'Climate change is the biggest market failure the world has ever seen' according to economist Sir Nicolas Stern (Stern 2006, p. viii). In fact, the expected temperature increase within the 21st century is unprecedented over millions of years of earth history, leading to substantial impacts such as a rising sea level and a change of precipitation patterns. This poses a major threat on the food security of human beings and may force inhabitants on the ocean shores to abandon their settlements. It is undisputed among the scientific community that climate change is anthropogenic, caused by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. The exhaust of greenhouse gas emissions is a by-product of economic activity and co...
It has become clear that artificial light at night (ALAN) is one of the most widespread human-induce...
Carbon balances are important for understanding global climate change. Assessing such balances on a ...
Coal seam gas (CSG) is an unconventional natural gas (UNG) that is extracted from wells via coal sea...
As a cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, the Yellow River Basin has a very long human-environmen...
Zusammenfassung…………………………………………………………………………..1 Summary………………………………………………………………………………………5 1\. General...
The research effort to understand the term structure of interest rates is vast. Despite a large numb...
The advancing defossilisation of the energy system requires far-reaching interventions and their sou...
Flagogna reach endures various disturbances, mainly due to the natural dynamics of the river system....
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered as a promising measure to reduce anthropogenic greenh...
Summary ix Zusammenfassung xiii Thesis outline xviii List of Tables xx List of figures xxii 1\. Gene...
My thesis analyzes various types of economic integration over about half a century. It consists of f...
In the austral summer of 2004-2005, the South-Central Chilean continental margin became the subject ...
Titel, Widmung, Inhaltsverzeichnis, Verzeichnis der Abbildungen, Tabellen und Karten Vorwort: Rati...
Schienenfahrzeuge sind ressourcenschonende Verkehrsmittel und erfordern, vor allem aufgrund der hohe...
Die Verteilung der staatlichen Mittel zur Finanzierung von Sozialleistungen ist besonders wichtig in...
It has become clear that artificial light at night (ALAN) is one of the most widespread human-induce...
Carbon balances are important for understanding global climate change. Assessing such balances on a ...
Coal seam gas (CSG) is an unconventional natural gas (UNG) that is extracted from wells via coal sea...
As a cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, the Yellow River Basin has a very long human-environmen...
Zusammenfassung…………………………………………………………………………..1 Summary………………………………………………………………………………………5 1\. General...
The research effort to understand the term structure of interest rates is vast. Despite a large numb...
The advancing defossilisation of the energy system requires far-reaching interventions and their sou...
Flagogna reach endures various disturbances, mainly due to the natural dynamics of the river system....
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered as a promising measure to reduce anthropogenic greenh...
Summary ix Zusammenfassung xiii Thesis outline xviii List of Tables xx List of figures xxii 1\. Gene...
My thesis analyzes various types of economic integration over about half a century. It consists of f...
In the austral summer of 2004-2005, the South-Central Chilean continental margin became the subject ...
Titel, Widmung, Inhaltsverzeichnis, Verzeichnis der Abbildungen, Tabellen und Karten Vorwort: Rati...
Schienenfahrzeuge sind ressourcenschonende Verkehrsmittel und erfordern, vor allem aufgrund der hohe...
Die Verteilung der staatlichen Mittel zur Finanzierung von Sozialleistungen ist besonders wichtig in...
It has become clear that artificial light at night (ALAN) is one of the most widespread human-induce...
Carbon balances are important for understanding global climate change. Assessing such balances on a ...
Coal seam gas (CSG) is an unconventional natural gas (UNG) that is extracted from wells via coal sea...