In Bonn fand im Mai 2008 die "9. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz der Konvention über Biologische Vielfalt" statt. Anlass für die Herausgeber des Jahrbuchs, den Fokus 2009 auf das Thema Biodiversität zu richten. Die insgesamt 12 Schwerpunktbeiträge verdeutlichen, wie essentiell wichtig die...

Purpose – In 2007, the issues of global and climate change in particular, have become major issues in the social psyche. With the United Nations declaring 2008 the “International Year of Planet Earth”, this paper aims to look at four recent reports and comments on how the reports aim to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present some basic conceptual aspects and empiric examples of urban mitigation and adaptation to climate change, of greening urban development, as there is strong need for further research and education on these issues. Design/methodology/approach –...