Do Women Want?; 7. Coalitions of the Willing; 8. The Scarcity of Charm; 9. The Tender War; Notes; References; Index.

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Note: Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Fundamental Concepts: 2. Fundamental concepts and terminology; 3. Modeling and computational simulation; Part II. Code Verification: 4. Software engineering; 5. Code verification; 6. Exact solutions; Part III. Solution Verification: 7. Solution verification; 8. Discretization error; 9. Solution adaptation; Part IV. Model Validation and Prediction: 10. Model validation fundamentals; 11. Design and execution of validation experiments; 12. Model accuracy assessment; 13. Predictive capability; Part V. Planning, Management, and Implementation Issues: 14. Planning and prioritization in modeling and simulation; 15. Maturity assessment of modeling and simulation; 16. Development and responsibilities for verification, validation and uncertainty quantification; Appendix. Programming practices; Index..

Note: Social perspectives on risk and uncertainty : reconciling the spectacular and the mundane / Stewart Lockie and Tom MeashamManaging risk under uncertainty / Raymond Murphy -- Risk and environmental victimisation / Rob White -- The lure of the market in tackling global warming / Fiona Haines -- Complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity in inclusive risk governance / Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke -- Market-based resource management policy and environmental uncertainty : outsourcing risk calculation / Stewart Lockie -- Women and risk : commercial wastewater injection wells and gendered perceptions of risk / Lee M. Miller -- Development of environmental risk management plans in Great Barrier Reef catchments / Steve Purbrick and Nick Schofield -- Shifting sands : uncertainty and a local community response to sea level rise policy in Australia / Anne Leitch and Cathy Robinson -- Risk and climate change in Brazilian coastal cities / Leila da Costa Ferreira, Rafael D'Almeida Martins, Fabiana Barbi, Alberto Matenhauer Urbinatti, Fernanda Oliveira de Souza, Thales Haddad Novaes de Andrade and Leonardo Freire de Mello -- Vulnerability analysis, risk and deliberation : the Sydney climate change adaptation initiative / Tom Measham and Benjamin L. Preston -- Uncertainty and ambiguity in environmental governance : water quality in Great Barrier Reef catchments / Bruce Taylor, Tabatha Wallington and Cathy Robinson -- Choice editing for the environment : managing corporate risks / Jane Dixon and Cathy Banwell -- Crisis, change and water institutions in south-east Queensland : strategies for an integrated approach / Tabatha Wallington, Cathy Robinson and Brian Head -- Using holistic scenarios to rewrite rural futures / Tira Foran and Louis Lebel..

Note: Conceptualizing climate change-related movement -- The relevance of international refugee law -- Climate change-related movement and international human rights law : the role of complementary protection -- State practice on protection from disasters and related harms -- "Disappearing states", statelessness, and relocation -- Moving with dignity : responding to climate change-related mobility in Bangladesh -- "Protection" or "Migration"? The "climate refugee" treaty debate -- Institutional governance -- Overarching normative principles..

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Note: Contents: I. Grundlagen des Modell-Platonismus ; 1. Einleitung ; 2. Hans Alberts Modell-Platonismus-Vorwurf ; 3. Zur logischen Struktur neoklassischer Theorie ; 4. Das Marktmodell vollkommener Konkurrenz ; 5. Varianten der Charakterisierung neoklassischer Ökonomie ; II. Erweiterungen des Modell-Platonismus ; 6. Realitätsbezug und Informationsgehalt: Zur Grenzenlosigkeit neoklassischer Ökonomie ; 7. Axiomatische Variationen: Zur Flexibilität neoklassischer Theorie ; 8. Institutionelle Aspekte: Die Ökonomie als soziales Feld ; 9. Empirie und Evidenz: Zur Rolle von Ökonometrie und Experiment ; 10. Abschließende Bemerkungen

Note: Introductory essay / by Ian Hacking -- Preface -- Introduction: a role for history -- The route to normal science -- The nature of normal science -- Normal science as puzzle-solving -- The priority of paradigms -- Anomaly and the emergence of scientific discoveries -- Crisis and the emergence of scientific theories -- The response to crisis -- The nature and necessity of scientific revolutions -- Revolutions as changes of world view -- The invisibility of revolutions -- The resolution of revolutions -- Progress through revolutions -- Postscript-1969..

Note: Introduction -- Sulfur chemistry in aqueous solutions -- Sedimentary iron biogeochemistry -- Aqueous metal-sulfide chemistry: complexes, clusters and nanoparticles -- Metastable sedimentary iron sulfides -- Sedimentary pyrite -- Metal sequestration by sedimentary iron sulfides -- Microbial sulfate reduction in sediments -- Microbial sulfide oxidation in sediments -- Microbial ecology of sulfidic sediments -- Sedimentary sulfur isotope biogeochemistry -- Iron isotope fractionation in sedimentary sulfides -- Euxinic systems -- Sedimentary sulfides -- The geochemistry of sulfidic sedimentary rocks -- Fossil bacteria: evidence for the evolution of the sulfur biome -- The evolution of the sedimentary sulfur cycle..

Note: Contents: Preface to the Second Edition ; Preface to the First Edition ; Introduction ; Part I: Evolution and Concepts ; 1. Evolution and Concepts ; Appendix to Chapter 1: Definitions and Data Issues ; Part II: Pre-WWII Approaches to International Investment ; Introduction to Part II 2. Marxist Approaches ; 3. Foreign Investment Within the Neoclassical Paradigm ; Part III: Modern Theories ; Introduction to Part III 4. Hymer’s Seminal Work ; 5. The Product Life Cycle and International Production ; 6. Oligopolistic Reactions and the Geographical Pattern of FDI ; 7. Currency Areas and Internationalization ; 8. Internalization and the Transnational Corporation ; 9. Dunning’s Eclectic Framework ; 10. Stages in the Internationalization Process: The Scandinavian School ; 11. Evolutionary Theories of the TNC ; 12. New Trade Theories and the Activities of TNCs ; 13. Transnational Monopoly Capitalism ; 14. Nation-states and TNCs’ Strategic Behaviour ; 15. Resources, Networks and the TNC ; Part IV: Effects ; Introduction to Part IV 16. Boundaries in the Assessment of Effects ; 17. Innovation and the TNCs ; 18. Effects on Labour ; 19. Effects on Trade ; 20. Effects on the Balance of Payments ; Reference ; Index

Note: Ecotones Between Forest and Grassland; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Rationale; 1.2 Case Study: The Cross Timbers; 1.3 About This Book; References; Part I: Temperate Forest-Grassland Ecotones: Prairies, Steppes, and Pampas; Chapter 2: Woodland-Grassland Ecotonal Shifts in Environmental Mosaics: Lessons Learnt from the Environmental History of the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe) During the Holocene and the Last Ice Age Based on Investigation of Paleobotanical and Mollusk Remains; 2.1 Introduction. , 2.2 Modern Woodland-Grassland Ecotone in the Carpathian Basin and Controversies Around Definitions2.3 Profiles Selected and Methods Applied in Modeling Woodland-Grassland Ecotone Shifts in the Carpathian Basin; 2.3.1 The Climate-Zonal Hypothesis Put to the Test; 2.3.2 Testing the Model of Edaphic Ecological Factors; 2.3.3 Testing the Idea of Human-Induced Ecotone Development; 2.4 The Vegetation History of the Great Hungarian Plains as Inferred from the Evaluation of Quaternary Paleoecological and Environmental Historical Data; 2.4.1 Vegetation Development During Last Ice Age. , 2.4.2 Vegetation Development During the Terminal Part of the Last Ice Age2.4.3 Vegetation Development During the Pleistocene/Holocene Transition; 2.4.4 Vegetation History of the Carpathian Basin from the Settlement of the First Farmers; 2.5 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Ecotones as Complex Arenas of Disturbance, Climate, and Human Impacts: The Trans-Andean Forest-Steppe Ecotone of Northern Patagonia; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Physical and Biological Setting of Forest-Steppe Ecotone of Northern Patagonia; 3.2.1 Abiotic Transition; 3.2.2 Ecosystem Properties Across the Transition. , 3.2.3 Plant Communities and Plant Diversity Across the Transition3.3 Disturbance Variation and Forest Dynamics Across the Transition; 3.3.1 Fine-Scale Disturbances; 3.3.2 Coarse-Scale Disturbances; 3.4 Direct and Disturbances-Mediated In fl uences of Climate Variability Across the Transition; 3.5 Climate, Fire, Land Use, and Long-Term Vegetation Changes Across the Transition; 3.5.1 Xeric Steppe-Woodland Belt; 3.5.2 The Nothofagus Forest-Shrubland Belt; 3.5.3 The Wet Rainforest Belt; 3.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Woody-Herbaceous-Livestock Species Interaction; 4.1 Introduction. , 4.2 Woody-Herbaceous Species Interactions and Associated Models4.3 Woodland and Grassland Stable States and Conceptual Models; 4.4 Woody-Herbaceous Ecotones; 4.5 Rates and Patterns of Woody-Herbaceous Ecotone Shift; 4.6 Woody-Herbaceous-Livestock Species Dynamics; 4.7 Other Potential Factors In fl uencing Woody-Herbaceous Species Dynamics; 4.8 Current and Future Research on Woody-Herbaceous-Livestock Species Interaction; References; Chapter 5: Woody Plant Invasions in Pampa Grasslands: A Biogeographical and Community Assembly Perspective; 5.1 Introduction. , 5.2 Woody Invasions as Hierarchical Assembly Processes.

Note: Introduction / Mark Haugaard and Kevin Ryan -- Power in social and political theory / Mark Haugaard and Kevin Ryan -- Power in political anthropology / John Gledhill -- Foundations of organizational power / Stewart Clegg -- Gendering power : feminist approaches / Jill Vickers -- The political sociology of power / John A. Hall and Siniša Malešević -- Power and international relations / Phillip G. Cerny -- Concluding reflections / Kevin Ryan and Mark Haugaard..

Note: Teilw. zugl.: Düsseldorf, Univ., Diss. 2009 u.d.T.: Tremmel, Jörg: A theory of intergenerational justice

Note: Three stories of our time -- Trusting the spiral -- Coming from gratitude -- Honoring our pain for the world -- A wider sense of self -- A different kind of power -- A richer experience of community -- A larger view of time -- Catching an inspiring vision -- Daring to believe it is possible -- Building support around you -- Maintaining energy and enthusiasm -- Strengthened by uncertainty.

Note: Aldo Chircop ... [et al.] / Law of the sea and ocean governance : straits used for international navigation : some recent developments -- Tommy Koh / Law, economics, and politics : Trinidad and Tobago/Grenada maritime boundary delimitation -- Carlyle L. Mitchell / Regulation of high seas fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic, 1976-2010 -- A. William Moreira / The reasonable bond and the jurisprudence of the international tribunal for the law of the sea : some brief remarks -- L. Dolliver M. Nelson / Do we need a new convention on piracy and armed robbery against ships? -- Robert C. Beckman / Piracy across maritime law : is there a problem of definition? -- Aref Fakhry / Governance in the Arctic Ocean : a commentary on the Great Arctic melt and its potential impact on global shipping patterns -- Brian Flemming / Russia's northern sea route - much to do -- R. Douglas Brubaker with Claes Lykke Ragner / The polluter pays principle : preventing ship-source pollution in the Arctic -- Kenneth A. MacInnis / Regional cooperation in the South China Sea and the Arctic : lessons to be learned? -- David L. VanderZwaag and Hai Dang Vu / Shipping and international maritime law : the treaty-making work of the legal committee of the international maritime organization -- Alfred Popp / Will insurance cover that? a review of the challenges faced by coastal states seeking to recoup costs for removal of wrecks under the Nairobi wreck removal convention -- Eric Machum and Frank Metcalf / The urgency of reducing air pollution from global shipping -- Sherry P. Broder and Jon M. Van Dyke / Maritime cabotage : international market issues in the liberalization of domestic shipping -- Mary R. Brooks / Safer ships and cleaner seas : the insurer's role -- Kjetil Eivindstad and Christopher Petrie / Economic losses and environmental damage in the law of ship-source pollution -- Proshanto K. Mukherjee / Marine oil and gas pollution spills in Australian waters -- Vincent Cogliati-Bantz ... [et al.] / Forging or foregoing the 'Genuine Link'? a reflection on the maritime labour convention, 2006 and other approaches -- Moira L. McConnell / Seafaring and maritime labour law : perceptions and attitudes of seafarers towards maritime regulations : an historical perspective -- Alastair Couper / The continuing criminalization of seafarers : where to go from here? -- Sarah M. Kirby / Seafarers' welfare development in Southeast Asia : a commentary -- Nien-Tsu Alfred Hu / Reflections on a changing industry and the seafaring profession -- Angus McDonald / Future sea captains : environmentally responsible global citizens -- Arthur J. Hanson / Canadian maritime law : Canada's vessel traffic management regime : an overview in the context of international law -- McDorman / Forum shopping comes to Canada : the recognition of foreign maritime liens -- Norman G. Letalik / The continuing evolution of maritime law : jurisdiction in Canada -- Aldo Chircop / "Change my way of thinking" : Canadian maritime law and the Supreme Court of Canada, The Edgar Gold years -- Wylie Spicer / Selected publications of Edgar Gold..

Note: Zugl.: Hamburg, Univ., FB Rechtswiss., Diss., 2011