Center for European Integration, University of Bonn, Germany Instituto Nacional de Administradio, Lisbon, Portugal Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Danish School of Public Administration, Frederiksberg, Denmark Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione, Rome, Italy The papers presented in this volume were originally presented at the Paris and Bloomington conferences.
The Green Revolution - the apparently miraculous increase in cereal crop yields achieved in the 1960s - came under severe criticism in the 1970s because of its demands for optimal irrigation, intensive use of fertilisers and pesticides; its damaging impact on social structures; and its monoculture approach.
Lernen anhand von Fallstudien erfreut sich zunehmender Beliebtheit – auch in der akademischen Ausbildung der Wirtschafts-, Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaften, der Medizin oder dem Fach Public Health.
Urban sanitation and solid waste sectors are under significant pressure in East Africa due to the lack of competent institutional capacity and the growth of the region's urban population.
Die Ende der 1960er Jahre an zahlreichen Universitäten etablierte Ausbildung von Lehrkräften für die 12–14 beruflichen Fachrichtungen für berufsbildende (Fach-)Schulen ist – trotz vieler Reformversuche – gescheitert.
This book explores economic concepts related to disaster losses, describes mechanisms that determine the economic consequences of a disaster, and reviews methodologies for making decisions regarding risk management and adaptation.
Este libro es el resultado de un dialógico interdisciplinario en el que confluyen profesionales de diferentes campos del conocimiento, pero que tienen en común su preocupación por la crisis socioambiental, además de su optimismo y confianza en que la racionalidad humana tendrá la capacidad de actuar responsablemente con el planeta y podrá revertir la tendencia de agotamiento, degradación y deterioro de la riqueza natural y social que ha caracterizado la economía de mercado hegemónica en los últimas décadas.
Urban Events, Place Branding and Promotion explores the phenomenon of place event marketing, examining the ways in which events are used to brand and disseminate information about a place.
Die aktuellen Herausforderungen für die Freihandelsdoktrin kommen aus dem Kreis der heutigen Industrieländer, die die Entwicklung eines regelgebundenen multilateralen Handelssystems betrieben haben und nun im Angesicht der sich vertiefenden internationalen Arbeitsteilung hauptsächlich von zwei Sorgen geleitet sind: Erstens besteht die Sorge um mangelnde "Fairness" im internationalen Wettbewerb, weil gemutmaßt wird, daß sich Länder durch Manipulation ihrer Wirtschaftspolitik künstliche Wettbewerbsvorteile zu Lasten anderer sichern.
Originally published in 1985, this volume examines the determinants of transport energy consumption and discusses policies which could modify rising transport energy consumption while still providing the transport services necessary for economic development.
This book explores the growing spatial inequality in contemporary cities, and the opportunity of reframing the role of public open space as a tool of inclusion in a context of an increasing economic gap between the urban poor and rich.
Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between environmental protection and economic development in Turkey.
As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology endowment.
When first published in 1997, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by renowned economic and engineering experts Ernst von Weizsacker, Amory Lovins and L.
The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America.
The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities, which faced shrinking endowments, declining charitable contributions, and reductions in government support.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in signal quality assessment techniques for physiological signals, and chiefly focuses on ECG (electrocardiography) and PPG (photoplethysmography) signals obtained from wearable sensors in ambulatory clinical settings.
The papers in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Exclusion represent the most current research on poverty, deprivation, and income mobility.
Diese umfassende empirische Studie gibt grundlegende Einsichten in die Praxis des Krankenhausmanagements im Kontext der Ökonomisierung des Gesundheitswesens und leistet gleichzeitig einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Soziologie des Managements sowie der rekonstruktiven Management- bzw.
Dieses Buch gibt Medical Advisors, medizinisch-wissenschaftlichen Fachreferenten und Medical-Marketing-Managern der Arzneimittelindustrie das erforderliche Know-how zur Realisierung des vollen medizinischen und wirtschaftlichen Potenzials eines Arzneimittels.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) was launched in 2009 to strengthen institutional, economic and political relations between the European Union (EU) and the six Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine).
When first published in 1997, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by renowned economic and engineering experts Ernst von Weizsacker, Amory Lovins and L.
The book provides an overview of the policy frameworks that have been employed to support offshore wind power, and their efficacy in nurturing sustainable cost reductions across the industry.
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