The foundational economy is everywhere: from clean water to care homes, schools to hospitals, these vital services were established between 1880 and 1980 to be collectively paid for, collectively delivered and collectively consumed.
Christopher Meinecke setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, inwieweit private Haushalte in einem von erneuerbaren Energiequellen getragenen digitalen Stromnetz (Smart Grid) adaptive Stromverbraucher sein können.
The US prescription drug business is a $500 billion industry whose rising prices carry profound consequences for patients, caregivers, employers and taxpayers across the nation.
Sustainability Science: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduates, postgraduates, and participants in executive trainings from any disciplinary background studying the theory and practice of sustainability science.
This book explores the issue of consumer financial education, responding to increased interest in, and calls to improve peoples' financial literacy skills and abilities to understand and manage their money.
Das Qualitäts- und Risikomanagement im Gesundheitswesen hat in den vergangenen Jahren zunehmend an strategischer Bedeutung gewonnen: Durch jüngere Gesetzesänderungen können Verfehlungen im Bereich der Qualität und der Fehleinschätzung des Risikos direkten negativen Einfluss auf das Leistungsgeschehen des Krankenhauses nehmen.
Maximizing reader insights into the methodologies and cutting-edge research concerning the financial aspects of carbon markets, this book analyzes the economic and financial effects of carbon trading and regulations on the stock market prices of individual companies as well as the joint effects of regulations and of the prices of oil and gas on the prices and volatility of the traded carbon securities.
Met de recente decentralisaties in de care ontstaat er een nieuw speelveld waarbij beleidsterreinen in elkaar overvloeien en de burger en de cliënt centraal staan.
Chitin and Chitosan: Discoveries and Applications for Sustainability provides the most comprehensive knowledge on these organic biopolymers which come from the cellular makeup of crustaceans, mollusks and arthropods.
Nobel Laureate Robert Solow explores how changes in social accounting practice could contribute to more rational debate and action in crafting economic and environmental policy.
This book highlights recent findings in civil and environmental engineering and urban planning, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe.
To plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, knowledge needs to advance much more for the water profession beyond what it is now available.
Reflecting the challenges and opportunities of achieving improvement in healthcare systems, the contributions of this innovative new text lend depth and nuance to an increasing area of academic debate.
Dieses Buch befasst sich mit der Komplexität von Diabetes und den damit verbundenen Komplikationen und stellt die sozioökonomische Belastung durch die Krankheit dar, wobei die steigende Prävalenz, die pandemische Ausmaße erreicht, und die damit verbundenen Kosten berücksichtigt werden.
Encouraged by the emergence and early impact of social innovators on the African Continent, but frustrated by the slow pace of large scale change, this book is focused on filling the knowledge gap for those tackling Africa's serious social problems.
This book discusses the economic, political, and environmental issues surrounding the international exploration and exploitation of conventional and unconventional natural gas.
While sharing some characteristics with other middle-income countries, South Africa is a country with a unique economic history and distinctive economic features.
Dieses Buch stellt das Vorhaben der seit 2011 in Deutschland angestrebten Energiewende mit Schwerpunkt auf der Nutzung von elektrischem Strom aus erneuerbaren Quellen auf den Prüfstand.
This book explores a platform for insightful discussions and scientific discourse on various aspects of landslides and their risk management, with insights focused on the Himalayan states at a sub-regional level.
This book intends to inform the key participants in extractive projects - namely, the communities, the host governments and the investors - about good practice for effective community engagement, based on analysis of international standards and expectations, lessons from selected case-studies and innovations in public participation.
This book reframes the purpose of infrastructure from being an input to economic growth to becoming a major instrument in reducing socio-economic inequalities in both industrialized and developing countries.
This book provides a missing link between marginality, migration and education in Zimbabwe, focusing on the educational experiences of migrants' children in an effort to influence government policies concerning migrant parents and their left-behind children.
