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Im Stromsektor stellen Herkunftsnachweise (HKN) das etablierte Nachweisinstrument dar, um die erneuerbare Eigenschaft von Strom nachzuverfolgen und einzelnen Verbrauchenden zuzuordnen. Welche Akteure HKN entwerten und Konten mit entsprechenden Rechten in HKN-Registern führen können, ist EU-weit nicht einheitlich geregelt. In Deutschland ist die Entwertung von HKN nur durch Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen im Rahmen der Stromkennzeichnung zulässig, während in mehreren anderen europäischen Staaten auch eine HKN-Entwertung durch Letztverbrauchende oder spezialisierte Dienstleister etabliert ist. Ziel des vom Umweltbundesamt beauftragten Gutachtens ist es zu klären, welche Implikationen die Einführung eines Unternehmensentwertungsrechts (UN-ER) in Deutschland für den Strom-HKN-Markt hätte. Im Fokus steht die HKN-Entwertung zur Kennzeichnung des durch eingekauften Strom abgedeckten Stromverbrauchs (Scope 2 im Rahmen der Klimabilanzierung). Hierfür werden drei Analyseansätze kombiniert. Den Hintergrund bildet eine Kurzanalyse des europäischen und deutschen HKN-Markts sowie eine Auswertung zur HKN-Entwertungspraxis in Mitgliedsländern der Association of Issuing Bodies. Um mögliche Auswirkungen auf den HKN-Markt zu quantifizieren, wurde eine Szenarienmodellierung durchgeführt. Motive, die Unternehmen mit der Nutzung eines HKN-Entwertungsrechts verbinden, wurden mittels Stakeholderinterviews erforscht. Auf Basis dieser Analysen wird untersucht, welche Auswirkungen auf die Verfügbarkeit und Preise von HKN zu erwarten wären, und welche Nutzenwirkungen sich mit Blick auf die Energiewende erwarten lassen. Im Ergebnis könnte ein UN-ER zu einer organisatorischen Weiterentwicklung des HKN-Markts und einer effizienteren Gestaltung von Nachweisprozessen beitragen. Eine energiewendeförderliche Wirkung kann sich insbesondere durch Nachfrageimpulse für eine qualitative Differenzierung des HKN- bzw. Ökostrommarkts ergeben. Allerdings ist eine Abwägung erforderlich gegenüber den Kosten der technischen und operativen Umsetzung, die im Rahmen der Studie nicht untersucht wurden.

"This book focuses on different algorithms and models related to AI, big data, and IoT used for various domains. It enables the reader to have a broader and deep understanding of several perspectives, about the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities regarding sustainable development using artificial intelligence, big data, and IoT"--

"This book looks at how to build more resilience into socio-economic networks within local communities. Understanding the relationships between attachment to place, complex systems and patterns of knowledge creation is not straightforward, but these relationships are emerging as the challenges that we face in bridging the gap between the social worlds that we inhabit and an emerging digital world. These issues have been brought into even sharper focus through changes resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. On the one hand, forced familiarity with communication technologies is driving globalisation forwards, whilst on the other, the crisis has created awareness of dependencies and heightened desires for more local solutions. Plenty of books have been written about the rise of digital networks and the decline of local communities. This book takes a radical approach by identifying how these trends fit together and provides examples of how digital networks can be made to work for the local as well as the global economy. Using a case study approach, the book offers a clear-sighted view of the role of relational capital in specific places and organisations, and shows the transformational impact that they can have at a micro level. The book deliberately seeks to shake up pre-conceived ideas and is ideal for strategy practitioners and policy makers within governments and NGOs involved in connecting local to wider network economies"--

Slingers were an element in the Roman army over many centuries, their activities frequently reported in literary accounts of the Late Republic. Despite an ever-expanding body of ancient evidence, some books on the Roman army scarcely mention slingers. This monograph seeks to redress the balance and draws attention to their role and effectiveness

Ancient funerary reliefs are full of representations of writing materials and instruments, the interpretation of which can help us better understand the phenomenon of ancient literacy. The eight studies in this volume enrich our knowledge of Roman writing with many new aspects and detailed observations

From MM III until the end of the LH/LM period, the entire Aegean area was an integral part of a network of trade contacts that included all the major socio-political realities that lined the shores of the eastern Mediterranean basin. This book considers the vessels used and routes taken to enable this network to function

'Buried in the Borderlands' is the result of a large-scale yet detailed study of early medieval grave furnishings from the Netherlands, aiming at the creation of a comprehensive artefact typology and updated relative chronology for this under-explored period in the Low Countries. During the early medieval period, the present-day Netherlands occupied a unique position as a border zone between the Frisians, Saxons and Merovingian Franks. For this large-scale research, grave goods were analysed from approximately 2500 inhumations from 21 cemeteries distributed across the country and incorporating the material culture of the aforementioned peoples. The resulting database was studied using the statistical research method Correspondence Analysis. A date was generated for individual artefact types and grave contexts

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to the Handbook on Tourism Planning -- Part I Foundations of Tourism Planning -- 1 An important legacy of Clare Gunn: the championing of multidisciplinary thought and action -- 2 Creating new tourism stories: participatory tourism futures planning -- 3 Regional tourism planning within a developing economy context -- 4 Understanding tourism impacts: a heterogeneous constructionism approach -- 5 Stakeholders' perceptions and networking capacity in tourism planning: grounded theory applied to the Northern Region of mainland Portugal -- 6 The role of governance in tourism planning -- 7 National peripheries, borderlands and tourism planning -- Part II The Changing Dimensions of Tourism Planning Principles -- 8 Global risks and challenges of tourism planning -- 9 Existentialist authenticity model for eco-spiritual destinations -- 10 The importance of policies and planning in the tourism job market: a reflection on actions and inactions in the United Kingdom -- 11 Extracting the unique qualities of place: adding value to Clare Gunn's spatial framework -- 12 Linking urban morphology to tourism planning -- 13 Residents' attitudes toward tourism development in the Azores, Portugal: effects of tourist-to-resident interaction -- 14 The impact of tourist perception of fraud risk on tourism planning -- Part III Reimagining Tourism Planning through Sustainability -- 15 Sustainability indicators for assessing tourism planning: the case of the application of the European tourism indicator system to County Sligo, Ireland -- 16 Planning local and neighbourhood commercial districts through a visitor economy lens -- 17 Tourism planning and cross-border cooperation: the case of Iberian Eurocities -- 18 Disintegrated coastal tourism development: reconnecting landscape research and planning practice.

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Tourism and Behaviour Change -- Part I Setting the Scene -- 2 Triggering behaviour change in tourists to make their vacation more environmentally sustainable -- 3 Transformative experience as triggering behavioural change -- Part II UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOURS AND TOOLS TO PROMOTE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM -- 4 Zoos and behaviour change -- 5 Using persuasive communication to promote sustainable recreational use of an ocean beach -- 6 A methodological contribution to promote behavioural change: a tourism sector focus -- 7 Beyond Saint Greta: Generation Z and sustainable tourism behaviours and practices -- 8 Understanding tourist behaviour of millennials: the effect of social media -- 9 Behaviour change in travel and transport for sustainable visitor development: the example of Buxton, UK -- 10 Social marketing as a behaviour change strategy to increase tourists' pro-environmental behaviour -- 11 Moral disengagement as a tool to reduce negative tourist behaviour -- 12 Changes in travel expenditure: a macro view on Chinese tourists -- 13 Changing the traveller's behaviour using sustainability communication: effects of message appeal and message authorship -- 14 Green entrepreneuring in tourism experience design for behaviour change -- Part III Behaviour Change and Governance in Tourism -- 15 The transition from government-driven innovation to private sector market responsiveness: a case of Cape Breton Island, Canada -- 16 Tourist behaviour and poverty reduction -- 17 Colombia's Tayrona National Park: recommendations for future regional development -- 18 Governing co-creative behaviour: the salience of a destination community's well-being for nudging a sustainable tourism future.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Fundamentals, Misuse and Abuses of Bibliometrics -- Chapter 3: Thematic Evaluation of Nigeria's Bibliometric Research Publications -- Chapter 4: Bibliometric Profile of the Health Sciences Professors in Nigerian Universities -- Chapter 5: Bibliometric Profile of the Nigerian Academy of Science Health Sciences Fellows -- Chapter 6: Bibliometric Profile of the Nigerian Health Sciences Professors in the Diaspora -- Chapter 7: Summative Analysis and Recommendations.

"Redesigning the Unremarkable is a timely and necessary reminder that the often neglected elements and spaces of our built environment - from trash bins, seats, stairways, and fences to streets, bikeways, underpasses, parking lots, and shopping centers - must be thoughtfully redesigned to enhance human and planetary health. Using the lens of sustainable, salutogenic, and playable design, in this inspiring book, Miller and Cushing explore the challenges, opportunities, and importance of redesigning the unremarkable. Drawing on global research, theory, practical case studies, photographs, and personal experiences, Redesigning the Unremarkable is a vital text - a doer's guide - for researchers, policymakers and practitioners wanting to transform and positively reimagine our urban environment"--

"Digital technologies are a major sector to invest and research in new models of health management. Future health scenarios are constituted by technologies in health, and clinical decision-making systems. This book provides unique multidisciplinary approach for exploring the potential contribution of AI and digital technologies in enabling global healthcare systems to respond to urgent 21st century challenges. Deep analysis has been made regarding telemedicine using big data, deep learning, robotics, mobile and remote applications. Features: Focusses on prospective scenarios in health to foresight possible futures. Addresses the urgent needs of the key population, socio-technical, and health themes. Covers health innovative practices as 3D models for surgeries, big data to treat rare diseases, AI robot for heart treatments. Explores telemedicine using big data, deep learning, robotics, mobile and remote applications. Reviews public health based on predictive analytics and disease trends. This book is aimed at researchers, professionals and graduate students in computer science, artificial intelligence, decision support, healthcare technology management, biomedical engineering, and robotics"--