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Die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels werden das Leben auf der ganzen Erde verändern, auch bei uns. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Und was bringt die Zukunft? In "Miese Krise" fassen Ann-Sophie Henne und Robin Jüngling kompakt zusammen, was wir alle über diese Krise wissen müssen. Ihr Buch, liebevoll illustriert von Annika Le Large, macht Mut, für Veränderung und Zusammenhalt einzustehen. Denn auch wenn es sich oft nicht so anfühlt: Wir alle können Einfluss auf den Ausgang dieser Geschichte nehmen.

1944 wird der 13jährige Moshe Kessler mit seiner Familie nach Auschwitz deportiert. An der Rampe in Birkenau von seiner Familie getrennt, ist er von nun an auf sich allein gestellt. Er entgeht dem Tod in den Gaskammern, überlebt monatelange Zwangsarbeit und die Todesmärsche im eisigen Winter, bevor er im Konzentrationslager Buchenwald ankommt. Doch auch dort kann er nur dank der Kühnheit und Entschlossenheit der Untergrundorganisation, der es gelang, vor Eintreffen der US-Truppen mit gestohlenen Waffen die Wachmannschaft des Lagers zu überwältigen und gefangenzunehmen, im Kinderblock 66 dem sicheren Tod entkommen. Dr. Limor Regev hat den anschaulichen Bericht Moshe Kesslers fest-gehalten und so der Nachwelt ein Zeugnis über den Triumph eines ungebrochenen Lebenswillens vermittelt.

Introduction: The embeddedness of circularity in everyday slum living in Global South cities -- Linking informal settler practices and circular principles in Global South: Lessons from Asian and Latin American Cities -- Modern Vernacular Architecture and Circular Economy in Informal Settlements -- Exploring Circular Economy Awareness, Perceptions and Practices in Selected Urban Slums in Kigali City of Rwanda -- Recycling from Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste: Exploring the Scope of Circular Management in Constructing Slum Dwellings of Dhaka -- Circularities in Housing Transformation Practices: A Synergetic Review -- Circular economy in Africa's informal cities: A review of residents' value retention practices and their implications for participatory urban planning -- Circularizing livelihoods: Transforming agricultural residues to electricity in low-income periurban areas of Uganda -- Metropolitan Cartography: A novel approach for assessing how new morpho-types solutions impact the circular city agenda. The Ouagadougou Case Study -- Closing the policy-implementation gaps in e-waste management: Implications for circular economy and sustainability in urban Ghana -- Towards Just Circular Transitions in the of Slums Global South Cities.

Part I. Valuation science. Judgement, value and truth -- Chapter 1. Issues and prospects of Valuation Science -- Chapter 2. Appraisal: some consideration from the past and a challenge for the future -- Chapter 3. Why foundations …? Evaluation as civic commitment -- Chapter 4. The Inextricability of Fact and Value -- Chapter 5. The Tip and the Bottom. What Makes an Estimate True? -- Chapter 6. Valuating valuations: the case of happiness as oikeiosis -- Chapter 7. Values and valuation -- Part II. Valuation and values: earth and the cities -- Chapter 8. The value creation in our "Regime d'historicitè" -- Chapter 9. Axiology of urban quality. The city as a functioning system -- Chapter 10. The great concentration. Demography, economy, real estate values and the development of Italian metropolitan cities. -- Chapter 11. The evaluation of Urban Commons, a few theoretical-methodological considerations -- Chapter 12. Social discount rate in balance between intergenerational solidarity and economic feasibility -- Chapter 13. Teaching Appraisal: remarks for optimization, etc.

"Aristotle's Economics is a thoughtful and comprehensive account of Aristotle's intellectual system. Drawing upon all of his surviving writings, this book deftly illustrates how Aristotle considered economics to be just one of many areas which make up the social and political whole. David Reisman offers an in-depth and accessible analysis of Aristotle's theories, adeptly comparing them to the work of his contemporaries. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book demonstrates how Aristotle embedded his economics in a wider synthesis that extends from scientific method to ethics, law and the spectrum of constitutions. Aristotle's economics cannot be separated from his ideas on the good society, the pragmatic state and the sensible guidance of far-sighted intellectuals. Aristotle's Economics shows that Aristotle put morals before things. His lasting message was that material goods should only be seen as the means to a fruitful and varied life rather than as life's end and goal. This thought-provoking study will be of interest to students, academics and researchers in economic thought and political economy. Aristotle linked his economics to political and social theory. This book will appeal to readers who believe that the answers to many of our present-day problems lie in the history of ideas and the work of Plato's most distinguished disciple"--

"This book explores changes in primary election laws from approximately 1928 through the 1970s. It evaluates four different arguments about how and why primary election laws changed: the decline of the Progressive movement; the rise of nonparty groups seeking a "hostile takeover" of the parties through primaries; defects in the primary laws themselves; and the rise of two-party competition in much of America following the Great Depression and, subsequently, the decline of Democratic dominance in the South. My exploration of these theories shows that the introduction of the direct primary created far more chaos in American elections than most scholars realize, as political parties party factions, and reform groups across the country jockeyed for advantage by making slight modifications to their states' primary laws. This history has implications for contemporary politics. Today there is widespread dissatisfaction with primary elections, and we are again in a period of experimentation with the primary. I end the book with a note of caution - most primary reforms have been relatively ineffective, suggesting that for all of its flaws, there is likely little that can be done to improve primaries, and those who would seek to change American politics are best off exploring reforms to other areas of elections and governance. This book makes two major contributions to the literature on American elections. Although there are many books about the introduction of the direct primary, this is the first book to provide a detailed history of primary elections throughout the country following their implementation. I offer a newly created dataset of all primary law changes during the middle decades of the twentieth century, and I supplement these data with archival information on primaries taken from library collections across the country. Second, I show how study of these election reforms can help us understand contemporary reform efforts. I summarize all of the state-level reform efforts in the United States since 2000, and I document reasons why these reforms efforts are likely to yield minimal changes in the conduct of primaries. These two contributions should make this book a valuable resource for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in understanding the history of election reform in America"--

Historical facts about lifts -- Standards and guidelines for lifts -- Structural engineering basics -- Lift types -- Well installation components -- Drives -- Electrical controls and control modes -- Car and panels -- Doors -- Overspeed governor -- Car frame and safety gear -- Suspension means -- Brakes -- Interaction of the lift components -- Remote alarm and rescue service -- Maintenance/quality measurement on lifts -- Lift systems during life time -- Traffic Calculation -- Accidents at lift systems -- Modernization of lift systems -- Planning of lift systems -- Building Management System -- Environmental Considerations -- Decommissioning of lift systems -- Historical facts about escalators -- Codes and standards for escalators -- Escalator components -- Escalator types and their mode of operation -- Documentation of escalators -- Escalator during lifetime -- Pictures of damage -- Maintenance of escalators -- Modernization of escalators -- Planning of escalators -- Traffic calculation of escalators -- Building Management System -- Avoiding accidents -- Decommissioning of escalators.

"This is the third edition of the widely respected text International Business which offers a comprehensive, yet critical overview of the phenomenon of globalization and it's impacts of key aspects of the business environment as it fundamentally alters corporate strategy. This updated edition covers the core international business topics and themes, including multinationals, internationalization, and international market entry as well as a new focus on risk, business models and hyperglobalization. With dedicated chapters on the role on non-market actors in international business, the book provides a multi-disciplinary worldview for readers. Featuring a wealth of case studies and pedagogy, the new edition examines the rise of India and China as well as growing levels of risk within the global system. The book looks at those developed economies which have been the core drivers behind the trend towards hyperglobalization. The author explores and guides students through what this means for the study of international business. A comprehensive and engaging text, supplemented by online resources, this book is the ideal accompaniment to international and global business learning"--

Introduction -- The Basics of Corporate Real Estate Management -- The Basics of Project Development.-The Basics of Industrial Location Theory -- The Location Criteria for Corporate.-Real Estate.-The Location Determination Methods for Corporate Real Estate.-The Site Assessment Process for Corporate Real Estate -- Site Determination in Practice: A Case Study.-Summary;.-Complete List of Macro-Site Factors.-Complete List of Micro-Site Factors -- Assessment tables according cost-effectivenes analysis.

Introduction -- Landscape theoretical approaches - the theory of three landscapes and neopragmatic landscape research -- Aesthetics and Aisthesis of Landscape -- Neopragmatic Synthesis -- Crude oil and natural gas - formation, extraction, distribution and processing -- Oilscapes - first conceptual approaches -- Methodological approaches to Oilscapes -- Louisiana's Oilscapes.-Media representations of Oilscapes. -- Experiencing Oilscapes in Mode a and b. -- 11 Contingent Oilscapes - from Aesthetic Redescriptions to Inverse Landscapes -- Oilscapes - a second and more differentiated conceptual version -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.