In »›Ich hab noch nie auf einer ruhigen Insel gelebt‹« werden die Ergebnisse einer Gruppendiskussionsstudie von 2020 vorgestellt, die vielschichtige Einblicke in den Alltag einer dynamischen Metropole bieten. Aktuelle Konflikte in einer diversen Stadtgesellschaft und die Präsenz einer wechselvollen Geschichte werden von den Autorinnen und Autoren beschrieben.

Dank des unglaublichen Angebots eines mächtigen Schwarzmagiers hat Nima ein Studium an einer Privatakademie aufnehmen können.Doch ist sie den hohen Anforderungen auch gewachsen? Während das keineswegs als sicher gelten kann, wird sie in illustre Kreise eingeführt - die ganz besondere Welt der Diamanthändler. Dank ihrer besonderen Gabe kann sie die Fachleute verblüffen und gerät dadurch nur noch schneller ins Visier ihrer Gegner. Denn Finn, den sie doch so gerne wirklich mögen würde, ist da...

Nima hat in ihrem jungen Leben hauptsächlich eins gelernt: in Bars und Lokalen rote Rosen an Liebende zu verkaufen. Dass merkwürdige Dinge geschehen, wenn jemand sie wirklich wütend macht, blendet sie aus. Eines Abends erscheint ein Fremder mit magischen Fähigkeiten und macht ihr ein unglaubliches Angebot: Sie soll ein privates Studium absolvieren und danach für ihn arbeiten. Nur was steckt hinter dieser großzügigen Offerte? Als sie das herausfindet, stellt es alles auf den Kopf, was sie ü...

Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging exploration of the diverse challenges of Sandy and asks if this massive event will really change how coastal living and development is managed.Bringing together leading researchers—inc...

In clear and accessible language, Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem. The reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why is this? Is it the fact that the ultimate effects of global warming will not be felt in our lifetimes? Do we really feel no moral respon...

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A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to conserving energy. Some critics also view it as an immoral human bre...

The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the Toronto region at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book provides a careful, multi-faceted history and policy analysis of planning issues and citizen activism on the Moraine’s future in the face of rapid urban expansion.The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles captures the hidden aspects of a story that received a great deal of att...

Today's "extreme weather events" (record-breaking heat waves, droughts, and melting ice caps) foreshadow an increasingly unstable and dire future. Yet, despite all, the US government continues to reject the Kyoto Protocol, to deny the catastrophic consequences of oil dependency, and to define the politics of oil as the politics of U.S. unilateralism, domination, and war.Dead Heat argues that justice—not rhetoric and "aid" but real developmental justice for the people of developing w...

'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.'The GuardianThis book is classic of the environmental movement. In it, Vandana Shiva envisions a world beyond our current dependence on fossil fuels and globalization, and makes the compelling case that food crises, oil dependency and climate change are all inherently interlinked. Any attempt to solve one without addressing the others is therefore doomed to failure.Condemning industrial agriculture and b...

The role of cities in addressing climate change is increasingly recognised in international arenas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the New Urban Agenda. Asia is home to many of the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts and, along with Africa, will be the site of most urban population growth over the coming decades.Bringing together a range of city experiences, Responding to Climate Change in...

Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level environmental governance. This unique volume offers the first interdisciplinary and integrative p...