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Global Stability through Decentralization?
The authors of this book, who represent a broad range of scientific disciplines, discuss the issue of centralized versus decentralized control and regulation in the context of sustainable development. The stability and resilience of complex technical, economic, societal and political systems are co... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Strategies for Sustainability of the Earth System (Strategies for Sustainability)
This volume builds on an international workshop held in 2019, inspired by James Lovelock's "The Revenge of Gaia - Why the Earth Is Fighting Back, and How We Can Still Save Humanity". It, therefore, understands the Gaia concept as an umbrella term for the living world that planet Earth is hosting for... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Chinese Water Systems: Volume 4: Applied Water Management in China (Terrestrial Environmental Sciences)
This open-access book addresses latest Sino-German results of the joint research efforts within Major Water Program of the Chinese Government supported by German research funding. The Major Water Program aims at the restoration of polluted water environments and sustainable management of water resou... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Sustainable Risk Management
Here, expert authors delineate approaches that can support both decision makers as well as their concerned populations in overcoming unwarranted fears and in elaborating policies based on scientific evidence. Four exemplary focus areas were chosen for in-depth review, namely: - The scientific basis... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Nachhaltige Wasserbewirtschaftung
by Martin Wahl • Michael Becker • Martin Grambow • Jacobus Hofstede • Alois Heissenhuber • Andreas Goetz • Anton Steiner • Bernd Scherer • Christiane Groß • Christine Krämer • Christine Wenzel • Claus Kumutat • Dietmar Wienholdt • Erich Eichenseer • Erich Englmann • Gabriele Merz • Gregor Overhoff • Hans Huber • Holger Magel • Ingo Reimann • Jakob Opperer • Karl Schneider • Katrin Horn • Maria Patek • Martin Faulstich • Martin Steger • Michael Haug • Peter Rutschmann • Peter Wilderer • Raoul Weiler • Reinhard F. Schmidtke • Rolf Manser • Stephan Von Keitz • Theo Schlaffer • Ulrich Drost • Walter Binder • Werner Reifenhäuser • Werner Wahliß • Wolfgang Günthert • Wolfram MauserDer Wassersektor gehört zu den ganz großen aktuellen globalen Herausforderungen. Wasserbewirtschaftung verlangt ein vertieftes Verständnis der Nachhaltigkeit. Das Buch erläutert vor diesem Hintergrund Theorie und Praxis des integrierten Managements. Es erklärt politische und technische Grundlagen de... More
Language: GERCopyright: 2012