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Rationality and the Environment

Decision-making in Environmental Politics and Assessment

By: Bo Elling

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Rationality and the Environment

Decision-making in Environmental Politics and Assessment

By: Bo Elling

Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these essentially rational, political assessment frameworks, experts are creating and applying scientific knowledge for decision and management purposes that actually have strong ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Yet these rational political frameworks lack the tools to provide guidance on ethical and aesthetic issues that affect the wider public. This revolutionary work argues that ethical and aesthetic dimensions can only be brought into environmental politics and policies by citizens actively taking a stand on the specific matters in question. The author draws on Habermas trisection of rationality as cognitive-instrumental, moral-practical and aesthetic-expressive, to suggest that truly effective environmental policy needs to activate all three approaches and not favour only the rational. To achieve this objective, the author argues that public participation in environmental policy and assessment is necessary to counteract the dictatorship of technical and economic instrumentality in environmental policy - the failure to take ethical and aesthetic rationalities into account - and, more importantly, how such policy is applied on the ground to shape our natural and material world.

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A New Agenda for Sustainability

By: Bo Elling,Erling Jelsøe

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A New Agenda for Sustainability

By: Bo Elling,Erling Jelsøe

Two decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report "Our Common Future" adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book provides a renewal of the concept exploring the potential for new practices and fields for those involved in sustainability activity. The book addresses a number of themes concerning firstly, the provision of a "next generation perspective", which was a central, and still unresolved, notion of the original Brundtland definition and, secondly the provision of new milestones for policy and research that can expand the discussion on this second generation concept on sustainability. The material dealt with in the book offers a wide variety of perspectives on sustainability and reflects the importance of interdisciplinary and transdiciplinary work in the field. Suggesting targets for future analytical and political efforts in achieving global sustainability, this book offers new analytical opportunities for holistic politics and research at a general and sector level.

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1317187385

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Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Reliability

By: Kjell A. Doksum,Bo Lindqvist

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Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Reliability

By: Kjell A. Doksum,Bo Lindqvist

This book contains extended versions of 34 carefully selected and reviewed papers presented at the Third International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, held in Trondheim, Norway in 2002. It provides a broad overview of current research activities in reliability theory and its applications. There are chapters on reliability modelling, network and system reliability, reliability optimization, survival analysis, degradation and maintenance modelling, and software reliability. The authors are all leading experts in the field. A particular feature of the book is a historical review by Professor Richard E Barlow, well known for his pioneering research on reliability. The list of authors also includes the plenary session speakers Odd O Aalen, Philip J Boland, Sallie A Keller-McNulty, and Nozer Singpurwalla. Contents: Reliability Theory in the Past and Present Centuries; General Aspects of Reliability Modelling; Reliability of Networks and Systems; Stochastic Modelling and Optimization in Reliability; Modelling in Survival and Reliability Analysis; Statistical Methods for Degradation Data; Statistical Methods for Maintained Systems; Statistical Inference in Survival Analysis; Software Reliability Methods. Readership: Graduate students, academics and professionals in probability & statistics, reliability analysis, survival analysis, industrial engineering, software engineering, operations research and applied mathematics research.

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9812795251

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The Verb in Classical Hebrew

The Linguistic Reality behind the Consecutive Tenses

By: Bo Isaksson

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The Verb in Classical Hebrew

The Linguistic Reality behind the Consecutive Tenses

By: Bo Isaksson

The consecutive tenses are fundamental in all descriptions of Classical Hebrew grammar. They are even basic to the textbooks on Biblical Hebrew. Being fundamental in the verbal system, and part of any beginner’s grammar, they pose a serious problem to a linguistic understanding of the verbal system, since grammars describe an alternation of ‘forms’ or ‘tenses’ in double pairs: wayyiqṭol alternates with its ‘equivalent’ qaṭal, and wə-qaṭal alternates with its ‘equivalent’ yiqṭol. This ‘enigma’ in the verbal system is handled in the book by recognising that the alternation of the consecutive tenses with other tenses, in the reality of the text, represents a linking of clauses. The ‘consecutive tenses’ are clause-types with a natural language connective wa- directly followed by a finite verbal morpheme, a type of clause that expressed continuity in the earliest stage of Semitic. The commonly held assumption that there is a special ‘consecutive waw’ is unwarranted. The use of the ‘consecutive’ clause-types in order to express discourse continuity indicates that Classical Hebrew has retained the old unmarked declarative word order of Semitic syntax. Seen in the light of recent research on the Tiberian reading tradition, the ‘consecutive’ wayyiqṭol can be analysed as a retention of the old Semitic past perfective *wa-yaqtul, which was pronounced wa-yiqṭol in Classical Hebrew. The ‘consecutive’ wə-qāṭal (pronounced wa-qaṭal in the classical language) constitutes the result of an internal Hebrew development into a construction (in the sense of Joan Bybee) already foreshadowed in the earliest Northwest Semitic languages. The book understands the ‘consecutive tenses’ as discourse continuity clauses, which typically form chains of main line clauses. Such chains can be interrupted by other types of clauses. This interruption is a clause linking that receives special attention in the interpretation of the Classical Hebrew verbal system. Chapter six presents a regenerated text linguistics founded on the new terminology. A clause linking approach is the central methodological procedure in this book. To this must be added diachronic typology in a comparative Semitic setting. The linguistic examples of clause linking are gathered from a large Classical Hebrew corpus, the Pentateuch and the Book of Judges, and made searchable in a database of 6559 non-archaic text records.

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1805113526

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The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

By: Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins,Michael Grayson

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The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

By: Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins,Michael Grayson

New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.

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1907807446

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Micronesian Legends

By: Bo Flood,Beret E. Strong,William Flood

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Micronesian Legends

By: Bo Flood,Beret E. Strong,William Flood

Retells sixty-eight traditional legends of the islands, including creation myths and tales of duhendes, dancing trickster elves of the jungle.

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1573061247

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Federated Learning: From Algorithms To System Implementation

By: Liefeng Bo,Heng Huang,Songxiang Gu,Yanqing Chen

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Federated Learning: From Algorithms To System Implementation

By: Liefeng Bo,Heng Huang,Songxiang Gu,Yanqing Chen

Authored by researchers and practitioners who build cutting-edge federated learning applications to solve real-world problems, this book covers the spectrum of federated learning technology from concepts and application scenarios to advanced algorithms and finally system implementation in three parts. It provides a comprehensive review and summary of federated learning technology, as well as presenting numerous novel federated learning algorithms which no other books have summarized. The work also references the most recent papers, articles and reviews from the past several years to keep pace with the academic and industrial state of the art of federated learning.The first part lays a foundational understanding of federated learning by going through its definition and characteristics, and also possible application scenarios and related privacy protection technologies. The second part elaborates on some of the federated learning algorithms innovated by JD Technology which encompass both vertical and horizontal scenarios, including vertical federated tree models, linear regression, kernel learning, asynchronous methods, deep learning, homomorphic encryption, and reinforcement learning. The third and final part shifts in scope to federated learning systems — namely JD Technology's own FedLearn system — by discussing its design and implementation using gRPC, in addition to specific performance optimization techniques plus integration with blockchain technology.This book will serve as a great reference for readers who are experienced in federated learning algorithms, building privacy-preserving machine learning applications or solving real-world problems with privacy-restricted scenarios.

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9811292566

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Advanced Information Systems Engineering

Second Nordic Conference CAiSE '90, Stockholm, Sweden, May 8-10, 1990, Proceedings

By: Bo Steinholtz,Lars Bergman,Arne Sølvberg

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Advanced Information Systems Engineering

Second Nordic Conference CAiSE '90, Stockholm, Sweden, May 8-10, 1990, Proceedings

By: Bo Steinholtz,Lars Bergman,Arne Sølvberg

The Nordic Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) is an annual international conference for users, developers and researchers of information systems technology and methodology. A distinctive characteristic of the CAiSE conference series is the objective to appeal to advanced practitioners as well as to researchers, and to promote communication between the two groups. In this second CAiSE conference, the program was divided into two types of sessions that were not run in parallel: Technical Paper sessions, with formally reviewed technical papers, and Practice and Experience sessions, with invited speakers and panel discussions. The proceedings include the formally reviewed technical papers and abstracts of the invited presentations. The technical papers present important international (mainly European) work in Information Systems Engineering within such areas as conceptual modelling, prototyping, requirements engineering, design support, software process modelling, tool design, and tool experiences. The abstracts of invited speakers' presentations give an indication of current best industrial practice.

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3540526250

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Grid-Integrated and Standalone Photovoltaic Distributed Generation Systems

Analysis, Design, and Control

By: Bo Zhao,Caisheng Wang,Xuesong Zhang

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Grid-Integrated and Standalone Photovoltaic Distributed Generation Systems

Analysis, Design, and Control

By: Bo Zhao,Caisheng Wang,Xuesong Zhang

A practical and systematic elaboration on the analysis, design and control of grid integrated and standalone distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation systems, with Matlab and Simulink models Analyses control of distribution networks with high penetration of PV systems and standalone microgrids with PV systems Covers in detail PV accommodation techniques including energy storage, demand side management and PV output power regulation Features examples of real projects/systems given in OPENDSS codes and/or Matlab and Simulink models Provides a concise summary of up-to-date research around the word in distributed PV systems

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119187362

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Global Marine Science and Carlsberg - The Golden Connections of Johannes Schmidt (1877-1933)

By: Bo Poulsen

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Global Marine Science and Carlsberg - The Golden Connections of Johannes Schmidt (1877-1933)

By: Bo Poulsen

By accident, the world-famous brewery Carlsberg became a central force in global marine science during the first three decades of the 20th century. Within a core group of scientists and managers, Johannes Schmidt (1877-1933) was the key figure combining the efforts of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the Danish state and several private companies. Launching 26 oceangoing expeditions Schmidt made landmark discoveries such as the breeding ground for the Atlantic eel in the Sargasso Sea. The scientific frontier was pushed literally kilometres into the deep sea and across the World’s oceans. While the formal North Atlantic Empire of the small state of Denmark was in decline, an informal empire of science was erected instead. Shortlisted for the Society for Nautical Research Anderson Medal for published works on Maritime History in 2016.

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9004316396

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The Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro

Infatuation

By: Leif Bo Petersen,Theo Rehak

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The Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro

Infatuation

By: Leif Bo Petersen,Theo Rehak

The Music and Life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro: Infatuation is the first comprehensive study of the jazz trumpeter Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical and discographical information on this talented musician, whose premature death from tuberculosis at 26 robbed the jazz world of his brilliance. Through an analysis of his recorded legacy, this book offers new perspectives on Navarro's role in the history and emergence of Bebop. Through years of study and collecting ephemera, some of which is reprinted here, Leif Bo Petersen and Theo Rehak depict an inclusive history of Navarro and his music. Their information is based on interviews with musicians and people in the music business, contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, and the music itself, which has not been commonly known or described until now. The book features images, musical examples, and depictions of Navarro's recordings, and it provides several appendixes, including explanations of contemporary recording techniques and discographical terms, lists of Navarro's recordings and compositions, and a chronological overview of Navarro's performances, recording sessions, and engagements. Complete with a comprehensive list of sources and a full index, this volume presents a host of new and useful information for anyone interested in jazz and its history.

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0810867214

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Creating Connectedness

The role of social research in innovation policy

By: Bjørn Gustavsen,Håkon Finne,Bo Oscarsson

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Creating Connectedness

The role of social research in innovation policy

By: Bjørn Gustavsen,Håkon Finne,Bo Oscarsson

Using a workplace development program as source of experience the book deals with the development of innovation processes. Since innovation means to explore the unique and the special to bring forth what does not (yet) exist, each innovation process must in itself be an innovation. The study explores the tools and activities needed to create such processes, like dialogue, networking, coalition building, and social partnership. The authors report from the position of collaborative actors involved in the innovation process rather than external observers.

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9027299439

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Adversarial Machine Learning

Attack Surfaces, Defence Mechanisms, Learning Theories in Artificial Intelligence

By: Aneesh Sreevallabh Chivukula,Xinghao Yang,Bo Liu,Wei Liu,Wanlei Zhou

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Adversarial Machine Learning

Attack Surfaces, Defence Mechanisms, Learning Theories in Artificial Intelligence

By: Aneesh Sreevallabh Chivukula,Xinghao Yang,Bo Liu,Wei Liu,Wanlei Zhou

A critical challenge in deep learning is the vulnerability of deep learning networks to security attacks from intelligent cyber adversaries. Even innocuous perturbations to the training data can be used to manipulate the behaviour of deep networks in unintended ways. In this book, we review the latest developments in adversarial attack technologies in computer vision; natural language processing; and cybersecurity with regard to multidimensional, textual and image data, sequence data, and temporal data. In turn, we assess the robustness properties of deep learning networks to produce a taxonomy of adversarial examples that characterises the security of learning systems using game theoretical adversarial deep learning algorithms. The state-of-the-art in adversarial perturbation-based privacy protection mechanisms is also reviewed. We propose new adversary types for game theoretical objectives in non-stationary computational learning environments. Proper quantification of the hypothesis set in the decision problems of our research leads to various functional problems, oracular problems, sampling tasks, and optimization problems. We also address the defence mechanisms currently available for deep learning models deployed in real-world environments. The learning theories used in these defence mechanisms concern data representations, feature manipulations, misclassifications costs, sensitivity landscapes, distributional robustness, and complexity classes of the adversarial deep learning algorithms and their applications. In closing, we propose future research directions in adversarial deep learning applications for resilient learning system design and review formalized learning assumptions concerning the attack surfaces and robustness characteristics of artificial intelligence applications so as to deconstruct the contemporary adversarial deep learning designs. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to Adversarial Machine Learning practitioners and Adversarial Artificial Intelligence researchers whose work involves the design and application of Adversarial Deep Learning.

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Springer Nature

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3030997723

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Matrix-Exponential Distributions in Applied Probability

By: Mogens Bladt,Bo Friis Nielsen

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Matrix-Exponential Distributions in Applied Probability

By: Mogens Bladt,Bo Friis Nielsen

This book contains an in-depth treatment of matrix-exponential (ME) distributions and their sub-class of phase-type (PH) distributions. Loosely speaking, an ME distribution is obtained through replacing the intensity parameter in an exponential distribution by a matrix. The ME distributions can also be identified as the class of non-negative distributions with rational Laplace transforms. If the matrix has the structure of a sub-intensity matrix for a Markov jump process we obtain a PH distribution which allows for nice probabilistic interpretations facilitating the derivation of exact solutions and closed form formulas. The full potential of ME and PH unfolds in their use in stochastic modelling. Several chapters on generic applications, like renewal theory, random walks and regenerative processes, are included together with some specific examples from queueing theory and insurance risk. We emphasize our intention towards applications by including an extensive treatment on statistical methods for PH distributions and related processes that will allow practitioners to calibrate models to real data. Aimed as a textbook for graduate students in applied probability and statistics, the book provides all the necessary background on Poisson processes, Markov chains, jump processes, martingales and re-generative methods. It is our hope that the provided background may encourage researchers and practitioners from other fields, like biology, genetics and medicine, who wish to become acquainted with the matrix-exponential method and its applications.

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1493970496

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9781493970490

Wireless Channel Measurement and Modeling in Mobile Communication Scenario

Theory and Application

By: Ruisi He,Bo Ai

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Wireless Channel Measurement and Modeling in Mobile Communication Scenario

Theory and Application

By: Ruisi He,Bo Ai

This book delves into the fundamental characteristics, measurement techniques, modeling methods, and theories of wireless channels in mobile scenarios. Unlike wired communication systems, which are more predictable, wireless communication systems are significantly affected by radio propagation and wireless channels. By investigating the mechanisms of wireless channels and measurement techniques, this book aims to better understand wireless communication systems in order to optimize the quality and design of wireless communications. The title covers key topics in the field, including basic theory of radio wave propagation and non-stationary channels, theory and method of time-varying channel measurement, measurement case analysis, wireless channel modeling theory and parameter extraction method, rail traffic channel measurement and modeling, and dynamic modeling and simulation method of time-varying channels. This book is suitable for researchers and students interested in radio wave propagation, wireless channels and mobile communication systems. It can also serve as a useful guide for technical professionals who have a background in mobile communication technology.

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CRC Press

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1003830277

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Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Power Systems

By: Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban,Sivaraman Palanisamy,Sharmeela Chenniappan,Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

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Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Power Systems

By: Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban,Sivaraman Palanisamy,Sharmeela Chenniappan,Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

Authoritative resource describing the artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in smart power systems with simulation examples and case studies Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Power Systems presents advanced technologies used in various aspects of smart power systems, especially grid-connected and industrial evolution, covering many new topics such as distribution Phasor management, blockchain technologies for smart power systems, the application of deep learning and reinforced learning, and artificial intelligence techniques. The text also explores the potential consequences of artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in smart power systems in the forthcoming years. To enhance and reinforce learning, the highly qualified editors include many learning resources throughout the text, including MATLAB and HIL codes, end-of-chapter problems, end-of-book solutions, practical examples, and case studies. Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Power Systems includes specific information on topics such as: Modeling and analysis of smart power systems, covering steady state analysis, dynamic analysis, voltage stability, and more Recent advancement in power electronics for smart power systems, covering power electronic converters for renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, and HDVC/FACTs Distribution Phasor Measurement Units (PMU) in smart power systems, covering the need for PMU in distribution and automation of system reconfigurations Power and energy management systems for microgrids Engineering colleges and universities, along with industry research centers, can use the in-depth subject coverage and the extensive supplementary learning resources found in Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Power Systems to gain a holistic understanding of the subject and be able to harness that knowledge within a myriad of practical applications.

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1119893968

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Sustainable Development of Denmark in the World, 1970–2020

A Critical Introduction

By: Bo Fritzbøger

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Sustainable Development of Denmark in the World, 1970–2020

A Critical Introduction

By: Bo Fritzbøger

This book provides a holistic overview of the history of sustainable development in Denmark over the last fifty years, covering a host of issues central to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ending poverty; ensuring inclusive and equitable education; reducing inequality; making cities and settlements inclusive, safe and resilient; and fostering responsible production and consumption patterns, to name a few. It argues for a new framework of sustainability history, one that is truly global in outlook. As such, it explores what truly global sustainable development would look like. It considers how economic growth has been the driver for prosperity in the global north, and considers whether sustainable development and continued economic growth are irreconcilable, and what the future of sustainable development initiatives in Denmark might look like.

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3030982939

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Jeremiah

By: Somerset Bo

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Jeremiah

By: Somerset Bo

Everyone has a story to tell. If one takes the time to listen to another's story, great insights can be discovered and meaningful relationships developed. Jeremiah questions the validity of war, having experienced the effects of war-torn countries on his travels. The young Australian searches the world for peace, finding it briefly in a hilltop village where he meets an old wise woman named Svelte, who tells him her life story. His belief in Svelte and their mutual respect for one another leads him to recover her stolen heirloom jewellery. Jeremiah is a book about relationships and the impact those relationships can have. It is also about mutual respect, which can be found most anywhere, even in an isolated hilltop village.

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1625166826

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Rationality and the Environment

Decision-making in Environmental Politics and Assessment

By: Bo Elling

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Rationality and the Environment

Decision-making in Environmental Politics and Assessment

By: Bo Elling

Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these essentially rational, political assessment frameworks, experts are creating and applying scientific knowledge for decision and management purposes that actually have strong ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Yet these rational political frameworks lack the tools to provide guidance on ethical and aesthetic issues that affect the wider public.This revolutionary work argues that ethical and aesthetic dimensions can only be brought into environmental politics and policies by citizens actively taking a stand on the specific matters in question. The author draws on Habermas trisection of rationality as cognitive-instrumental, moral-practical and aesthetic-expressive, to suggest that truly effective environmental policy needs to activate all three approaches and not favour only the rational. To achieve this objective, the author argues that public participation in environmental policy and assessment is necessary to counteract the dictatorship of technical and economic instrumentality in environmental policy - the failure to take ethical and aesthetic rationalities into account - and, more importantly, how such policy is applied on the ground to shape our natural and material world.

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