This report describes the process of shrinkage as it has occurred within the city of Halle. It examines the reasons, dynamics and patterns of change as well as the consequences for different fields of urban development and planning. The period covered in the report runs from the 1980s to the...

This report describes the process of shrinkage as it has occurred within the city of Leipzig. It examines the reasons, dynamics and patterns of change as well as the consequences for different fields of urban development and planning. The period covered in the report runs from the 1980s to the...

The report provides a first theoretical setting on the concept of vulnerability, vulnerability assessment and indicators in order to identify and evaluate relevant assessment measures for the CLUVA project. It describes a set of identified indicators which serves as a starting point for...

This report describes the methodology and results from the analysis of climate scenarios and their impact on hydrometeorological variables in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile (MRS). Using a downscaling methodology for future scenarios A2 and B1, according to IPCC, temperature,...

Neben anderen Konzepten zählt das Verfahren des Abscheidens, Transports und der geologischen Speicherung von CO2 (Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage - CCS) zu den weltweit diskutierten Optionen, im Sinne einer Übergangstechnologie zur Verringerung des Eintrags schädlicher Treibhausgase in die...

Der vorliegende Bericht beschäftigt sich mit der Thematik 'Hochwasser und Eigenvorsorge'. Anhand einer Fallstudie wird untersucht, welche Faktoren das persönliche Vorsorgeverhalten von Personen gegenüber einem potentiellen Hochwasserereignis beeinflussen. Die Fallstudie wurde im November 2008...