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The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition
The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries. This open access book, written by leading energy…
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- 978-3-030-39066-2
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- XXV, 381
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- Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 73)
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Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and…
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…
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- 978-3-642-33377-4
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- X, 490
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- Springer Environmental Science and Engineering (SPRINGERENVIRON)
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Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role : Rights and Responsib…
This open access book provides a state-of-the-field of the interactions between emerging national asylum governance systems and the 2018 United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR). It provides a detailed examination of the relationship and compatibility between asylum governance and refugee protection and human rights, and the responsibilities for states and other implementing actors i…
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- 978-3-031-74866-0
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- XXI, 323
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- International Perspectives on Migration (IPMI, volume 18)
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Arab Americans in the United States : Immigration, Culture and Health
This open access book provides a unique perspective on the relationship between immigration, culture, and health. It presents a cross-cultural perspective between culture and illness. It touches upon identity struggles, the notion of not feeling “safe, understood, accepted,” and its relation to Arab American health. The book provides a comprehensive review of the history of Muslims in Ameri…
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- 978-981-99-7417-7
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- XI, 107
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- International Perspectives on Migration (IPMI)
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Russia-China Relations : Emerging Alliance or Eternal Rivals?
This open access book examines Russia-China relations across a variety of civilian and military areas of cooperation. Leading experts in the field present empirical case studies covering a wide range of strategic cooperation areas between Russia and China, such as technological, military, economic and political cooperation. The contributing authors shed new light on Chinese and Russian strategi…
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- 978-3-030-97012-3
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- XXI, 315
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- Global Power Shift (GLOBAL)
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Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions of Gases and Particles
The oceans and atmosphere interact through various processes, including the transfer of momentum, heat, gases and particles. In this book leading international experts come together to provide a state-of-the-art account of these exchanges and their role in the Earth-system, with particular focus on gases and particles. Chapters in the book cover: i) the ocean-atmosphere exchange of short-lived…
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- 978-3-642-25643-1
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- LI, 315
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- Springer Earth System Sciences (SPRINGEREARTH)
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Islamic Ethics and Incidental Findings : Genomic Morality Beyond the Secular …
This open access book offers unique insights into the key ethical issues faced by practitioners and discussed by ethicists in the field of genomics and incidental findings, with a focus on the Islamic moral tradition. Embark on an enlightening exploration of key ethical challenges in genomics and incidental findings, uniquely tailored to the context of the Muslim Arab world. Following the regi…
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- 978-3-031-59405-2
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- X, 95
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- SpringerBriefs in Ethics (BRIEFSETHIC)
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Capitalism in the Platform Age
This book series offers an outlet for cutting-edge research in alternative, heterodox and pluralist economics. It features scholarly studies on various schools of thought beyond the neo-classical orthodoxy, including Austrian, Post Keynesian, Sraffian, Marxian, Georgist, Institutional-evolutionary, as well as feminist, radical, social, green, and ecological economics. It aims to promote…
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- 9783031491474
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- VI, 371
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Narrative Praktiken von Unternehmen
Die vorliegende Monographie meiner Dissertation ist dank der Unterstützung vieler Menschen entstanden. Einige standen mir während des gesamten Prozesses zur Seite und andere sprangen mir in situativ aufkommenden Herausforderungen tatkräftig zur Seite. Ihnen allen danke ich herzlich für ihr Engagement und ihr Mitwirken: So gilt mein Dank meiner Erstbetreuerin Frau Prof. Dr. Helga Kottho…
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- 9783662646335
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- XXI, 569
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iCity. Transformative Research for the Livable, Intelligent, and Sustainable …
Economy and society today face a multitude of complex challenges (“grand challenges”) like climate change, demographic change, urbanization, or digitalization, which create a constant demand for new technologies, services, business models, and consequently innovative solutions. In this light, the mobility sector has undergone a great change over the past few years, which is formed by di…
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- 9783030920968
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- XLI, 371
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