This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This fourth volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland and forests, focusing on soil, water, mountain, agricultural products, and animal…
Dieses Open-Access-Buch beschreibt die Auswirkungen von Klimaveränderungen auf Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Deutschland. Es liefert eine fundierte, fachübergreifende Grundlage für Entscheidungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel. Wie lassen sich die Folgen des Klimawandels abmildern und wie können wir uns vorbereiten? Die hier vorliegende nationale Untersuchung stellt den aktuellen F…
This open access book features contributions from a multidisciplinary team of leading and emerging scholars focused on democratization of risk assessment, management, and communication. The volume identifies and sheds light on key risk governance dilemmas related to public trust, risk perception and public participation. The first part of the book articulates the relationship among science, exp…
Buku akses terbuka ini mengeksplorasi kerangka konseptual baru untuk pengelolaan hutan boreal yang berkelanjutan dalam menghadapi perubahan iklim. Hutan boreal adalah bioma terestrial terbesar kedua di Bumi dan mencakup sabuk seluas 14 juta km2, yang mewakili sekitar 25% dari wilayah hutan Bumi. Dua pertiga dari bioma hutan ini dikelola dan memasok 37% dari produksi kayu global. Hutan-hutan ini…
Buku akses terbuka ini memberikan perspektif baru tentang ekonomi sirkular dan ruang, yang dieksplorasi menuju definisi wilayah regeneratif yang dicirikan oleh metabolisme yang sehat. Melampaui sekadar penggunaan ulang/daur ulang limbah material sebagai sumber daya, karya ini bertujuan untuk memahami cara menerapkan prinsip sirkularitas, antara lain, pada regenerasi bentang alam limbah. Fokus u…
Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data seems to elude many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. My initial attempt to address that problem was to develop a short course on the assessment of cancer screening that focused on methodology and data interpretation. I frst taught the course during the 201…
Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde im Juli 2021 vom Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Technischen Universität Kaiserslautern als Dissertation angenommen. Sie entstand parallel zu meiner Tätigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensrechnung und Controlling, reicht ideengeschichtlich allerdings schon weit in meine Studienzeit zurück. So wurde mein Interesse …
This is an open access book. What is the history and current state of play of EU law and policy covering irregularised human mobility? What has been the role and contributions of the 2019-2024 European Commission as regards EU migration policy? This book investigates how migration policies have been problematised at the EU institutional level, in particular by the European Commission. It critic…
This open access book shows the breadth and various facets of e-Science, while also illustrating their shared core. Changes in scientific work are driven by the shift to grid-based worlds, the use of information and communication systems, and the existential infrastructure, which includes global collaboration. In this context, the book addresses emerging issues such as open access, collaborati…
This book is based on the findings of a long-term (2000-2014) interdisciplinary research project of the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with several universities in Thailand and Vietnam. Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in Southeast Asia, or the Uplands Program, the project aims to contribute through agricultural research to the conservation of nat…