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(Re)configuration of Water Resources Management in Mongolia
(kassel university press, 2014-11)
In Mongolia 'water' as a concept is constructed by local people based on the values and norms in which it was rooted in the past. Rivers and its resources are considered gifts from "Naga" who is believed to be the snake lord for pure water resources, lakes, springs, waterfalls and rivers. However, stress over water resource availability has gradually increased. Therefore, water resource management has been one critical theme in politics and policies in Mongolia with respect to climate conditions and socioeconomic ...
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Örtliche Finanzkontrolle als Innovationsfaktor
(kassel university press, 2014)
In den letzten Jahren sind Innovationen für Kommunalverwaltungen zunehmend notwendig geworden, um die Aufgaben für die Allgemeinheit trotz schlechter Finanzlage effizient und effektiv bewältigen zu können. Diese Forschungsarbeit befasst sich aus einer interdisziplinären Sicht mit dem Innovationsbeitrag der örtlichen kommunalen Prüfung in Deutschland. Diese Prüfungsorganisation ist in der Kommunalverwaltung sowohl für die Prüfung der Jahresabschlüsse als auch für interne Prüfungen zuständig. Ihre Prüfungsleistungen ...
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Deriving Trust Supporting Components for Ubiquitous Information Systemsfor Ubiquitous Information Systems
(kassel university press, 2014)
Ubiquitous information systems (UIS) are proposed to represent a fundamental paradigm shift in information systems research. Despite the advantages of such systems, they also come with disadvantages, such as their increasing automation and opaqueness. When aiming to develop UIS that are readily adopted and used by their intended users, those disadvantages need to be addressed. A promising approach to overcome this challenge is fostering the users‘ trust in UIS.Matthias Söllner presents a method for deriving trust ...
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Land-use modelling in the GLOWA Jordan River Project
(kassel university press, 2014)
This report presents the results from the land-use simulation study which has been carried out at the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) as part of the GLOWA Jordan River project1 (sub-project 3.3.). A central objective of GLOWA Jordan River was to analyse the vulnerability of water resources in the Jordan River basin under the influence of global change. In this context the land-modelling system LandSHIFT.JR has been adapted and applied to calculate spatially explicit scenarios of land-use change on ...