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Vulnerability Assessment of Different Socio-Economic Groups to Floods in the Rural Mekong Delta of Vietnam
(2014-09-26)
The objective of the study is to identify and understand the different factors that characterize vulnerability towards slow-onset floods in rural areas of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. This thesis aims to explore losses and ...
On the ecology and biogeography of alpine tundra arachnids
(2014-05-21)
In the course of the discussion about the effects of manmade Climate Change on ecosystems, alpine regions of the earth have become a major focus. Alpine ecosystems are generally considered to be especially sensitive towards ......
Scenarios of Urban Growth in Kenya Using Regionalised Cellular Automata based on Multi temporal Landsat Satellite Data
(2014-04-24)
The exponential increase of urban areas in Africa during the last decade has become a major concern in the context of local climatic change and the increasing amount of impervious surface. Major African cities such as ...
Balancing water availability and water demand in the Blue Nile: A case study of Gumara watershed in Ethiopia
(2014-04-16)
Ethiopia suffers from economic water scarcity that makes its water utilization difficult. In-depth understanding of the hydrological processes is important for balancing availability and demand. As part of this basin-wide ......
Wuchspotenziale der Waldbäume unter sich ändernden Klimabedingungen im westdeutschen Mittelgebirgsraum: eine dendroökologische Netzwerkanalyse
(2014-04-02)
Unsere Wälder sind im Zuge des Klimawandels sich verändernden klimatischen Bedingungen ausgesetzt wodurch es zu Änderungen im Radialwachstum, insbesondere zu Wuchsreduktionen, bei Baumarten kommen kann. Um solche Änderungen ...
Nature and values of coping and adaptation: An evaluation of response mechanisms to changing water-related risks in rural areas of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
(2014-10-08)
Drivers, characteristics and barriers of beneficial and adapted response mechanisms to water-related risks in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) are at the centre of this PhD research. These subject matters owe their ...
Wasserversorgungspraktiken in urbanen Räumen Boliviens: Praxistheoretische Untersuchung eines gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisses
(2014-09-08)
Die Wasserversorgung in urbanen Räumen der sogenannten „Länder des Südens“ ist in vielen Fällen weit heterogener als die Versorgungssysteme westlicher Länder. Während zentrale Wasserversorgungsnetze oft nur die privilegierten ...
Wastewater Management in Industrial Zones of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: A Socio-spatial Analysis of Environmental Management in a Transition Economy
(2015-06-08)
Industrial zones were introduced to Vietnam in the late 1990s, and have sprouted across the country. The largely agrarian Mekong Delta boasts of hosting about a hundred industrial zones. Although important policy tools in ...
Characterization of soil water content variability at the catchment scale using sensor network and stochastic modelling
(2015-07-24)
Wireless sensor network technology has recently been used for high spatial and temporal resolution soil water content measurements to facilitate better understanding of hydrological processes in catchment scale. Its ......
Wohnstandortentscheidungen von Doppelverdienerhaushalten: Zum Zusammenwirken von Wohnen und Arbeiten in der polyzentrischen Stadtregion Köln / Bonn
(2014-11-26)
Veränderungen in Gesellschaft und Arbeitswelt haben dazu geführt, dass die Zahl der Doppelverdienerhaushalte stark gestiegen ist und sie einen großen Anteil in der Gesellschaft einnehmen. Gleichzeitig ist zu beobachten, ...