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The role of interdisciplinarity in evaluating the sustainability of urban rooftop agriculture
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-06-20)
Recently, urban agriculture (UA) has expanded throughout cities of the developed world as a response to social injustices and environmental gaps of the globalized food system (including food security, economic opportunities and community building). Due to the limiting factors of the urban environment (e.g., land availability), UA often occupies the roofs of buildings as vacant space to further develop local food production through so-called urban rooftop agriculture (URA). This paper presents an interdisciplinary ...
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Cultivating changes: Urban Agriculture as a tool for socio-spatial transformation
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-06-20)
Urban gardening initiatives have evolved from their original purpose of food production to assume aesthetic, recreational, educational, social, or therapeutic functions. The general objective of this paper was to determine the new socio-spatial configuration into which these experiences have been implemented, in order to determine the diversity of actors involved in urban agriculture (UA) within the municipality of Perugia. Secondary objectives were to explore the social and environmental capital produced and to ...
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India's Evergreen Revolution
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-10-15)
Global food security is one of the most pressing challenges the world is facing today. In an era dominated by fast-paced technological and digital progress in the agricultural landscape, famines still break loose and continue unabated in certain parts of the world. The recent hunger crisis that erupted in the Horn of Africa only further reaffirms this claim. The problem of hunger and malnourishment extends beyond the frontiers of Africa. Despite its economic achievements, India hosts the world’s largest number of ...
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Household food security: Trends and determinants in mountainous districts of Nepal
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-10-16)
This paper assesses household food security and identifies the factors affecting it in two mountainous districts of Nepal using census data from 2011/12. A binary logit model has been used because the dependent variable is dichotomous. In the study districts, farmland expansion was the major contributor to the increased production of major crops over the period 1974/75 to 2013/14. The yield growth of major crops, with the exception of potato and wheat, remained below the population growth in these districts. On ...
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A productive permaculture campus in the desert: visions for Qatar University
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-06-20)
In Qatar food and water security are high on the agenda of safe and sustainable development. At the same time, rapid urbanisation which is not integrated with ecological landscape design is contributing urban sprawl, fragmented landscapes and to the loss of biodiversity. At Qatar University, the architecture department has been working for several years on the concept of regenerative cities to develop an integrated approach to planning and design and to increase resource efficiency and quality of life. This has led ...
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Adapting Gambian women livestock farmers’ roles in food production to climate change
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-10-16)
Women livestock farmers are very productive and contribute greatly towards ensuring food security of their nations. However, their efforts are sometimes limited by climate-related hazards. This case study of The Gambia used content analysis, interviews, consultative seminars, policy mapping and dialogues to examine climate change adaptation issues confronting women livestock farmers in particular. Consequences of climate hazards, such as drought, flood, and temperature variability, have been experienced in The Gambia. ...
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Optimizing irrigation requirements for almond trees grown in the South Sinai Governorate
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2017-10-17)
South Sinai, Egypt is considered one of the most severe governorates for water scarcity. The current work aims to optimize irrigation requirements for almond trees (Prunus dulcis, syn. Prunus amygdalus, var. nonpareil) in the El-Tor area, South Sinai. Climate data of the El-Tor area was collected from 2010 to 2014 to calculate evapotranspiration. Two evapotranspiration equations were used in this work: Penman-Monteith (complex radiation equation) and Blaney-Criddle (simple temperature equation). Regression analysis ...
Dissertation
Supporting Researchers: Analyzing the Scholarly Publication Life Cycle and Social Bookmarking Systems
(2017-04-19)
Researchers must face the exponential growth of the body of available scholarly literature, which makes it ever harder to keep track with one’s own community, especially for newcomers. In this thesis, we explore different means of supporting researchers with that task. For this purpose, we follow two approaches: We provide analyses of research communities and of researchers’ interactions through data that can be obtained from the phases in the life cycle of scholarly publications (creation, dissemination, usage, and ...
Dissertation
Verknüpfung von Domänenwissen für ein Ontologie-basiertes IT-Management
(2018-05-14)
Mit der steigenden Komplexität von IT-Systemen wird auch die Verwaltung dieser Systeme komplexer. Den Fragestellungen, die sich durch diese Komplexität auf der Seite des Betriebs und der Überwachung von IT-Systemen stellen, wird durch integriertes und automatisiertes IT-Management begegnet, indem auch implizite Zusammenhänge zwischen Aspekten aus unterschiedlichen Sichten auf die Systeme berücksichtigt werden, sowie die weitgehende Eliminierung des manuellen Anteils bei Überwachung und Pflege der Systeme angestrebt ...