This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 10th PIANC Smart Rivers Conference (Smart Rivers 2022). The work focuses on novel techniques for inland waterways and navigation structures. The contents make valuable contributions to academic researchers, engineers in the industry, and regulators of aviation authorities. As well, readers will encounter new ideas for realizing Green Waterw…
Urban subsurface resources and particularly urban groundwater are vulnerable to environmental impacts, and their rational management is of major importance. In this book a multidisciplinary team of specialists and scientists presents innovative process-oriented approaches to the sustainable use of these resources. The included case studies from northwestern Switzerland describe representative e…
This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Glob…
Dieses Open-Access Buch versucht, die Frage warum sich L1- und L2-Texte meistens leicht voneinander unterscheiden lassen, selbst wenn keine sprachlichen Fehler vorhanden sind, am Beispiel von chinesischen fortgeschrittenen Deutschlerner/-innen und deutschen L1-Sprecher/-innen zu beantworten. Basierend auf 40 argumentativen Korpustexten fokussiert sich die Studie auf drei Fragen: a) Wie untersch…