German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's...

This book brings together leading experts to assess how and whether the Nazis were successful in fostering collaboration to secure the resources they required during World War II. These studies of the occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe reveal that the Nazis developed highly...

Begriff, Ziele und Steuerung der Digitalisierung -- Digitalisierung auf kommunaler Ebene -- Digitalisierung auf Landesebene -- Digitalisierung auf Bundesebene -- Treiber, Ratgeber, Meinungsmacher -- Wirkungen und Erfolge der Digitalisierung -- Handlungsempfehlungen für Politiker und...

This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering. Inside,...

The Water Use Model -- Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory -- General Design of Dynamic Models for Water Uses -- Specifications for Constructing the Water Use Model -- Constraints of the Water Use Model -- Optimality Conditions of the Water Use Model -- The Water...

Should more water be diverted to or from electricity generation? This timely question is addressed in this short volume. Two different approaches are introduced and compared: The first is a cost-benefit analysis, examining the case of re-regulating a Swedish hydropower plant in which water is...

Perspectives on Transport of Water Versus Transport Over Water -- Model Predictive Control for Combined Water Supply and Navigability/Sustainability in River Systems -- Data Assimilation to Improve Models Used for the Automatic Control of Rivers or Canals -- Distributed LQG Control for...

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origins of CBA of Wter Use Conflicts -- 3 A Simple Cost-Benefit Rule -- 4 The Main Items in the Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 5 Towards Empirical Measurement of Externalities -- 6 Blueprint for a CBA -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- 8 References -- 9 Appendices -- Index

Die allgemeinen Rahmenbedingungen der Immobilien-Projektentwicklung im Veranstaltungsmanagement und ihre nachhaltigen stadtwirtschaftlichen Effekte -- Grundlegende Aspekte zur Immobilien- Projektentwicklung -- Wesentliche Aspekte zum Veranstaltungsmanagement -- Bedeutung und Umfeld nachhaltiger...

Grundlagen und Rahmenbedingungen -- Ansätze zur Planung und Koordination von Reverse Logistics Netzwerken -- Konzept zur Koordination von Recyclingnetzwerken -- Aushandlungsmechanismus zur taktischen Koordination von Recyclingnetzwerken -- Fallstudie zur taktischen Koordination -- Kritische...