Search Results - "globalization"

Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities

Table of Contents: “…Re-Ruralising the Urban Edge: Lessons from Europe, USA & the Global South -- 3. Nimbyism and Nature - Whose Backyard is it Anyway? …”
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Introduction to Political Science by Rom, Mark Carl, Hidaka, Masaki, Walker, Rachel Bzostek

Table of Contents: “…International Law and International Organizations -- Introduction -- 15.1 The Problem of Global Governance -- 15.2 International Law -- 15.3 The United Nations and Global Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) -- 15.4 How Do Regional IGOs Contribute to Global Governance? …”
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Robotics, AI, and Humanity Science, Ethics, and Policy /

Table of Contents: “…Foundations of artificial intelligence and effective universal induction -- SECTION II) AI AND ROBOTICS CHANGING THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY (WORK, FARMING, SERVICES AND POVERTY) -- 6. Robotics and the global organization of production -- 7. AI/robotics implications for poverty and marginalization -- 8. …”
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Energy and Sustainable Futures Proceedings of 2nd ICESF 2020 /

Table of Contents: “…Exploring the Local Authorities between Global Challenges and Domestic Law -- Chapter 13. …”
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The Politics of Diversity in Music Education

Table of Contents: “…Biopolitics, queer of color critique, and music education -- 12 Cultural diversity, ecodiversity, and music education -- Part 4 Reconsidering the politics of music education leadership -- 13 From a different place to a third space: Rethinking international student pedagogy -- 14 Internationalization, hegemony and diversity: In search of a new vision for the global music education community -- 15 The politics of intercultural collaboration in higher music education: Challenges seen from a leadership point of view.…”
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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2021 Proceedings of the ENTER 2021 eTourism Conference, January 19-22, 2021 /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Technology -- The Evolution of Chatbots in Tourism: a Systematic Literature Review -- In-room voice-based digital assistants transforming on-site hotel services and guests' experiences -- Co-Creating Personalised Experiences in the Context of Personalisation-Privacy Paradox -- AI based Self-Service Technology Service Failure in Hotel -- Part II: Innovation -- Loyalty Programs and Direct Website Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Global Hotel Brands -- A Netnographic Study of Consumer Value in Slow Travel -- Coworking & coliving: do they attract digital nomad tourist? …”
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Transformation Literacy Pathways to Regenerative Civilizations /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and conceptual framing - transformation literacy as a future-making skill -- Part 1: Mindsets in service of wellbeing on a healthy planet -- Setting the scene: How to connect with a world as an interconnected whole -- The same tone, but a new sound - understanding the story of the soul as pathway to regenerative civilizations -- Possible futures -- Transformative literacy as the ability to look forward from within -- Chinese cultural treasures as contributions to a mindset of interconnectedness for global transformations -- The systems aliveness approach - from navigating emergency to stewarding wellbeing on a healthy planet -- Part 2: Systems that enable and safeguard wellbeing on a healthy planet -- Setting the scene: Viewing the world as interconnected systems -- Everything is connected - envisioning how a regenerative world looks like -- Managing forestry in a sustainable manner, the importance of system´s analysis -- Sustainable community transformation process.…”
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50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility - Conflict & Reconciliation

Table of Contents: “…The Destruction of Heritage is Multidimensional - Theoretical Reflections -- Chapter 3. Global Governance -- Chapter 4. Urban Transformation -- Chapter 5. …”
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Blue Planet Law The Ecology of our Economic and Technological World /

Table of Contents: “…Part I Foundations of Global Ecological Sustainability -- Blue Planet Law and Ecological Sustainability in the 21st Century -- Environmental Law in the EU: A Pathway to the Green Transition -- Our Blue Planet at the crossroads. …”
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Mobilities in Life and Death Negotiating Room for Migrants and Minorities in European Cemeteries /

Table of Contents: “…Hypermobilities and Immobilities: Local-Global Relations in European Cemeteries -- 1. Hindu Mobilities and Cremation: Minority, Migrant and Gendered Dialogues and Dialectics in English and Welsh Towns (Avril Maddrell, Brenda Mathijssen, Yasminah Beebeejaun, Katie McClymont & Danny McNally) -- 2. …”
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Positive Tipping Points Towards Sustainability Understanding the Conditions and Strategies for Fast Decarbonization in Regions /

Table of Contents: “…Confronting Local and Global Tipping Narratives: Green Energy Development in the Arctic and Why Greenland is Not for Sale -- Chapter 15. …”
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Higher Education Reforms in Romania Between the Bologna Process and National Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…The Bologna Process and national Priorities in the search for a global presence: Adrian Curaj, Ligia Deca, Cezar Mihai Haj -- 2. …”
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Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity Cross-National Perspectives in Classifications and Identity Politics /

Table of Contents: “…Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-national Survey of the 2000 Census Round: Ann Morning -- Chapter 3. …”
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Sustainable Qatar Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Terrestrial Biodiversity in Arid Environments: One Global Component of Climate Crisis Resilience -- Chapter 14. …”
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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Volume 1 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 /

Table of Contents: “…Landslide Risk Reduction in Croatia: Scientific research in the framework of the WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-173, IPL-184, ICL ABN -- Shapes and Mechanisms of Large-scale Landslides in Japan: Forecasting Analysis from an Inventory (WCoE 2014-2017 -- Retrospective and Prospects for Cold Regions Landslide Research (2012-2016) (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-132, IPL-167, IPL-203, CRLN -- Large-scale Rockslide Inventories: from the Kokomeren River Basin to the Entire Central Asia Region (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-106-2) -- Interventions for Promoting Knowledge, Innovations and Landslide Risk Management Practices within South and Southeast Asia (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Promoting a Global Standard for Community-based Landslide Early Warning Systems (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-158, IPL-165) -- Model Policy Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines on Landslide Disaster Reduction (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Landslide Hazard and Risk Management (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Mitigation of Landslide Hazards in Ukraine under the Guidance of ICL: 2009-2016 (IPL-153, IPL-191) -- Development of a Hazard Evaluation Technique for Earthquake-Induced Landslides Based on an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (IPL-154) -- The Croatian-Japanese SATREPS Joint Research Project on Landslides (IPL-161).…”
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New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies The Ambivalences of Data Power /

Table of Contents: “…New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power-An Introduction -- Part I Global Infrastructures and Local Invisibilities -- Data Power and Counter-power with Chinese Characteristics -- Transnational Networks of Influence: The Twitter Presence of the Quantified Self and Maker Movements' Organizational Elites -- The Power of Data Science Ontogeny: Thick Data Studies on the Indian IT Skill Tutoring Microcosm -- Fighting the "System": A Pilot Project on the Opacity of Algorithms in Political Communication -- Indigenous Peoples, Data, and the Coloniality of Surveillance -- Part II State and Data Justice -- The Datafied Welfare State: A Perspective from the UK -- The Value Dynamics of Data Capitalism: Cultural Production and Consumption in a Datafied World -- Mapping Data Justice as a Multidimensional Concept Through Feminist and Legal Perspectives -- Reconfiguring Education Through Data: How Data Practices Reconfigure Teacher Professionalism and Curriculum -- Public Values and Technological Change: Mapping how Municipalities Grapple with Data Ethics -- Welfare Data Society? …”
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5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM 2019) Proceedings of the Symposium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1 - 4, 2019 /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Terrestrial, Shipboard and Airborne Gravimetry -- Measurement of Absolute Gravity and Deflection of the Vertical at Sea -- Multi-scenario Evaluation of the Direct Method in Strapdown Airborne and Shipborne Gravimetry -- Improving Gravity Estimation Accuracy for the GT-2A Airborne Gravimeter Using Spline-Based Gravity Models -- Gravimetric Studies in the Sea of Japan -- About Identification of Instrument Error Parameters for a Gravity Gradiometer -- Numerical Model of Moving-Base Rotating Accelerometer Gravity Gradiometer -- New Algorithm for Gravity Vector Estimation from Airborne Data Using Spherical Scaling Functions -- Results of Astro-measurements of the Deflection of Vertical Using the New Observation Technique -- Observations with gPhone Gravimeter in Moscow -- Part II: Absolute Gravimetry -- On Uncertainties of Laser Interferometric Absolute Ballistic Gravimeters due to Magnetic Effects in the Free-Fall Gravity Measurements -- Evaluation of Systematic Errors in the Compact Absolute Gravimeter TAG-1 for Network Monitoring of Volcanic Activities -- Design of New Launch and Interferometer Systems for the IMGC-02 Absolute Gravimeter -- Twelve Years of High Frequency Absolute Gravity Measurements at the UK's Space Geodesy Facility: Systematic Signals and Comparison with SLR Heights -- Part III: Relative Gravimetry and Applications -- Studying the Evolution of Resolution Capabilities and Approximation Accuracy of Global Models by Spectral Characteristics -- The Role of Non-tidal Atmospheric Loading in the Task of Gravity Field Estimation by Inter-satellite Measurements -- Formation of Self-consistent Navigational Gravity Maps of Local Areas and Joint Assessment of Their Navigation Quality -- Methods of Bistatic GNSS-radio Altimetry for Determining Height Profile of the Ocean and Their Experimental Verification -- Absolute and Relative Gravity Measurements at Volcanoes: Current State and New Developments Under the NEWTON-g Project -- The Effect of Measurement Preprocessing in the Gravity-Aided Navigation -- Sensitivity of Algorithms for Estimating the Gravity Disturbance Vector to Its Model Uncertainty.…”
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Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- II Theories and Foundations: Ethics, Urban agriculture, and Planning -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 3 The Food System: A Stranger to the Planning Field -- Chapter 4 From Theory to Practice: Reflections from planning practice -- Chapter 5 Urban agriculture: linking ethics and food -- Chapter 6 The Intersection of Planning, Urban Agriculture, and Food Justice -- Chapter 7 Systems thinking -- III Practical Ethics: Urban Agriculture in US Cities -- Chapter 8 Urban agriculture practice (National/Big Picture) -- Chapter 9 Experience from Detroit and Cleveland -- Chapter 10 Experience from Buffalo (North east) -- Chapter 11 Urban Agriculture as Public Good: Experience from Philly and Chicago -- Chapter 12 Experience from West (Las Cruces -- Chapter 13 Experience from South (Albany, GA) -- Chapter 14 NYC -- Chapter 15 Experience from Michigan county -- IV Public Policy Responses to Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 16 Public PolicyResponse (National/Big Picture) -- Chapter 17 Baltimore -- Chapter 18 Denver -- Chapter 19 Austin -- Chapter 20 Minneapolis -- Chapter 21 Seattle -- Chapter 22 Madison -- Chapter 23 The Relational Infrastructure of Food Systems Planning and Policy Development -- V Pedagogy of Capacity-Building through Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 24 UA as a Locus for Pedagogy -- Chapter 25 Studio-based education -- Chapter 26 Distance-based education -- Chapter 27 Community-university partnerships -- Chapter 28 Pedagogy of Urban Agriculture -- V Directions for the Future -- Chapter 29 From the outside in: European perspectives -- Chapter 30 Comparison of US-Global South -- Chapter 31 Conclusion: Ideas for the Future -- Bibliography.…”
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Society - Water - Technology A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects /

Table of Contents: “….- Major Water Engineering Projects: Definitions, Framework Conditions, Systemic Effects -- A Global View on Future Major Water Engineering Projects -- Neglected Values of Major Water Engineering Projects: Ecosystem Services, Social Impacts and Economic Valuation -- Water Governance: A Systemic Approach -- Research in two Case Studies: Irrigation and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water Management in the Lower Jordan Valley -- Part III: The Fergana Valley - Uzbekistan's Hydro-Agricultural System between Inertia and Change -- Between Multiple Transformations and Systemic Path Dependencies -- From Upscaling to Rescaling - Transforming the Fergana from Tsarist Irrigation to Water Management for an Independent Uzbekistan -- Irrigation Infrastructure in Fergana Today: Ecological Implications -Economic Necessities -- Where Water Meets Agriculture: The Ambivalent Role of the Water Users Associations -- Theory, the Market and the State: Agricultural Reforms in Post Socialist Uzbekistan between Economic Incentives and Institutional Obstacles -- Part IV: The Lower Jordan Valley - The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project and its Complex History -- Water Resources, Cooperation and Power Asymmetries in the Water Management of the Lower Jordan Valley - The Situation Today and the Path that has led there -- Reclaiming the Dead Sea: Alternatives for Action -- Jordan's Shadow State and Water Management: Prospects for Water Security will depend on Politics and Regional Cooperation -- Technologies, Incentives and Cost Recovery: Is there an Israeli Role Model? …”
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Messung von Ressourceneffizienz mit der ESSENZ-Methode Integrierte Methode zur ganzheitlichen Bewertung / by Bach, Vanessa, Berger, Markus, Henßler, Martin, Kirchner, Martin, Leiser, Stefan, Mohr, Lisa, Rother, Elmar, Ruhland, Klaus, Schneider, Laura, Tikana, Ladji, Volkhausen, Wolfgang, Walachowicz, Frank, Finkbeiner, Matthias

Table of Contents: “…Referenzen -- Anhang 1 - Charakterisierungsfaktoren für Metalle und fossile Rohstoffe -- Anhang 2 - Wirkungsindikatorbeträge -- Anhang 3 - Distance-to-Target-Werte -- Anhang 4 - Globale Produktionsdaten -- Anhang 5 - Maximale normalisierte Distance-to-Target-Werte -- Anhang 6 - Normalisierte Distance-to-Target-Werte -- Anhang 7 - Auswertung der Stakeholder-Befragung -- Anhang 8 - Darstellung der Berechnung der Charakterisierungsfaktoren am Beispiel Silber.…”
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