Solid desiccant air-conditioning systems can take care of both the sensible and latent load of a conditioned space, as well as of the fresh air requirements, through the use of thermal energy. The development of desiccant systems, competitive to conventional cooling ones, would require the...

Solar powered solid desiccant cooling system is a good alternative to conventional vapor compression system. In this paper, a novel solar driven desiccant coated heat exchanger cooling (SDCC) system is proposed. In order to validate the feasibility of such system and to predict system...

Robust economic growth and rapid urbanization led many Chinese cities to embark upon some of the world's largest inner city renewal projects. The official goal of inner city neighborhood redevelopment is to improve quality of life; however, it has often been used as an excuse to displace the poor....

Der Beitrag untersucht die Stadtentwicklungsstrategien von Bremen und Leipzig im Hinblick auf ihren Umgang mit Migration. Die Leitfragen des Beitrages sind folgende: Auf welche Zielgruppen der Migration setzen die Stadtentwicklungspolitiken, um Wachstumsziele zu erreichen? Inwieweit erfolgt ein...

Der Beitrag untersucht die Stadtentwicklungsstrategien von Bremen und Leipzig im Hinblick auf ihren Umgang mit Migration. Die Leitfragen des Beitrages sind folgende: Auf welche Zielgruppen der Migration setzen die Stadtentwicklungspolitiken, um Wachstumsziele zu erreichen? Inwieweit erfolgt ein...

Starting from a world in which resources have become scarce and planetary boundaries have been reached or exceeded, the paper discusses how these changes affect our understanding of (economic) progress and sustainable development. In doing so, the paper addresses three important points in the...