Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Meer
Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Meer
In recent years, a greater level of integration of the world economy and an opening of national markets to trade has impacted virtually all areas of society. Meer
The volume places the migration-development-security nexus in the field of transnational studies. Rather than treating these three categories as self-evident, the essays excavate aspects of power and privilege built into their governing frameworks and conflicting rationales apparent in practices of control. Meer
Dieter Senghaas, professor emeritus of international relations, University of Bremen, was one of most innovative contemporary German social scientists, with major contributions on peace and development research and on music and peace. Meer
On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, a distinguished Mexican sociologist and professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico, Úrsula Oswald Spring (UNAM/CRIM, Mexico) introduces him as a Pioneer on Indigenous Rights due to his research on human rights issues, especially when he served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. Meer
This last volume in a trilogy published on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico, includes eight essays on Peasants, Culture and Indigenous Peoples: Critical Issues; Basic Needs, Peasants and the Strategy for Rural Development (1976); Cultural Rights: a Social Science Perspective (1998); The Structure of Injustice: Poverty, Marginality, Exclusion and Human Rights (2000); What Kind of Yarn? Meer
Die wichtigsten Gesetze und Verordnungen werden vorgestellt und die Rechtslage an Hand aktueller Rechtssprechung dargelegt. Erkundungs- und Bewertungstechniken werden beschrieben und kommentiert und die relevanten Normen und technischen Regelwerke sind aufgeführt. Meer
Das Buch basiert auf einer zweisemestrigen Vorlesung an der Universität Heidelberg über die Physik der Atmosphäre. Der Autor erklärt einerseits das System Atmosphäre und vermittelt andererseits umweltrelevante Aspekte. Meer
This book focuses on innovative treatment technologies for the elimination of emerging contaminants in wastewater and drinking water treatment processes. Meer
Im Mittelpunkt des Buches stehen die Umweltprobleme, die von sogenannten Globalschadstoffen (z.B. FCKW) verursacht werden. Die Untersuchung bietet eine solide Diskussionsgrundlage und zeigt Lösungsansätze auf. Meer
Mathematical modelling has become in recent years an essential tool for the prediction of environmental change and for the development of sustainable policies. Meer
Sustainable Development has become the leading concept of the 21 century. It describes a development, which agrees with the needs of the present generation but does not endanger the chances of the coming generations to satisfy also their needs. Meer
This book aims to identify the challenges presented by current urban environmental governance practices in fast growing Indian cities, to propose changes to the current governance implementation strategies, and to explore the best practices to achieve sustainable urban models through Indian and global perspectives. Meer
While economic and other social science expertise is indispensable for successful public policy-making regarding global climate change, social scientists face trade-offs between the scientific credibility, policy-relevance, and legitimacy of their policy advice. Meer
Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist die Überlegung, dass in Anbetracht der häufig grenzüberschreitenden Auswirkungen der Umweltbeeinträchtigungen das Europarecht auch für das Strafrecht zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnt. Meer
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in das Umweltrecht, insbesondere für Praktiker und Nicht-Juristen. Ausgehend von den allgemeinen Grundlagen werden die wichtigsten Bereiche des Umweltrechts in Theorie und zahlreichen Anwendungsfällen vorgestellt. Meer
Der Band untersucht Formen und Wirkungen institutioneller Arrangements. Welche Formen können sie annehmen und was leisten sie nach dem Kriterium der Zukunftsfähigkeit bzw. Meer