Wind energy-related employment has been surging recently in Germany: it rose from 9200 in 1997 to 90,000 in 2007 and is estimated to be 112,000 in 2020. The industry particularly emerged in coastal, Northern Germany. Recently, big hopes have been particularly set on the offshore wind energy...

Wind energy-related employment has been surging recently in Germany: it rose from 9,200 in 1997 to 90,000 in 2007 and is estimated to be 112,000 in 2020. The industry particularly emerged in coastal, northern Germany. Recently big hopes are particularly set on the offshore wind energy industry....

Die vorliegende Untersuchung wurde im Rahmen der Arbeiten zum Forschungsprojekt: Wasserverknappung, Wassernutzungskonflikte und Wassermanagement in Trockengebieten Zentralasiens (Usbekistan, Kasachstan, Kirgistan, Xinjiang/VR China) erstellt. Das Ziel des Forschungsprojektes besteht darin, die...

Der Beitrag gliedert sich wie folgt: Zunächst wird die Arbeit von Giese/Moßig (2004) zum Klimawandel in Zentralasien aufgegriffen und die Ergebnisse herkömmlicher Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Temperaturentwicklung anhand der vorliegenden Zeitreihen kurz dargestellt (Kapitel 2). Im Anschluss...

This atlas and all its maps and figures are based on data that is collected within the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" (CRC1342) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2018. Up to 15 projects were and are working under one umbrella with the...

Since the end of the 1990s cultural and creative industries have generated increasing attention in academic, public and political discourse. Nowadays, these industries are seen to be important factors of regional development. Because an urban environment offers a special quality of place, which...