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  • 1
    Language: English
    Pages: Mikrofilme
    Additional Material: Guides
    Series Statement: Research collections in women's studies
    DDC: 305.4/0975
    Keywords: Women ; Southern ; History ; 19th ; century ; Family ; Southern ; History ; 19th ; century
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  • 2
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    Beverly Hills, Calif. :Sage Publications, ; Vol. 1 (June 1969)- .
    ISSN: 0013-9165 (Print) , 1552-390X (Digital)
    Language: English
    Pages: online resource (volumes : , illustrations)
    Dates of Publication: Vol. 1 (June 1969)- .
    Uniform Title: Environment and behavior [digital].
    DDC: 304
    Keywords: Human ecology Periodicals. ; Human behavior. ; Ecology. ; Behavior ; Environment ; Ecology ; Écologie humaine Périodiques. ; Comportement humain. ; Écologie. ; human behavior. ; ecology. ; Human behavior ; Ecology ; Human ecology ; Fulltext. ; Internet Resources. ; Periodicals. ; Periodicals
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  • 3
    Language: English
    DDC: 781.65/0968
    Keywords: Jazz ; South Africa ; History and criticism ; Vaudeville ; South Africa ; History ; South Africa ; Social conditions ; Südafrika ; Jazz
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  • 4
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    New York, NY : Routledge | London : Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781003439615 , 1003439616 , 9781000993714 , 100099371X , 9781000993769 , 1000993760
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Fourth edition
    Series Statement: Themes in world history
    DDC: 303.48/209
    Keywords: Globalization History ; World history ; International economic relations History ; Economic history ; Human beings Migrations ; History ; International relations History ; Intercultural communication History ; Culture diffusion History ; Diseases and history ; HISTORY / World ; HISTORY / Civilization ; HISTORY / Social History
    Abstract: "In this fully revised fourth edition, this book treats globalization from several vantage points, showing how these help grasp the nature of globalization both in the past and today. The revisions include greater attention to the complications of racism (after 1500) and nationalism (after 1850); further analysis of reactions against globalization after World War I and in the 21st century; more discussion of student exchanges; and fuller treatment of developments since 2008, including the role of the Covid-19 pandemic in contemporary globalization. Four major chronological phases are explored: in the centuries after 1000 CE; after 1500; after 1850; and since the mid-20th century. Discussion of each phase includes relevant debates over the nature and extent of the innovations involved, particularly in terms of transportation/communications technologies and trade patterns. The phase approach also facilitates analysis of the range of interactions emmeshed in globalization, beyond trade and migration, including disease exchange, impacts on culture and consumer tastes, and for the modern periods policy coordination and international organizations. Finally, the book deals with different regional positions and reactions in each of the major phases. This includes imbalances of power and economic benefit, but also regional styles in dealing with the range of global relationships. This volume is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of world history, economic history, and political economy"--...
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781003036661
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 264 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.30973
    Keywords: Entkolonialisierung ; Hegemonie ; Wissensproduktion ; Imperialismus ; USA ; Power (Social sciences) / United States / History ; Imperialism / United States / History ; War and society / United States / History ; Hegemony / United States / History ; Gramsci, Antonio / 1891-1937 / Political and social views ; Hegemony ; Imperialism ; Political and social views ; Power (Social sciences) ; War and society ; United States ; 1891-1937 ; History ; USA ; Hegemonie ; Imperialismus ; Wissensproduktion ; Entkolonialisierung
    Abstract: "This book critically analyzes the global hegemony of the United States - a hegemony whose innovative aspect consists in articulating postcoloniality to imperial control - in relation to knowledge and knowledge production. Through targeted case studies on the historical relationship between regional areas and the United States, the authors explore possibilities and obstacles to epistemic decolonization. By highlighting the connection between the control of work and the control of communication that has been at the core of the colonial regimes of accumulation ('classic colonialism'), they present an entirely new form of disciplinary practice, not based on the equation of evolution and knowledge. An extensive introduction outlines the historical genealogy of Pax Americana epistemic hegemony, while individual chapters examine the implications for different regions of the world and different domains of activity, including visual culture, economy, migration, the arts, and translation. This interdisciplinary collection will appeal to students and scholars in many fields, including Asian studies, American studies, postcolonialism and political theory"--
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  • 6
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    Online Resource
    New York : Routledge | London : Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781003274261 , 1003274269 , 9781000994360 , 1000994368 , 9781000994315 , 1000994317
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Routledge research in early modern history
    DDC: 305.8916/2044714409033
    Keywords: Irish History 18th century ; HISTORY / General ; Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) Social conditions 18th century ; Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) Ethnic relations 18th century ; History ; Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) Commerce 18th century ; History ; Ireland Relations ; France Relations
    Abstract: "The Irish in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux is a collection of ten essays by internationally known scholars of Irish, British, French, and Atlantic History that covers the entire period in which there was a substantial Irish colony in Bordeaux (1689-1815). Among the topics discussed are the growth and decline of the community and the reasons for both, the daily lives and assimilation of the Irish in Bordeaux, the numerous activities, and institutions in which the Irish were involved, and the patterns of trade and the major commodities that were traded. This volume argues that the Irish community in Bordeaux was a product of contingent factors including religious bigotry and war, but mostly because of commercial and educational opportunities that were not available in Ireland itself. This confessionally-mixed Irish community made remarkable contributions to Atlantic, European, and global production, consumption, and trade, especially with Bordeaux wine. The book will enlarge, complicate, and challenge our understanding of the eighteenth-century European and Atlantic worlds. Students and scholars who are interested in early modern immigrant and trading communities; the impact of religious tolerance and intolerance, the development of international trade networks, and the production and meaning of commodities, will find it invaluable"--...
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  • 7
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    Online Resource
    New York, NY : Routledge | London : Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781315637969 , 1315637960 , 9781317269601 , 1317269608 , 9781317269595 , 1317269594 , 9781317269618 , 1317269616
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 394.2663
    Keywords: Christmas Social aspects ; History ; Christmas Economic aspects ; History ; Organization ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
    Abstract: "Organizing Christmas is an exploration of the organizational character of Christmas. Taking as its starting point the view that Christmas initially achieved popularity due to its potential to promote social cohesion and political stability, this book both charts and scrutinizes its global emergence as the year's preeminent economic and organizational event. Combining historical narrative, original interviews, and social scientific research and theories, it tells the story of how Christmas has come to dominate the festival landscape and how it emerged as an integral component of the global evolution of contemporary social and economic relations. From the pre-Christian celebrations and politics of the turning of the calendar year, through the power games of Elizabethan England and the wily reinvention of the season by industrious Victorians, to today's huge economic and logistical exercise that relies on everything from global supply chains to the domestic division of labour, Organizing Christmas demonstrates how the season exemplifies the spirit and practices of industrial, and now post-industrial, modernity. As well as documenting this fact, however, Organizing Christmas also critically interrogates what has become a vast festive-industrial complex. From low-paid factory workers in Yiwu to Santa Claus performers in Kingston, readers are given a chance to consider what the cost of this global festival might be and whether it is a price worth paying. Drawing on intellectual resources ranging from Adorno and Horkheimer's classic critique of the culture industry, thorough Böhme's analysis of the sociomaterial production of atmospheres, to Bloch's 'principle of hope', it paints a picture of Christmas as a profoundly important, if deeply contested historical, cultural and, most significantly, organizational phenomenon. Aimed at students and academics in Organization Studies, Cultural Studies, and the Sociology of Work and Employment, as well as the general reader interested in the festive season, Organizing Christmas offers a differing perspective on a subject so familiar and yet so often overlooked"--...
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9781003218678 , 1003218679 , 9781003803188 , 1003803180 , 9781003803409 , 1003803407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in modern history
    DDC: 305.895709/04
    Keywords: Koreans ; HISTORY / Asia / Korea ; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century ; HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century ; Korea Emigration and immigration ; History ; Korea History 20th century
    Abstract: "Contrary to the image of Korea as a largely self-contained country until its economy became global during the 1990s, this book shows that transnationalism has firmly been part of modern Korea's national experience throughout its existence. The volume portrays Korea's frequent transnational entanglements with other nations in East Asia and the West from the start of its annexation into the Empire of Japan in 1910 to the present day. It explores how modern Korea negotiated its complicated colonial relations with imperial Japan and its political and economic relations with the West in meeting the challenges of the globalized world. Early chapters cover the origins of Korea's democratic republicanism among Korean immigrants in the United States, the Royal-Dutch oil industry in Korea, military hygiene and sex workers, and prisons in the Japanese empire. From the latter half of the twentieth century to the present, the book probes Cold War politics between Korea and Europe, transnational Korean communities in China, Japan, the Russian Far East, and the West, and ethnic Korean returnees from the Russian Far East. With contributions from leading international scholars, this collection's attention to modern Korean history, economy, gender studies, and migration is ideal for upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates"--...
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  • 9
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    Online Resource
    New York : Routledge | London : Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9780429355851 , 0429355858 , 9780203859537 , 0203859537 , 9781000991413 , 1000991415 , 9781000991444 , 100099144X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Second edition
    Series Statement: Themes in world history
    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Human ecology History ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; History ; World history ; Human ecology Case studies ; Nature Case studies Effect of human beings on ; HISTORY / General ; HISTORY / World ; SCIENCE / Environmental Science
    Abstract: "Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research, The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate, biodiversity, and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century. Its expanded chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues including: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity across the globe; deforestation and the development of strategies to protect the world's forests; soil degradation caused by worldwide agricultural expansion, one of the most profound ways that humans have altered the planet; the widening impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ecological footprints of the world's cities; and the rising levels of air, land and water pollution as the trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. Covering the last five hundred years, it offers an essential environmental perspective on well-known world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism, trade and commerce, technological progress, and the advance of civilisation. Clearly written and fully up-to-date, it is an invaluable resource for all students of world history and environmental studies"--...
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  • 10
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    Online Resource
    Liverpool : Liverpool University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781802072419
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrationen, Karten
    Series Statement: Liverpool studies in international slavery
    Series Statement: Liverpool scholarship online
    DDC: 306.362082098142
    Keywords: Enslaved women History 19th century ; Motherhood History 19th century ; Enslaved persons Emancipation 19th century ; History ; Miscegenation History 19th century ; Society ; Society & culture: general
    Abstract: 'Emancipatory Narratives and Enslaved Motherhood' examines three major currents in the historiography of Brazilian slavery - manumission, miscegenation, and creolisation. It revisits themes central to the history of slavery and race relations in Brazil, updates the research about them, and revises interpretations of the role of gender and reproduction within them.
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  • 11
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    Online Resource
    Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781399512398
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Edinburgh studies on diasporas and transnationalism
    Series Statement: Edinburgh scholarship online
    DDC: 305.891992055
    Keywords: Armenians ; Armenian diaspora ; National characteristics, Armenian ; National characteristics, Iranian ; Transnationalism ; History ; United States of America, USA ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers ; Asian history ; Popular culture ; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
    Abstract: This volume studies the ways that diasporic Iranian Armenian authors and artists negotiate their identities as minoritized population within a liminal space that includes religious, ethnic, national, racial, cultural, gender, and sexual factors.
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  • 12
    ISBN: 9780253068736
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (374 pages)
    Uniform Title: Ökonomisches Vertrauen und antisemitische Gewalt
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.892/404332
    Keywords: Antisemitism History 20th century ; Cattle trade Social aspects 20th century ; Antisemitism Economic aspects 20th century ; History ; Violence History 20th century ; Jews History 20th century
    Abstract: 1. A Social History of Cattle Trading in Weimar Germany -- 2. Trust and Cattle Trading -- 3. Constituting Trust through Official Authority -- 4. Destroying Trust by Force under Nazism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Note on Primary Sources Cited in Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects -- About the Author.
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  • 13
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781003382607
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 253 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Anthropology of now
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg ; Ethnologie ; Enteignung ; Zivilbevölkerung ; Konflikt ; Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014- / Social aspects ; Civilians in war / Ukraine ; War victims / Ukraine ; Anthropology and history ; Ukraine / History / Russian Invasion, 2022- / Social aspects ; Conflit ukrainien, 2014- / Aspect social ; Guerre / Participation des civils / Ukraine ; Victimes de guerre / Ukraine ; Anthropologie et histoire ; Anthropology and history ; Civilians in war ; Social aspects ; War victims ; Ukraine ; Since 2014 ; History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg ; Enteignung ; Ethnologie ; Zivilbevölkerung ; Konflikt
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  • 14
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    Online Resource
    Gainesville : University Press of Florida | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780813067872
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Florida scholarship online
    DDC: 306.48460973
    Keywords: Tanz ; Kritik ; Ästhetik ; Geschlechtsidentität ; Dance criticism History ; Dance Social aspects ; History ; Performing Arts ; Society & culture: general ; USA
    Abstract: This text examines dance criticism in the United States across 100 years, from the late 1920s to the early 21st century, 'Shaping Dance Canons' argues that critics in the popular press have influenced how dance has been defined and valued, as well as which artists and dance forms have been taken most seriously.
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  • 15
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    Online Resource
    New York, NY : New York University Press
    ISBN: 9781479814176
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , 10 b/w images
    Series Statement: Black Power
    DDC: 305.8009774/340904
    Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations ; African Americans Civil rights 20th century ; History ; African Americans Political activity 20th century ; History ; Black power History 20th century ; Civil rights workers Civil rights 20th century ; History
    Abstract: The fascinating history of white solidarity with the Black Power movementIn the mid-1960s, as the politics of Black self-determination gained steam, Black activists had a new message for white activists: Go into your own communities and organize white people against racism. While much of the media at the time and many historians since have regarded this directive as a "white purge" from the Black freedom movement, Say Burgin argues that it heralded a new strategy, racially parallel organizing, which people experimented with all over the country. Organizing Your Own shows that the Black freedom movement never experienced a "white purge," and it offers a new way of understanding Black Power's relationship to white America.By focusing on Detroit from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, this volume illuminates a wide cross-section of white activists who took direction from Black-led groups like the Northern Student Movement, the City-Wide Citizens Action Committee, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Organizing Your Own draws on numerous oral histories and heretofore unseen archives to show that these white activists mobilized support for Black self-determination in education, policing, employment, and labor unions. It was a trial-and-error effort that pushed white activists to grapple with tough questions - which white people should they organize and how, which Black-led groups should they take direction from, and when did taking Black direction become mere sycophancy. The story of Detroit's white fight for Black Power thus not only reveals a broader, richer movement, but it carries great insight into questions that remain relevant
    Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) , In English
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  • 16
    ISBN: 9781531506308
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (272 Seiten) , 18 color illustrations
    DDC: 303.6/1
    Keywords: Biography ; History ; Theology ; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics ; Nonviolence ; Peace
    Abstract: Experience the powerful legacy of Philip Berrigan's nonviolent resistance to war and empireFrom the battlefields of World War II to the front lines of peace activism, Philip Berrigan evolved from soldier to scholar, priest to political prisoner. Confronting the fundamental nature of America's military-focused culture, Berrigan took an unyielding stance against societal evils-war, systemic racism, unchecked materialism, and the baleful presence of nuclear weapons. Imprisoned by his government and ostracized by his Church, Berrigan's life is a courageous example of nonviolent resistance and liberation in the face of overwhelming odds.A Ministry of Risk is the definitive collection of Philip Berrigan's writings. Authorized by the Berrigan family and arranged chronologically, these writings depict the transformation of one revolu­tionary soul while also providing a firsthand account of a nation grappling with its martial obsessions.Threading the vibrant fabric of history with autobiographical insights, introspective theology, and a clarion call to activism, A Ministry of Risk offers both a living manifesto of nonviolent resistance and a journal of spiritual reflection by one of the 20th century's most prophetic voices
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  • 17
    ISBN: 9781531505028
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (208 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Reconstructing America
    DDC: 305.896/073
    Keywords: Civil War ; History ; Race & Ethnic Studies ; HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) ; African Americans Violence against ; Collective memory ; Government, Resistance to
    Abstract: Investigates how Americans have remembered violence and resistance since the Civil War, including Confederate monuments, historical markers, college classrooms, and history books.George Floyd's murder in the summer of 2020 sparked a national reckoning for the United States that had been 400 years in the making. Millions of Americans took to the streets to protest both the murder and the centuries of systemic racism that already existed among European colonists but transformed with the arrival of the first enslaved African Americans in 1619. The violence needed to enforce that systemic racism for all those years, from the slave driver's whip to state-sponsored police brutality, attracted the immediate attention of the protesters. The resistance of the protesters echoed generations of African Americans' resisting the violence and oppression of white supremacy.
    Abstract: Their opposition to violence soon spread to other aspects of systemic racism, including a cultural hegemony built on and reinforcing white supremacy. At the heart of this white supremacist culture is the memory of the Civil War era, when in 1861 8 million white Americans revolted against their country to try to safeguard the enslavement of 4 million African Americans.The volume has three interconnected sections that build on one another. The first section, "Violence," explores systemic racism in the Civil War era and now with essays on slavery, policing, and slave patrols. The second section, titled "Resistance," shows how African Americans resisted violence for the past two centuries, with essays discussing matters including self-emancipation and African American soldiers.
    Abstract: The final section, "Memory," investigates how Americans have remembered this violence and resistance since the Civil War, including Confederate monuments and historical markers.This volume is intended for nonhistorians interested in showing the intertwined and longstanding connections between systemic racism, violence, resistance, and the memory of the Civil War era in the United States that finally exploded in the summer of 2020
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  • 18
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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Taylor & Francis | The Hague : OAPEN FOUNDATION
    ISBN: 9780429295607 , 9781000963427 , 9781032576732 , 9780367272227
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (576 p.)
    Series Statement: Routledge Histories
    DDC: 391.009
    Keywords: Humanities ; General & world history ; Social & cultural history ; Clothing ; Fashion ; History ; History of Fashion ; Victorians ; 1800
    Abstract: The time span covered by The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress starts in the nineteenth century, with the aftermath of the consumers’ revolution, and reaches all the way to the present. The fashion and garment industries have been international from the beginning and, as such, this volume looks at the history of fashion and dress through the lenses of both international and global history. Because fashion is also a multifaceted subject with humanagency at its core, at the confluence of thematerial (fabrics, clothing, dyes, tools, and machines) and the immaterial (savoir-faire, identities, images, and brands), this volume adopts a transdisciplinary perspective, opening its pages to researchers from a variety of complementary fields. The chapters in this volume are organized based on their relationship to five fields of study: economics and commerce, politics, business, identities, and historical sources. Paying particular attention to change, the book goes beyond the great fashion capitals and well-known fashion centers and points to the broader geographies of fashion. Particular geographical areas focus on the emergence of new fashion systems and business models, whether they be in Sweden, Bangladesh, or Spain, or on the African continent, considered to be the “new frontier” of the industry. Covering myriad aspects of the subject this is the perfect companion for all those interested in history of dress and fashion in the modern world.
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  • 19
    ISBN: 9781108896016 , 1108896014
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: The Cambridge world history of sexualities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cambridge world history of sexualitie
    DDC: 306.709
    Keywords: Sex History ; Sex customs History ; Sexualité - Histoire ; Vie sexuelle - Histoire ; Sex ; Sex customs ; History
    Abstract: "Volume II focuses on systems of thought and beliefs in the history of world sexualities, ranging from early humans to contemporary approaches. A comprehensive work for students and scholars interested in continuities and changes in world sexualities"--
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    Online Resource
    Oakland, California : University of California Press
    ISBN: 9780520399303 , 0520399307
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Feminist media histories 6
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Clark, Jennifer Susanne Producing feminism
    Keywords: 1900-1999 ; Women in television broadcasting History 20th century ; Feminism and mass media History 20th century ; Femmes dans l'industrie de la télévision - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle ; Féminisme et médias - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle ; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General ; Feminism and mass media ; Women in television broadcasting ; History ; United States
    Abstract: "The story of the U.S. women's movement and television in the 1970s has been told primarily in two, often coordinating, ways: through feminist reform efforts that originated outside of the television industry and through feminist impact on on-air representations of women. Producing Feminism augments these accounts by exploring the effects of the women's movement on television production. Centering women who worked in television across a variety of occupations--including writers, producers, clerical staff, researchers, consultants, hosts, actors, and commentators--illustrates the changes they brought to workplace dynamics and protocols and norms of making television. These workers' interventions demonstrate the need to look at work processes and experiential qualities of television workplaces, along with onscreen representations that emerge from these sites of production, to understand more fully how feminism affected television. Research conducted for Producing Feminism features archival research and interviews; these materials reveal feminist influences on television that were not always visible to the public nor manifested onscreen, the conditions of television workplaces and experiences of women working in television, and the myriad strategies women workers used to reform the industry"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Women's groups and workplace reform at network television's corporate headquarters -- Turning TV's "Jockocratic Endeavors" into feminist expression : Billie Jean King, Eleanor Riger, and women's sports on television -- Working in the Lear factory : Ann Marcus, Virginia Carter, and the women of Tandem Productions -- Television's "Serious Sisters" : experiments in public and regional television for women -- Epilogue : what the 1970s can teach us about feminist media reform.
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  • 21
    ISBN: 9781478093718
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (568 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Future/present
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    Keywords: Anti-racism History 21st century ; Arts and society History 21st century ; Arts Political aspects 21st century ; History ; ART / American / General ; USA ; Kunstsoziologie ; Rassismus ; Antirassismus ; Politische Kunst
    Abstract: FUTURE/PRESENT brings together a vast collection of writers, artists, activists, and academics working at the forefront of today's most pressing struggles for cultural equity and racial justice in a demographically changing America. The volume builds upon five years of national organizing by Arts in a Changing America, an artist-led initiative that challenges structural racism by centering people of color who are leading innovation at the nexus of arts production, community benefit, and social change. FUTURE/PRESENT includes a range of essays and criticism, visual and performance art, artist manifestos, interviews, poetry, and reflections on community practice. Throughout, contributors examine issues of placekeeping and belonging, migration and diasporas, the carceral state, renegotiating relationships with land, ancestral knowledge as radical futurity, and shifting paradigms of inequity. Foregrounding the powerful resilience of communities of color, FUTURE/PRESENT advances the role of artists as first responders to injustices, creative stewards in the cohesion and health of communities, and innovative strategists for equity.Selected contributors. Dahlak Brathwaite, adrienne maree brown, Jeff Chang, Tameca Cole, Ofelia Esparza, Antoine Hunter, Nobuko Miyamoto, Wendy Red Star, Spel, Jose Antonio Vargas, Carrie Mae Weems, Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu
    Note: Frontmatter , CONTENTS , INTRODUCTION , The Call , vestibular mantra (or radical virtuosities for a brave new dance) , PART 1 / CULTURAL PRESENCE: PLACEKEEPING AND BELONGING , Introduction , Aqui Estoy , Beauty, Justice, and the Ritual of Performance , An Accumulation of Things That Refuse to Be Discarded , Counting Coup on the Compartmentalization of Indigenous-Made Rap Music , Cultural Resiliency in the Face of Crisis: Learning from New Orleans , Collectively Directing the Current , The New Eagle Creek Saloon , Notes from Technotopia 3.0: On the "Creative City" Gone Wrong-an Antigentrification Philosophical Tantrum, 2012 - 2016 , "Building Temples for Tomorrow": Cultural Workers as Construction Crews , Invasive Species , Sunny and 150 Years of Placekeeping in Little Tokyo , Local Fruit Still Life , Stage One: Establishing Community , Red 40 , More Nodes from the Performance Essay Los Giros De La Siguiente/the turns of the Next , PART 2 / DISMANTLING BORDERS, BUILDING BRIDGES: MIGRATION AND DIASPORAS , Introduction , Mano Poderosa , A Cosmos of Dis/Joints , Cross-Border Citizens , Indian Alley, Where Art Is Healing , Vessels: A Conversation , Fence , A Touch of Otherness , Harmattan Haze , Who Is the #EmergingUS? , Justice and Equity: We're Coming for It All , building bricks for communal healing , We Never Needed Documents to Thrive , prop·er , Alongside: On Chinese Students in the United States and the Fight for Black Lives , Love Spirals: Notes on Brown Feelings , PART 3 / CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT PRISONS: CULTURE AND THE CARCERAL STATE , Introduction , To Create in Prison , A Measure of Joy , There Is No Abolition or Liberation without Disability Justice , HOGAR , I Remember , Coming Home , Singing Our Way to Abolition , Standing in the Gap: Music as First Responder , Locked in a Dark Calm , As Crazy as the World Is, I Do Believe , Jumpsuit Project , The Bonds of Aloha: Connecting to Culture Can Free Us , The Nail That Sticks Out , Art Is a Trojan Horse: Reclaiming Our Narratives , Try/Step/Trip (Excerpt) , The Evanesced Series (2016 - ) , PART 4 / EMBODIED CARTOGRAPHIES: RENEGOTIATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAND , Introduction , Kiksuya , America Doesn't Exist , Between the Real and the Imagined: A Conversation with Lyla June and Tanaya Winder , Sopa de Ostión , Island Earth: Water, Wayfinding, and the Currents That Connect Us , ACCESS DENIED: Creating New Spatial Understandings , Essential Economy , Earth Mama II , We Are Part of This Land , Mauka House , Withholding an Image: Disciplinary Disobedience and Reciprocity in the Field , Thinking through Fragments: Speculative Archives, Contested Histories, and a Tale of the Palestine Archaeological Museum , Secrets That the Wind Carries Away , Ohiŋniyaŋ ded wati kte: This Place Will Always Be Home , Ballers , PART 5 / LIVING OUR LEGACY: ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE AS RADICAL FUTURITY , Introduction , These Roots Run Deep , The Future Is Ancient , Being in Oneness: Conversations with Nobuko Miyamoto, Kamau Ayubbi, and Asiyah Ayubbi , 1619 , Encircling the Circle: Blood Memory and Making the Village-a Conversation between Cleo Parker Robinson and Malik Robinson , Culture and Tradition: A Monument to Our Resilience , Español , Apsáalooke Feminist #4 , Mother's Words and Grandmother's Thoughts: Living the Right Way (a Conversation) , The AIM Song , Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Reflections of Futurity , For Paradise , What Is the New Basket That We're Going to Weave? , I ka wā ma mua, i ka wā ma hope: 'Ōiwi Orientations toward a Radical Futurity , The Art of Peer Pressure: Black Fire UVA! , PART 6 / CURRENTS BEYOND: ARTISTS SHIFTING PARADIGMS OF INEQUITY , Introduction , Bang Bang , The Cultural New Deal for Cultural and Racial Justice , We Begin by Listening , EMERGENYC: An Artistic Home for Emerging Artists , Listening through Dance , Scenes & Takes , Feminist Coalition and Queer Movements across Time: A Conversation between Alok Vaid-Menon and Urvashi Vaid , What Would Upski Think? , all organizing is science fiction , Rebirth Garments , A Call to Action , Huliau , SOVEREIGN , Flexing Hope Is a Practice , Azadi , AFTERWORD , emergence (after adrienne maree brown) , Acknowledgments , In English
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    ISBN: 9781003435051 , 100343505X , 9781040031971 , 1040031978 , 9781040031940 , 1040031943
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 305.896/046
    Keywords: Black people History ; Black people Race identity ; History ; LITERARY CRITICISM / General ; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese
    Abstract: "Building on the growing field of Afropean Studies, this interdisciplinary and intermedial collection of essays proposes a dialogue on Afro-Spanishness that is not exclusively tied to immigration, and that understands Blackness as a non-essentialist and monolithic but heterogeneous and diasporic concept. Studying a variety of 20th and 21st centuries cultural products, some essays explore the resilience of the colonialist paradigms and the circulation of racial ideologies and colonial memories that promote national narratives of whitening. Others focus on Black self-representation and examine how Afro-Spanish authors, artists, and activists destabilize colonial gazes and constructions of national identity, propose decolonial views of Spain and Europe's literature and history, articulate Afro-Diasporic knowledges, and envision Afrodescendance as an empowering tool"--...
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    Budapest, Hungary : CEU Press
    ISBN: 9789633867174 , 9633867177
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Borhi, László Survival under dictatorships
    Keywords: Nyilaskeresztes Párt ; Dictatorship History 20th century ; Jews Crimes against 20th century ; History ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Dictature - Hongrie - Histoire - 20e siècle ; Juifs - Crimes contre - Hongrie - Histoire - 20e siècle ; Holocauste, 1939-1945 - Hongrie ; HISTORY / Europe / Eastern ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General ; Hungary History 1945-1989 ; Hungary Politics and government 1945-1989 ; Hungary Foreign relations ; Soviet Union Foreign relations ; Hongrie - Histoire - 1945-1989 ; Hongrie - Politique et gouvernement - 1945-1989 ; Hongrie - Relations extérieures - URSS ; URSS - Relations extérieures - Hongrie
    Abstract: "A complex array of individual responses to the abuse of power by the state is represented in this book in three horrific episodes in the history of East-Central Europe. The three events followed each other within a span of about ten years: the deportation and murder of Hungarian Jews in Nazi death and labor camps; the Arrow Cross terrorist rule in Budapest; and finally the Stalinist terror in Hungary and East-Central Europe. Through the prism of survival, László Borhi explores the relationship between the individual and power, attempting to understand the mechanism of oppression and terror produced by arbitrary, unbridled power through the experience of normal people. Despite the obvious peculiarities of time and place, the Hungarian cases convey universal lessons about the Holocaust, Nazism, and Stalinism. In the author's conception, the National Socialist and Stalinist experiences are linked on several levels. Both regimes defended their visions of the future against social groups whom they saw as implacable enemies of those visions, and who therefore had to be destroyed for sake of social perfection. Furthermore, the social practices of National Socialism were passed on. And although Stalinism was imposed by a foreign power, some of the survival skills for coping with it were rehearsed under the previous hellish experience"--
    Description / Table of Contents: The Hungarian Holocaust -- Arrow Cross Terror -- Stalinism in Hungary.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 24
    ISBN: 9781800086180
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 492.709
    Keywords: Arabic language Study and teaching ; History ; Dialogues ; Dialogues ; dialogues
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    Oakland, California : University of California Press
    ISBN: 9780520399136 , 0520399137
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Middleton, Townsend Quinine's remains
    Keywords: Quinine industry History 21st century ; Quinine History 21st century ; Cinchona Political aspects 21st century ; History ; Quinine Political aspects 21st century ; History ; Quinine - Industrie - Inde - Darjeeling (District) - Histoire - 21e siècle ; Quinine - Inde - Darjeeling (District) - Histoire - 21e siècle ; Quinquina (Plante) - Aspect politique - Inde - Darjeeling (District) - Histoire - 21e siècle ; Quinine - Aspect politique - Inde - Darjeeling (District) - Histoire - 21e siècle ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
    Abstract: "What happens to the colonized after colonial industries leave? Set in the cinchona plantations of India's Darjeeling Hills, Quinine's Remains chronicles the history and aftermath of quinine. Harvested from cinchona bark, quinine was malaria's only remedy until the twentieth-century advent of synthetic drugs, and it was vital to the expansion of the British Empire. Today, the cinchona plantations-and the fifty thousand people who call them home-remain, and their futures are unclear. The Indian government has threatened to privatize or shut down this seemingly obsolete and crumbling industry, but local communities, led by strident trade unions, have successfully resisted. Overgrown cinchona fields and shuttered quinine factories may appear the stuff of postcolonial and postindustrial ruination, but quinine's remains are not dead. Rather, they have become the birthplace of urgent political efforts to redefine land and life for the twenty-first century. Quinine's Remains offers a vivid historical and ethnographic portrait of what it means to forge life after empire"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Prologue. life in the remains -- Colonial becomings : the makings of a world-historical substance -- After quinine : a politics of remaining -- Until Gorkhaland agitation in the remains -- Beyond ruin : the arts of becoming-after -- Epilogue. an ethics for the time-being.
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    [Oakland, California] : University of California Press
    ISBN: 9780520393813
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Yacoob, Saadia, 1981- Beyond the binary
    Keywords: Women (Islamic law) History ; Persons (Islamic law) History ; Hanafites Doctrines ; Islamic law Early works to 1800 Interpretation and construction ; Personnes (Droit islamique) - Histoire ; Hanafites - Doctrines ; Droit islamique - Interprétation - Ouvrages avant 1800 ; Islamic law - Interpretation and construction ; Persons (Islamic law) ; Women (Islamic law) ; HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula ; Early works ; History
    Abstract: "One of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary Muslim ethics is the status of women in Islamic law. While Muslim conservatives argue that gender-differentiated legal rulings reflect complementary gender roles, Muslim feminists argue that Islamic law has subordinated women and is thus in need of reform. The shared assumption on both sides, however, is that gender fundamentally shapes an individual's legal status. Beyond the Binary explores an expansive cross section of topics in ninth- to twelfth-century Hanafi legal thought--from sexual crimes to consent to marriage--to show that early Muslim jurists imagined a world built not on a binary distinction between male and female but on multiple intersecting hierarchies of gender, age, enslavement, lineage, class, and other social roles. Saadia Yacoob offers a restorative reading of Islamic law, arguing that its intersectional and relational understanding of legal personhood offers a productive space for Muslim feminists to move beyond critique and instead to think with and through the Islamic legal tradition"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Gendering the legal subject : masculinity and femininity in legal discourse -- Gender and the construction of enslaved subjects -- Age and gendered legal personhood -- Gender and legal personhood in Hanafi law.
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    Austin : University of Texas Press
    ISBN: 9781477328279
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (296 Seiten) , 19 b&w photos
    Series Statement: Border Hispanisms
    DDC: 302.23097291
    Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; Anti-globalization movement History 21st century ; Capitalism and mass media History 21st century ; Mass media Political aspects 21st century ; History ; Social change History 21st century ; Socialism History 21st century ; Socialism History 21st century
    Abstract: A study of Cuban culture and media in the twenty-first century as both a global phenomenon and a local reality, at a time when the declared death of socialism coexists in tension with emerging anticapitalist movements worldwide. Why does Cuban socialism endure as an object of international political desire, while images of capitalist markets consume Cuba's national imagination? This bold new study argues that Cuba's changing media cultures are key to our understanding of the global postsocialist condition and its competing political imaginaries. Portable Postsocialisms calls on a vast multimedia archive to offer a groundbreaking cultural interpretation of Cuban postsocialism. Paloma Duong examines songs, artworks, advertisements, memes, literature, jokes, and networks that refuse exceptionalist and exoticizing visions of Cuba. Expanding postsocialist critical theory to read this complex mediascape, Duong argues that a materialist critique of Cuba's revolutionary legacy must account for Cubans' everyday demands for agency and self-representation. This long overdue reassessment of Cuba's place in Latin American and post-Marxist studies shows Cuban postsocialism to be an urgent and indispensable referent for core debates on the politics of participatory cultures in new media studies. Portable Postsocialisms performs the crucial task of redefining how we envision imaginaries of social change in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024) , In English
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  • 28
    ISBN: 9781509561452
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (231 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 301.0922
    Keywords: Bourdieu, Pierre ; Sayad, Abdelmalek ; Intellectuals Political activity 20th century ; History ; Intellectuals Political activity 20th century ; History ; Sociologists History 20th century ; Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962
    Abstract: Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I Sociology as Emancipation -- 1 The Origins of Subversive Knowledge -- Abdelmalek Sayad: a political socialization in colonial Algeria -- Resist colonialism "from within" -- Militant and school struggles -- Bourdieu before Bourdieu: growing up between antagonistic worlds -- "I have nothing more to learn about society" -- Intellectual and political insubordination -- "Events choose for me" -- 2 Resisting in War-Torn Algeria -- Underground resistance or the lecture hall? Sayad's political evolution -- Liberals in the spectrum of war -- The moment of politicization -- Bourdieu in the crossfire of war: the social genesis of intellectual resistance -- The feeling of being exiled and isolated in a military environment -- An uncomfortable position at the heart of the war -- Understanding as emancipation -- 3 A Sociology of the Colonial Order -- An analysis of power -- Underdevelopment is political -- Colonization and capitalism: the effects of domination -- A scholarly and political encounter -- Thinking about the anticolonial revolution -- Part II Liberation through Knowledge -- 4 Listening, Observing and Testifying in Times of War -- Why and how should one understand? -- The will to know -- The shock of fieldwork -- In the ethnographic trenches -- The ethnographer in the face of colonialism -- 5 Renewing the Social Sciences out of Political Necessity -- In search of the familiar stranger -- Thinking Béarn and Kabylia together -- The organization and production of the social world -- The discovery of capitalism -- Facing the new world -- Another world economy -- Who can make the revolution? Sociologically based utopias -- The emergence of political consciousness: when Bourdieu drew inspiration from Fanon -- Revolutionary forces and rational utopias.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819974757
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 355 p. 106 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Archaeology. ; Historiography. ; History ; Civilization ; World history.
    Abstract: 1. Preface -- 2. Newly Discovered Persian Sasanian Silver Coins in China -- 3. Persian Sasanian Silver Coins Unearthed in Xining, Qinghai -- 4. Persian Sasanian Silver Coins Recently Unearthed in Turfan, Xinjiang -- 5. Persian Sasanian Silver Coins in the Casket of Stupa Base in Ding County, Hebei Province -- 6. Overview of Persian Sasanian Silver Coins Unearthed in China -- 7. Research on the Sassanian Silver Plate Unearthed from the Tomb of Feng Hetu in the Northern Wei Dynasty -- 8. Sasanian Cultural Relics Unearthed in China in Recent Years -- 9. Eastern Roman Gold Coins Unearthed from the Sui Tomb at Dizhangwan, Xianyang -- 10. The Byzantine Gold Coin Unearthed from the Tang Tomb in Tumen Village, Xi’an -- 11. The Byzantine Gold Coins Unearthed from the Tomb of Li Xizong in Zanhuang -- 12. The Relationship between China and the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages -- 13. Arabian gold coins unearthed from Tang tombs in Xi’an -- 14. Epitaph of Su Liang’s Wife, Née Ma in the Tang Dynasty -- 15. Two Types of Script Combined on a Nestorian Tombstone from Quanzhou -- 16. Latin Tombstones in Yangzhou and Venetian Silver Coins in Canton* -- 17. Porcelain Evidence of Early Sino-African Exchange -- 18. Chinese Export Porcelain Collections in Sweden -- 19. History of Chinese-Swedish Relations -- 20. History of Chinese-Pakistani Relations -- 21. King of Anxi’s Mansion Site in the Yuan, and Arabic Magic Squares -- 22. Supplementary Study of First Introduction of Western Smallpox Vaccination into China -- 23. A Brief Discussion of Sweet Potatoes and Dioscorea -- 24. Carnelian beads with etched patterns that were excavated in China -- 25. The Study of Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions and Zodiacal Signs from the Star Map of the Liao Tomb in Xuanhua -- 26. Newly Discovered Ancient Silk Fabrics in Xinjiang——Qi, Jin and Xiu⃰ -- 27. History of Ancient Chinese Sericulture: Mulberry Trees, Silkworms, Silk Fibers and Textiles -- 28. Newly Discovered Silk Textiles in Turfan -- 29. The Silk Road and Silk from theHan to the Tang -- 30. Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of Nai Xia’s quintessential works on Silk Road studies. A key resource in the field of Silk Road Archaeology, it features in-depth content, a broad range of material, careful textual research, and meticulous analysis. With thorough investigations of foreign coinage, silk textiles, and artifacts with foreign styles excavated in different parts of China, it explores the exchange between ancient China and Central Asia, Western Asia, and Europe. In particular, this book provides detailed descriptions of the economic and cultural ties between ancient China, Pre-Islamic Arabia, the Sasanian Empire, and the Byzantine Empire. The research propounds innovative theories on the history and evolution of East-West transportation routes, i.e., the overland Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. Based on the study of ancient relics and excavated artifacts, it points out that cultural exchange along the Silk Road was never unilateral, but instead, mutual influence and cooperation were obvious. Since ancient times, countries along the Silk Road have had a tradition of amicable foreign relations and the promotion of common interests. The book is intended for academics, scholars and researchers.
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    ISBN: 9789048557424 , 9789463723299
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (280 pages) , digital, PDF file(s).
    Series Statement: Connected histories in the early modern world
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.40946
    Keywords: Women travelers Colonies 16th century ; History ; Women travelers Colonies 17th century ; History ; Women travelers Colonies 18th century ; History ; Women Colonies 16th century ; Social conditions ; Women Colonies 17th century ; Social conditions ; Women Colonies 18th century ; Social conditions ; Voyages and travels History ; Spain History ; Latin America History ; Phlippines History
    Abstract: The new parameters of a global world in the early modern period gave rise to an expansion of movement that facilitated spatial and social mobility for women of different social ranks. Through their reexamination of archival documents and travel narratives, these essays investigate the opportunities for female mobility across the Spanish Empire, narrating the journeys of women who assumed new and unpredictable roles in distant environments. Some risked transoceanic journeys to hold positions of colonial power, while nuns traveled to found convents. Portuguese and Genoese women financiers and merchants traversed the Mediterranean to command enterprises in different cities. Breaking with tradition, the noblewomen considered in these essays exercised political agency as ambassadresses and diplomatic spies at various European courts. Still other women fled across borders from oppressive marriages or cross-dressed as soldiers to perform adventurous feats in support of imperial causes. Their frequently distorted histories, authored by men, have been revised and rectified by the authors of this volume.
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    ISBN: 9781009473415 , 9781009473392 , 9781009473408
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (x, 318 pages) , digital, PDF file(s).
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.8/620450904
    Keywords: Refugees History 20th century ; Italians History 20th century ; Decolonization History 19th century ; Decolonization History 20th century ; Mediterranean Region Emigration and immigration 19th century ; History ; Mediterranean Region Emigration and immigration 20th century ; History
    Abstract: How has migration shaped Mediterranean history? And what role did conflicting temporalities and the politics of departure play in the age of decolonisation? Using a microhistorical approach, Migration at the End of Empire explores the experiences of over 55,000 Italian subjects in Egypt during the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before 1937, Ottoman-era legal regimes fostered the coupling of nationalism and imperialism among Italians in Egypt, particularly as the fascist government sought to revive the myth of Mare Nostrum. With decolonisation, however, Italians began abandoning Egypt en masse. By 1960, over 40,000 had deserted Egypt; some as 'emigrants,' others as 'repatriates,'and still others as 'national refugees.' The departed community became an emblem around which political actors in post-colonial Italy and Egypt forged new ties. Anticipated, actual, and remembered departures of Italians from Egypt are at the heart of this book's ambition to rethink European and Mediterranean periodisation.
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    New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781003274797
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (227 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Routledge history of photography
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Polsky, Stephanie The Photographic Invention of Whiteness
    Keywords: Photography Influence ; History ; Photography Social aspects ; History ; Daguerreotype History ; White privilege (Social structure) History ; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art History ; White people in popular culture History ; ART / History / General ; PHOTOGRAPHY / History ; ART / Art & Politics ; Atlantischer Raum ; Kolonialismus ; Rassismus ; Europäer ; Weißsein ; Fotografie ; Geschichte 1839-1900
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    ISBN: 9781839765520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Uniform Title: Apocalypse joyeuse
    DDC: 303.48/3
    Keywords: Technology Social aspects ; History ; Technology Risk assessment ; History ; Industrialization Environmental aspects ; History ; Environmental risk assessment History ; Technology and civilization ; Technological innovations Environmental aspects ; History ; Technological innovations Social aspects ; History
    Abstract: "In Happy Apocalypse, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz - co-author of the highly successful The Shock of the Anthropocene - shows how debates on risk and profit in the Industrial Revolution set the foundations of our own precarious times"--
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    ISBN: 9783031387890
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVIII, 482 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave handbook of comparative new cinema histories
    Keywords: Motion pictures. ; Motion pictures ; Motion picture industry. ; Television broadcasting. ; Cinéma - Histoire ; Cinéma - Appréciation ; Motion pictures ; Motion pictures - Appreciation ; History ; Kino ; Entwicklung ; Großbritannien ; Europa ; Südamerika
    Abstract: This Handbook offers new and previously unexplored comparative approaches to the field of New Cinema History. The volume brings together contributions focussing on historical and contemporary comparative case studies of cinema-going practices, cinema distribution, exhibition and reception from a global perspective. Engaging with a wealth of empirical and archive-based sources the volume explores a wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches. This Handbook is a key addition to debates on the relationship between film industry and cinema-going practices across different political and cultural geographical dimensions. Daniela Treveri Gennari is Professor of Cinema Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is the Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded project European Cinema Audiences. Entangled Histories, Shared Memories. Her publications include, among others, the edited volume Rural Cinema Exhibition and Audiences in a Global Context (Palgrave, 2018). Lies Van de Vijver is Co-Investigator and project manager of European Cinema Audiences. She edited Mapping Movie Magazines: Digitization, Periodicals and Cinema History (Palgrave, 2020) with Daniel Biltereyst, runner-up for BAFTSS Best Edited Collection 2021. Pierluigi Ercole is Associate Professor of Film Studies at De Montfort University, UK. He is Co-Investigator for the AHRC-funded project European Cinema Audiences. Entangled Histories, Shared Memories.
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    ISBN: 9780198886396
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (601 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.7660940903
    Keywords: Homosexuality ; Homosexuality-Religious aspects ; Homosexuality History ; Homosexuality History ; Homosexuality Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History ; Homosexuality Religious aspects ; Islam ; History
    Abstract: Forbidden Desire is a pioneering study of the history of male-male sex in the whole of Early Modern Europe, including the European colonies and the Ottoman world.
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    Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108895996 , 1108895999
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: The Cambridge world history of sexualities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cambridge world history of sexualitie
    DDC: 306.709
    Keywords: Sex History ; Sexualité - Histoire ; Sex ; History
    Abstract: "Volume I offers historiographical surveys and general overviews of central topics, such as the sexual body, family, sexual violence, and erotic art and literature. A critical introduction to world sexualities for students and scholars alike"--
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    Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781108896078 , 1108896073
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: The cambridge world history of sexualities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cambridge world history of sexualitie
    DDC: 306.709
    Keywords: Sex History ; Sexualité - Histoire ; Sex ; History
    Abstract: "Volume IV examines the intersections of modernity and human sexuality through the forces, ideas, and events that have shaped the modern world. A critical insight into contemporary issues on sexualities with an interdisciplinary focus"--
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    Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC | New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US)
    ISBN: 9798400686900
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 336 pages) , cm
    Series Statement: Documentary and reference guides
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lederer, Laura, author Modern slavery
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.3/620973
    Keywords: Antislavery movements History ; Human trafficking History ; Slavery History ; Slaves Emancipation ; History
    Abstract: "In the United States, four distinct anti-slavery approaches emerged over the years. The four approaches identified are religious, abolitionist, human rights, and feminist. This book examines them chronologically and then in the context of modern-day slavery and trafficking. It is not our purpose to conduct a comparative analysis to emerge with the "best" approach of these four. In fact, each of these traditions is unique and plays an important role in the anti-slavery work. More important for our purposes, is to illustrate how they played off one another, strengthened one another, borrowed language and rhetoric from one another, often building on prior work while at the same time, pointing out, as the feminists do in past and present analysis, the way even anti-slavery activists leave women out of the equation"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Anti-slavery antecedents (16th-19th century) -- Early visionaries (1900-1990) -- Sounding the alarm: the problem Emerges (1990-2000) -- Governmental responses: codification and implementation -- A deeper understanding of the problem -- The next horizons.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge | London : Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781003440499 , 1003440495 , 9781003805557 , 1003805558 , 9781003805519 , 1003805515
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Routledge Jewish studies
    DDC: 305.48/8924
    Keywords: Jewish women History ; Jewish women Social conditions ; Jewish women Clothing ; History ; Jewish women Religious life ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
    Abstract: "Jewish Women: Between Conformity and Agency examines the concepts of gender and sexuality through the primary lens of visual and material culture from antiquity through to the present day. The backbone of this transhistorical and transcontextual study is the question of Jewish women's agency in four different geographical, chronological, and methodological contexts, beginning with women's dress codes in Roman-Byzantine Syro-Palestine, continuing with rituals of purity in medieval Ashkenaz, worship in papal Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin, and ending with marriage and divorce in Israeli film. Each of these explorations is interested in creating a dialogue between the patriarchal legacy of the traditional texts and the chronologically corresponding visual and material culture. The author challenges traditional approaches to the study of Jewish culture by employing tools from art history, archaeology, and film and media studies. It is argued that, in each of these different contexts, there is ample evidence that women-despite persistent overall structural discrimination-have found ways to challenge male constructs of gender norms. Ultimately, these examples from past and present times highlight women's eminence in shaping Jewish history and culture. Bringing a new interdisciplinary lens to the study of the history of gender and sexuality, the book will be of interest to students and researchers of Jewish history and culture, art history, archaeology, and film studies"--...
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    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    ISBN: 9781032668918 , 9781003830894
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (496 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 954
    Keywords: Anthropology ; Sufism History ; Hinduism Relations ; Islam ; Islam Relations ; Hinduism ; Hindus History ; India ; Muslims India ; History ; Religion and culture India ; India Civilization ; Indien ; Hinduismus ; Interreligiöser Dialog ; Islam ; Indien ; Hindu ; Muslim
    Abstract: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Assimilating Features of Indian Culture -- Chapter 2: Early Arab Contacts and the Advent of Islam in India -- Chapter 3: In Search of Equivalence : Interaction between Sufism and Hinduism -- Chapter 4: Sufi Ideals, Sufi Institutions and the Impact of Sufis on Indian Society and Culture -- Chapter 5: The Bhakti and Sufi Movements -- Chapter 6: The Efforts of Muslim Rulers for Unity and Harmony -- Chapter 7: The Syncretic Cults : Blending of Hindu-Muslim Elements -- Chapter 8: Mutual Influences on Social and Religious Life -- Chapter 9: Glimpses of Composite Indian Culture -- Chapter 10: Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191954313
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations.
    Series Statement: Oxford textual perspectives
    Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online
    DDC: 390.094209031
    Keywords: Customs and Folklore ; Cultural studies: customs & traditions ; England Court and courtiers 16th century ; History ; England Social life and customs 16th century
    Abstract: In this addition to the 'Oxford Textual Perspectives' series, Nadia T. Van Pelt takes the reader along to the dazzling world of the Tudor court culture: from music and drama, food and fashion, to the underlying religious, political, and dynastic trends that informed these cultural expressions.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2024 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781003342526
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: More than human humanities 1
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    RVK:
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    Keywords: Kolonialismus ; Rohstoff ; Indigenes Volk ; Landnutzung ; Kanada ; Reconciliation / Political aspects / Canada / Case studies ; Indigenous peoples / Land tenure / Canada / Case studies ; Colonization / History / Case studies ; Indigenous peoples / Canada / Government relations ; Canada / Politics and government ; Réconciliation / Aspect politique / Canada / Études de cas ; Autochtones / Terres / Canada / Études de cas ; Colonisation / Histoire / Études de cas ; Peuples autochtones / Canada / Relations avec l'État ; Canada / Politique et gouvernement ; Colonization ; Indigenous peoples / Government relations ; Indigenous peoples / Land tenure ; Politics and government ; Reconciliation / Political aspects ; Canada ; Case studies ; History ; Kanada ; Indigenes Volk ; Landnutzung ; Rohstoff ; Kolonialismus
    Abstract: "Extracting Reconciliation argues that reconciliation constitutes a critical contemporary mechanism through which colonialism is seeking to ensure continuing access to Indigenous lands and resources. Making use of two historical case studies concerned with the intersection of resource extraction, Crown/Inuit relations, and waste legacies in Nunavut, Turtle Island (Canada), the authors illuminate the mechanisms of colonial and neoliberal governance globally that promise reconciliation while delivering the status quo. Through Indigenous and non-Indigenous anticolonial and posthuman concepts and theories, the book engages with the inhuman politics of settler colonial extractivism, and explores the socio-ethical social justice dimensions, political possibilities, and environmental implications of a much more challenging and accountable reckoning between (settler) colonialism and Indigenous land rights. This book is of interest to students and scholars in gender studies, postcolonial studies, environmental studies, indigenous studies, and politics"--
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    ISBN: 9781003189350
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 455 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Series Statement: Routledge international handbooks
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Routledge handbook of environmental history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Routledge handbook of environmental history
    DDC: 304.209
    RVK:
    Keywords: Historische Umweltforschung ; Human ecology Cross-cultural studies History ; Environmental policy Cross-cultural studies ; Environnement Études transculturelles Politique gouvernementale ; HISTORY / Reference ; HISTORY / Study & Teaching ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography ; Environmental policy ; Human ecology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Cross-cultural studies ; History ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: "The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History presents a cutting-edge overview of the dynamic and ever-expanding field of environmental history. It addresses recent transformations in the field and responses to shifting scholarly, political, and environmental landscapes. The handbook fully and critically engages with recent exciting changes, contextualizes them within longer-term shifts in the field, and charts potential new directions for study. It focuses on five key areas: Theories and concepts related to changing considerations of social justice, including postcolonial, antiracist, and feminist approaches, and the field's growing emphasis on multiple human voices and agencies. The roles of non-humans and the more-than-human in the telling of environmental histories, from animals and plants to insects as vectors of disease and the influences of water and ice, the changing theoretical approaches and the influence of concepts in related areas such as animal and discard studies. How changes in theories and concepts are shaping methods in environmental history and shifting approaches to traditional sources like archives and oral histories as well as experiments by practitioners with new methods and sources. Responses to a range of current complex problems, such as climate change, and how environmental historians can best help mitigate and resolve these problems. Diverse ways in which environmental historians disseminate their research within and beyond academia, including new modes of research dissemination, teaching, and engagements with stakeholders and the policy arena. This is an important resource for environmental historians, researchers and students in the related fields of political ecology, environmental studies, natural resources management and environmental planning
    Note: Index: Seite 429-455
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    Oakland, California : University of California Press
    ISBN: 9780520382367 , 0520382366
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Herbert, Daniel, 1974- Maverick movies
    Keywords: New Line Cinema Corporation ; New Line Cinema Corporation ; 1900-2099 ; Motion picture studios History 20th century ; Motion picture studios History 21st century ; Studios de cinéma - Histoire - 20e siècle ; Studios de cinéma - Histoire - 21e siècle ; Motion picture studios ; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism ; History
    Abstract: "Maverick Movies tells the improbable story of New Line Cinema, a company that cut a remarkable path through the American film industry and movie culture. Founded in 1967 as an art-film distributor, New Line made a small fortune running John Waters's Pink Flamingos at midnight screenings in the 1970s and found reliable returns with the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise in the 1980s. By 2001, the company competed with the major Hollywood studios and reached global box-office success with the Lord of the Rings franchise. Blurring boundaries between high and low culture, between independent film and Hollywood, and between the margins and the mainstream, New Line Cinema offers a compelling case study of the evolution of contemporary film culture through the disintegration of the mass audience fostered by the classic Hollywood studios into the multitude of niche audiences that Hollywood seeks today"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : New Line Cinema and the shape of the modern movie business -- "Take a film where it will be most appreciated" : the first decade of New Line Cinema -- "So-called ancillary markets" : New Line takes the margins to the mainstream -- "Evolutions of identity" : New Line and the transformative 1990s -- "Upscale" Cinema : Fine Line Features and the indie boom of the 1990s -- One franchise to rule them all : New Line and The Lord of the Rings -- Conclusion : legends of the film industry.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Austin : University of Texas Press
    ISBN: 9781477328354
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (262 Seiten) , 36 b&w photos
    DDC: 306.7609794/61
    Keywords: HISTORY / General ; City planning Political aspects ; History ; Gay bars Political aspects ; History ; Gay bars History ; Sexual minority community Political activity ; History ; Sexual minority community History ; Urban renewal Political aspects ; History
    Abstract: A history of San Francisco that studies change in the postwar urban landscape in relation to the city's queer culture. The City Aroused is a lively history of urban development and its influence on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. By reconstructing the planning and queer history of waterfront drinking establishments, Damon Scott shows that urban renewal was a catalyst for community organizing among racially diverse operators and patrons with far-reaching implications for the national gay rights movement. Following the exclusion of suspected homosexuals from the maritime trades in West Coast ports in the early 1950s, seamen's hangouts in the city came to resemble gay bars. Local officials responded by containing the influx of gay men to a strip of bars on the central waterfront while also making plans to raze and rebuild the area. This practice ended when city redevelopment officials began acquiring land in the early 1960s. Aided by law enforcement, they put these queer social clubs out of business, replacing them with heteronormative, desexualized land uses that served larger postwar urban development goals. Scott argues that this shift from queer containment to displacement aroused a collective response among gay and transgender drinking publics who united in solidarity to secure a place in the rapidly changing urban landscape
    Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) , In English
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    ISBN: 9780191943881
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource , illustrations, maps.
    Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.6093667
    Keywords: Society ; Sociology & anthropology ; Spain Population To 1500 ; History ; Spain History Roman period, 218 B.C.-414 A.D
    Abstract: 'The Human Factor' establishes a foundation for the study of ancient demography in the Iberian Peninsula, focusing on its largest province, Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis. The authors take a multidisciplinary approach, compiling archaeological, epigraphic, architectonic, osteological, and genetic datasets. This comprehensive and detailed study of a single province is necessary to generate accurate demographic estimates and to compare it with datasets from other regions and historical periods. By examining the province of Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis in depth, the authors provide a detailed understanding of demographic patterns, urbanism, and urbanization rates over time, and link them with the social, cultural, and economic factors that affected the Iberian Peninsula and the Western Mediterranean from the fourth century BC until the end of the Roman period.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2024. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2024)
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    ISBN: 9780198910619
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource , illustrations.
    Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.853605483
    Keywords: Malayalis (Indic people) Social conditions ; Malayalis (Indic people) Social life and customs ; Immigrants Social conditions ; Migrant labor in literature ; Migrant labor in motion pictures ; Society ; Sociology & anthropology ; Persian Gulf States Emigration and immigration 20th century ; History ; Persian Gulf States Emigration and immigration 21st century ; History
    Abstract: This text studies various cultural aspects of the Gulf migrants in Kerala since the 1980s. It offers a detailed analysis by drawing from discussions in film studies, visual culture, and literary studies, while combining thematic and formal analyses of texts to address questions on collectivities and citizenship in globalization.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2024. - Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 1, 2024)
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Energy Study
    Keywords: Anchoring and Mooring ; Energy ; Energy Resources Development ; Energy Yield ; Environment ; Environment and Energy Efficiency ; Floating Solar Photovoltaics ; FSPV Ecosystem ; HSE ; Inverter ; Power Plants
    Abstract: This report builds a compelling case for India to look beyond land and institute an ecosystem that supports the installation and operationalization of floating solar photovoltaics (FSPV) power plants. Since these plants are installed on the underutilized surfaces of large water bodies, no land needs to be diverted from other uses. The installation of FSPVs also spurs job creation and catalyzes the development of a domestic value chain as some of the components, such as floaters, need to bemanufactured close to installation sites. They also provide a range of other benefits as they generate relatively more power than ground-mounted solar plants (due to the cooling effect of water) and better utilize shared infrastructure such as transmission systems, wherever available
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Keywords: Conflict and Development ; Damages ; Earthquake ; Environment ; Grade Methodology ; Herat Province ; Natural Disasters
    Abstract: Following the Herat province (Western Afghanistan) earthquake sequence of October 7 to 15, 2023, the World Bank carried out a remote desk-based assessment of the physical damages using the Global RApid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology. The objective of the assessment is to develop a model-based estimate of the direct physical (economic) damages to residential buildings (houses), non-residential buildings (e.g., education, health, worship, commercial, industrial assets) and infrastructure (e.g., transport, power, water, telecommunications), and to evaluate the spatial distribution of damages in order to support the development of a roadmap for recovery and reconstruction. This report summarizes the key findings of the assessment
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other ESW Reports
    Keywords: Adaptation to Climate Change ; Environment ; Green Transformation ; International Economics and Trade ; Plastic Substitutes ; Sustainability ; Trade ; Trade Policies ; Trade Policy
    Abstract: Climate change - and efforts to mitigate and adapt to it - will affect global flows of trade and Indonesia's ability to transition to a more environmentally sustainable economy on its path to become a high-income economy is, therefore, interlinked with trade policy. Environmental policy stringency (EPS) is increasing around the globe - a crucial challenge lies in harmonizing these with sustained economic growth, yet both goals can be reached. Although trade flows facilitate emissions, they are also a critical part of the solution, including through trade in environmental goods (EGs) and plastic substitutes - with important economic spillovers. This report provides a detailed analysis of the role of trade and trade policy on EGs and plastic substitutes in Indonesia's green transition. Chapter one describes the need for, and urgency of, this transition, by looking at the carbon intensity of Indonesia's trade, the impacts of environmental policies of Indonesia and key trading partners, and the roles of EGs. Chapter two examines where Indonesia stands on the level of trade in EGs and plastic substitutes and the competitiveness of EGs trade. Chapter three explores trade agreements and tariffs and simulates potential impacts of tariff reforms - including through multilateral actions. Chapter four examines what non-tariff measures (NTMs) apply on the products including inputs of firms exporting EGs and assesses which NTMs may be costly. Finally, chapter five concludes with policy recommendations
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Keywords: Cyclonic Storm ; Environment ; Grade Methodology ; Natural Disasters ; Rakhine State ; Social Protections and Assistance ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: Extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha made landfall as a Category 4-equivalent cyclone in the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale on Sunday May 14, 2023, at 07:07 UTC (14:07 local time) around Sittwe city, the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Given the fragile and conflict-affected situation with limited access in Myanmar, the World Bank has adopted the Global RApid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology to estimate damages arising from Cyclone Mocha. GRADE is a remote, desktop analysis to estimate damage to capital stock. This report summarizes the results of the GRADE conducted to assess damages following the impact of Extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha in Myanmar during May 2023
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (20 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Karayalcin, Cem Environmental Policy under Weak Institutions
    Keywords: Climate Change ; Development ; Environment ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Environmental Policy
    Abstract: Developing countries are facing mounting pressures to incorporate environmental concerns into their policy reform agendas. This paper finds that common environmental policies, such as levying taxes to reduce the excessive exploitation of natural assets, can be self-defeating when (i) institutions are weak and (ii) the general equilibrium effects of such policy actions are overlooked. This seemingly paradoxical result is driven by fundamental mechanisms in structural transformation frameworks, without the need for strong assumptions. It also carries a clear policy implication: environmental policies should be considered within a country's broader development context, rather than in isolation
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: IEG Independent Evaluations and Annual Reviews
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Economic Growth ; Environment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Law ; Gender Based Violence ; Gender Equality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Nonextractive Sectors ; Resilience
    Abstract: Papua New Guinea has abundant resources in the form of oil and mineral wealth. But a complex set of factors, including systemic gender inequality, underinvestment in non-extractive sectors, and fragility compounded by vulnerability to disasters caused by natural hazards act as barriers to sustainable and inclusive growth of the country. This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) report assesses the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank Group support to Papua New Guinea between fiscal year FY08 and FY23. It assesses the Bank Group's development effectiveness in addressing the above three core themes, namely: (i) lack of investment in Papua New Guinea's non-extractive sectors and their poor performance, (ii) the economic exclusion of women and gender-based violence (GBV) issues associated with it, and (iii) unmitigated risks of disaster from natural hazards, and violence, and conflict. The report answers three specific questions. The first explores the extent to which the Bank Group adapted its engagement in line with key constraints, including in relation to development partners, changes in country context, and lessons from experience. The second focuses on the results of Bank Group support and explanatory factors for results under each them, answered by applying a gender lens where relevant. The third question explores the extent to which the Bank Group successfully identified and addressed conflict, violence, and disaster from natural hazards risks. The report offers key lessons to inform the World Bank Group's future engagement with the country: (i) Data gaps need to be addressed to inform sound policy making and effective programming in Papua New Guinea. (ii) Declining governance quality and increasing bilateral aid will require the World Bank to reassess how it supports key policy reforms to achieve development impact, including through using DPOs. (iii) The Bank Group could elevate its impact on gender equality and GBV by shifting from a project-centric approach to a strategic country engagement approach. (iv) The negative effects that compound and interrelated risks pose to achieving development aims need to be addressed more comprehensively
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Public Environmental Expenditure Review
    Keywords: Access To Finance ; Adaptation To Climate Change ; Blended Concessional Finance ; Clean Energy ; Climate Investments ; Climate-Smart Agriculture ; Environment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Green Housing ; Solar Power ; Waste-To-Energy
    Abstract: The document collection focuses on the concept of blended finance for climate investments, emphasizing the need for innovative financial mechanisms to address climate change. It discusses the potential of blending public and private capital to mobilize investment in climate-related projects, aiming to achieve both environmental and financial returns. The collection explores various models and case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of blended finance in driving sustainable development and combating climate change on a global scale
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Keywords: Access To Finance ; CPGA ; Environment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Preparedness ; Natural Disasters ; Primary Response ; Risk ; Social and Livelihood Support ; Social Protections and Assistance ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: Crisis preparedness is cral to preventing shocks from becoming crises. Investments in ex ante preparedness are especially relevant in countries like Nepal that face high levels of exposure and vulnerability to a range of risks. In seeking to identify opportunities to strengthen the Government of Nepal's (GoN's) capacity to prepare for crisis events in an effective and timely manner, this Technical Annex presents findings from the application of the Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) diagnostic in the country. It provides details on findings and entry points across the five componnts of crisis preparedness. For a summary, please refer to the accompanying CPGA Nepal Briefing Note. Following a brief description of the CPGA methodology, the Technical Annex presents a summary of findings from each CPGA component alongside identification of entry points and opportunities to strengthen crisis preparedness in the country. To provide a holistic assessment of preparedness, the CPGA focuses on five core components of crisis preparedness. These are (i) Legal and Institutional Foundations, (ii) Understanding and Monitoring Risks, (iii) FinancialPreparedness, (iv) Primary Response, and (v) Social and Livelihood Support
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Artisanal Coastal Fleet ; Blue Cabotage ; Blue Economy ; Blue Tourism ; Coastal and Marine Environment ; Environment ; Investment Projects ; STP
    Abstract: The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome e Principe (STP) is the smallest independent island state in Africa, having gained independence in 1975, following the Seychelles. STP has a predominantly young population. However, as an island micro-state, the country faces many development problems specific to islands and small countries, such as weak governance capacity, the inability to provide basic services to the population, and a lack of adequate infrastructure (ports, electricity, airports). Additionally, high production and distribution costs of goods and services, including food products, exacerbate the poverty level of the population. The virtually nonexistent corporate structure and undiversified, highly dependent economy make the country vulnerable to exogenous shocks. To address these challenges, STP developed and adopted a Transition Strategy for the Blue Economy in December 2019. This strategy aims to establish the coherence of public policies linked to oceanic resources with the policies of other sectors, such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, and energy. The purpose of this paper is to consolidate the analysis of the three investment projects prioritized for inclusion in the National Investment Plan for the Blue Economy. While the report does not imply endorsement of these projects by the World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), its primary objective is to illuminate the drivers of cost and benefit associated with the priorities already identified by the government of Sao Tome e Principe
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Climate Resilient Transport ; Decarbonization ; Environment ; Green Growth ; Infrastructure Economics ; Infrastructure Economics and Finance ; Road and Bridge Infrastructure
    Abstract: At five percent of energy emissions, transport is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Indonesia. The rapid growth in vehicle fleet-personal passenger vehicles in particular is driving road transport emissions. Indonesian cities are suffering from severe congestion, air quality issues, and increasing numbers of road accidents and fatalities. Private transport dependence is increasing in Indonesian cities. The growth in Indonesia's urban population has led to a growth in urban area boundaries, suboptimal spatial patterns, and increased travel distances. The availability and quality of public transport is highly deficient and largely left to fragmented unorganized players with old and poorly maintained minivans (angkot). Electric vehicle mobility has been identified as a major prospective area of development for Indonesia. The market response has been timid so far and, despite the government electrification plans, the EV market uptake as a fraction of total vehicle sales is small Large gains in both economic development and climate mitigation benefits are possible through a more structured approach towards urban mobility
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Climate Change ; Environment ; Green Goods ; Green Technologies ; Green Trade ; International Economics and Trade ; Low-Carbon
    Abstract: Although Indonesia's economy has diversified over the past decades, natural resource extraction remains a key sector for both the domestic economy as well as international trade. Indonesia's ability to diversify away from primary products, reduce carbon emissions, adapt to climate change, and transition to a low-carbon economy is strongly interlinked with trade and trade policy. To position itself to benefit from the global transition to a non-carbon economy, Indonesia needs to adapt to new sources of international demand, adjust its existing productive capabilities, and cultivate new green industries. This note analyzes the carbon content of Indonesia's trade flows
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Keywords: Economic Growth ; Environment ; Inflation ; Macroeconomic Analysis of Economic Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; No Poverty ; Poverty and Climate Change ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Measurement ; Poverty Reduction ; SDG ; Sustainanble Development Goals
    Abstract: This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the Middle East and North Africa region. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross domestic product and gross domestic product per capita, and where available, other indicators such as primary school enrollment, life expectancy at birth, total greenhouse gas emissions and inflation, among others, are included for each country. In addition to the World Bank's most recent forecasts, key conditions and challenges, recent developments and outlook are briefly described for each country in the region
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Mobility and Transport Connectivity
    Keywords: Economic Growth ; Environment ; Finance and Development ; Infrastructure and Growth ; Public and Municipal Finance ; Rural Development ; Transport and Growth ; Urban Development
    Abstract: Transport is quickly evolving, adapting, shaping, and being shaped by global megatrends, promoting energy efficiency and environmental quality. The transportation system enables access to essential services and job opportunities and facilitates the production, trade, and distribution of goods. The transportation infrastructure and services that utilize it are vital to economic prosperity and social wellbeing, and sustainable and smart mobility is an essential ingredient to achieve poverty reduction and shared prosperity. Historically, rapid expansion of the transportation network has been associated with economic growth and social development; however, it is now widely recognized that infrastructure expansion alone is not sufficient to address contemporary transportation and mobility problems. Equally important is the need to utilize the existing system more efficiently and enable a wide array of mobility solutions and innovative approaches that meet increasingly diverse needs in varying environments. Given increasing levels of congestion, road crash, local air pollution, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, it is imperative to find a smarter path for future development. To many policy makers and practitioners, technological innovations are the key enablers of such transformation
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Capital Markets and Capital Flows ; Climate Change ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Rural Development ; Urban Development
    Abstract: This study's aim was to assess the growing flood risk Sao Tome and Principe (STP) faces due to climate change. It achieved this by carrying out a nationwide risk assessment for riverine and coastal flooding. The study used recently completed high-resolution national flood hazard data for the present climate (2020) and two projected climates (in 2050 and 2080), based on the climate scenario Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP)3-7.0, a medium to high reference scenario resulting from no additional climate policy under the SSP3 socioeconomic development narrative. This flood risk assessment examines the potential impacts and risks to people, buildings, healthcare facilities, the education sector, and tourism under both present and future climate conditions. It shows that flood risk is driven frequent flood events. There is a significant increase of flood risk under future climate conditions
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    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Keywords: Civil Registration ; Digital Societies ; Economic Forecasting ; Economic Growth ; Environment ; Governance ; Identification Systems ; Information and Communication Technologies ; Sustainable Development
    Abstract: The World Bank Group's Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative harnesses global and cross sectoral knowledge, World Bank financing instruments, and partnerships to help countries realize the transformational potential of identification (ID) systems, including civil registration (CR). The aim is to enable all people to exercise their rights and access better services and economic opportunities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is especially important as countries transition to digital economies, digital governments, and digital societies, where inclusive and trusted means of verifying identity are essential to ensure accessibility and data protection
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    Series Statement: Other ESW Reports
    Keywords: Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Landscape Management ; Public and Municipal Finance ; Public Sector Development ; Public Sector Management
    Abstract: This guide presents the Landscape Governance Assessment Tool (LGAT) and the Decision Support System (DSS). It is intended for people addressing a variety of problems linked to forested landscapes, such as alleviating rural poverty, restoring degraded lands, meeting national climate commitments, or conserving biodiversity. The LGAT measures the strengths and weaknesses of governance in a forested landscape. Drawing on expert and stakeholder knowledge, the LGAT assesses the quality of governance and produces a summary rating, called the Landscape Governance Index (LGI). The tool can be used at many stages of a project, but it is primarily intended to provide an informed starting point for discussing and designing governance reforms. The DSS component creates a roadmap for reform by identifying priority areas, generating ideas for reform, and analyzing them to arrive at practical ways forward. Overall, the tool identifies reform pathways that have a good chance of making a difference in the landscape. The LGAT score demonstrates the need, while stakeholder and expert involvement in both the measurement and DSS steps shape and garner support for reforms. The DSS analysis screens the reforms to identify those likely to be practical and effective
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  • 64
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    Series Statement: Health Sector Review
    Keywords: Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage ; Climate Change ; Critical Care ; Disaster Risk Exposure ; Environment ; Groundwater ; Health Care Systems ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Irrigation and Drainage ; Natural Hazards
    Abstract: Health care systems are at the frontline of delivering critical care during emergencies, mitigating illnesses and deaths. Yet many countries struggle to meet even routine demands for health care. Climate change, disasters, pandemics, and demographic changes are bound to increase pressures on already strained health systems (Rentschler and others 2021). Preparing and equipping health systems to adequately respond to crises are vital to ensure sustained access to health services and to provide reliable essential health care that protects people's well-being. Having a robust assessment of their country's health system's climate and disaster risk management (CDRM) capabilities allows policy makers to make these systems more resilient against shocks. This policy note introduces the Frontline Scorecard, a new rapid diagnostic tool that decision makers can use to conduct a high-level assessment of the CDRM capabilities of their health system, and illustrates its application in a case-study country, Belize
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    ISBN: 9781487555634 , 9781487555610
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 272 Seiten)
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    DDC: 306.76/62094309034
    Keywords: HISTORY / Europe / Germany ; Gay activists History 19th century ; Gay men Identity 19th century ; History
    Abstract: In 1864, the German jurist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs coined the term "urning" as a word for same-sex attracted men. Over the next few years, first anonymously and then publicly, he campaigned against the public persecution of these men. In response, some of his readers took on the urning terminology for themselves and engaged with Ulrichs to negotiate the finer points of their new identities. In Urning, Douglas Pretsell writes of same-sex attracted men in German-speaking Europe who used the neologism "urning" as a personal identity in the late nineteenth century. This was in the period before other terms such as "homosexual" gained currency. Drawing on letters, memoirs, and psychiatric case studies, the book uses first-hand autobiographical accounts to map out the contours of urning society. Urning further explores individual accounts of some urnings who attempted their own forms of activism to transform the world around them , even though they had no formal organization. As the century drew to a close, the efforts of Ulrichs and his urning followers paved the way for the launch of the world's first homosexual rights organization. Urning argues that the men who called themselves urnings were self-identified, self-constructed agents of their own destinies
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  • 66
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Feriga, Moustafa Amgad Moustafa Ahmed Moustafa The Impact of Climate Change on Work: Lessons for Developing Countries
    Keywords: Climate Change ; Climate Change and Labor ; Environment ; Labor Demand ; Labor Supply ; Productivity
    Abstract: What is the impact of climate change on labor Reviewing the evidence, this paper finds five areas of potential impact. Climate change may have an immediate effect on labor demand, labor supply and time allocation, on-the-job productivity, and income and vulnerability among the self-employed. In the medium term, climate change may lead to a reallocation of labor across economic activities and across space. Impact estimates typically rely on fixed effect estimation. These estimates require care when interpreted as they typically reflect the short-term direct impact of past events and abstract from potential adaptation. The paper discusses emerging work trying to address this, analyzing the responses by firms, farms, households, and workers. Together, the existing evidence points toward six potential areas of government response. Potential labor policies include green jobs, green skills, labor-oriented adaptation, flexible work regulation, labor market integration, and social protection. The paper concludes by setting out avenues for future research in this field
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  • 67
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Floreani, Vincent A Costing Disasters: Hedonic Pricing, Neighborhood Effects, and the Nepal Gorkha Earthquakes
    Keywords: Climate Change Economics ; Earthquakes ; Environment ; Hedonic Price ; Housing Prices ; Imputed Rent ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microsimulation ; Natural Disaster ; Natural Disasters ; Neighborhood Effects ; Spatial Economics ; Welfare
    Abstract: Disasters are frequent and clearly harmful in developing countries, but precisely estimating their overall cost and distributional impact is challenging. This paper proposes a microsimulation approach to do so rapidly, borrowing concepts from both poverty analysis and urban economics. Because housing prices reflect the present value of a specific bundle of living conditions, local earnings opportunities, and local access to services, their change in the aftermath of a disaster can be interpreted as a measure of the welfare cost incurred by households. A hedonic pricing function is used to estimate such changes based on the destruction experienced by the dwellings themselves, but also on the overall destruction suffered by their surrounding areas. The first element captures the damage from worse living conditions, whereas the second captures the loss from diminished earnings opportunities and access to services. The proposed approach is illustrated by estimating the cost of the 2015 Gorkha earthquakes in Nepal. Overall, the estimated impact is comparable to that from the official assessment. But its spatial distribution is significantly different due to the pivotal influence of neighborhood effects
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  • 68
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (57 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Artuc, Erhan Trade, Outsourcing, and the Environment
    Keywords: Border Carbon Adjustment ; Carbon Policy and Trading ; Carbon Tariffs ; Carbon Tax ; CO2 Emission Leakage ; Environment ; Environment and Trade ; Environmental Policy ; International Economics and Trade ; Law and Development ; Tax Law
    Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of carbon taxation and border carbon adjustments in a setting where firms can choose to respond to taxation by abating or by outsourcing part of their production. For this, this paper sets up a general equilibrium trade model, calibrated with world trade and input-output data that features a discrete choice production structure, where the producers choose between outsourcing or abating emission-intensive intermediate production steps. The paper finds that border adjustments that cannot target scope 3 emissions can lead to outsourcing, and thus leakage, further down the value chain, but nevertheless induce higher abatement both in the countries that impose the border adjustment and in the ones affected by it
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  • 69
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fiuratti, Frederico Are Regional Fiscal Multipliers on EU Structural and Investment Fund Spending Large? A Reassessment of the Evidence
    Keywords: Agriculture ; Covid-19 Economic Recovery Package ; Environment ; EU Economies ; European Union ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Crisis Management and Restructuring ; Fiscal Multiplier ; Green Issues ; Monetary Union ; Short-Term Regional Fiscal Stimulus ; Social Risk Management ; Sustainable Green Growth
    Abstract: The European Commission's "NextGenerationEU" COVID-19 recovery package has underscored interest in the size of regional fiscal multipliers in Europe. While the objective of these funds is the long-term transformation toward more sustainable green growth and digitalization in EU economies, several recent papers have also focused on their short-term stimulatory effects and have estimated large short-term regional multipliers on historical EU structural and investment fund spending. This has contributed to a view that EU funds can boost growth substantially not only in the long term, but also in the short term in countries receiving large flows, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper reevaluates the evidence by estimating regional short-term multipliers using recent data on EU fund spending and a leave-one-out predicted disbursement schedule instrument. In contrast with much of the recent literature, there is little evidence of large relative GDP multipliers at either the national or subnational level in the short term. This is despite a strong response of regional investment to EU funds, which often increases euro for euro. The results suggest that expectations should be tempered on using EU structural and investment funds as a tool for short-term regional fiscal stimulus, and instead policy makers may want to focus on the long-term benefits of EU funds, in line with their original purpose
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  • 70
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Keywords: Adaptation to Climate Change ; Climate Change ; Environment ; Food Security ; Fragile Recovery ; Pollitical Challenges ; Water Resources ; Water Security
    Abstract: Somalia has remained on a strong economic reform path despite the various global and exogenous shocks that have continued to buffet the economy. Recurrent climate-related shocks, such as cycles of droughts, floods, locusts' infestation, higher international commodity prices, as well as increased insecurity and conflict, have interrupted the country's growth trajectory. However, this has not deterred the country's commitment to continue advancing reforms to strengthen key economic institutions and promote macroeconomic stability and recovery. As a result, Somalia has continued to make progress toward meeting the conditions for achieving the heavily indebted poor country (HIPC) completion point in December 2023. Within the framework of resilience, the eighth edition of the World Bank's Somalia economic update series provides an in-depth analysis of recent economic developments and growth outlook and makes a case for integrating climate change with Somalia's growth agenda. This report highlights macroeconomic policies and reforms that promote inclusive growth and institutional building including enhancing fiscal space for development priorities while strengthening expenditure controls; strengthening financial integrity; integrating Somalia into the global financial system; and improving debt management
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  • 71
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rosenow, Samuel Kaspar Turning Risks into Reward: Diversifying the Global Value Chains of Decarbonization Technologies
    Keywords: Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases ; Decarbonization ; Decarbonization Technologies ; Energy ; Energy Finance ; Environment ; Export Strength Index ; Global Value Chains ; Net-Zero Emissions
    Abstract: Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 requires unprecedented scaling up in the global deployment of critical decarbonization technologies, such as solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. This challenge is currently rife with both risks and rewards: while securing an adequate supply of these technologies has become an urgent policy priority for many countries, their high-growth global value chains also offer lucrative benefits for those able to meet the burgeoning global demand. Although recent policy responses have sought to nearshore production to reduce risks and capitalize on rewards, this paper instead lays out an evidence-based strategy to help diversify the global value chains of decarbonization technologies across countries with latent production capabilities and resource endowments. To that end, it constructs a new dataset of traded products, components, and materials associated with decarbonization technologies; develops new indexes capturing countries' current export strengths and future diversification potential in these global value chains; and highlights products with supply risks due to high market concentration levels and those with development rewards in terms of their potential for growth, knowledge spillovers, and technological upgrading. Taken together, the evidence supports the idea that there is plenty of opportunity to diversify these value chains across a larger number of countries to avoid the risks associated with reliance on only a few countries
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    Series Statement: Energy Study
    Keywords: Adaptation to Climate Change ; Decarbonization ; Energy ; Energy Transition ; Environment ; Gas Security ; Renewable Energy ; Urban Development
    Abstract: Since February 2022, geopolitical events have made clear Europe's need to diversify its energy sources and avoid excessive dependence on fossil fuel imports. The drop in Russian natural gas flows to Europe in 2022 marked the single largest supply shock in the history of global gas markets. It caused a significant increase in prices of electricity and heating services for consumers across the continent. With Europe's high reliance on imported natural gas, reestablishing energy security is a paramount objective. But how security can be achieved is subject to many uncertainties. Although Central Asia is not as dependent on gas imports as other parts of the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, it has not been spared an energy crisis. Chronic underinvestment and the harshest winter conditions in decades resulted in significant blackouts in power and heating during the winter of 2022/23. -- This report analyzes the implications of the 2022/2023 energy crises over the short and long term, observing possible energy scenarios through 2060 in the Bank's ECA region and examining three key questions: -- What is the state of energy security in ECA in the wake of recent geopolitical events? -- What will it take to decarbonize the ECA energy system? -- What are the main uncertainties?
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    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Keywords: Adaptation to Climate Change ; Climate Change Adaptation ; Environment ; Mena ; Natural Disasters ; Risk Management
    Abstract: The Algeria Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic was developed as part of World Bank technical assistance to the Algerian government. The diagnostic offers a concise overview of the country's disaster risk profile, delves into the macroeconomic implications of disasters, outlines Algeria's advancements in disaster risk management (DRM), and highlights ongoing challenges within the DRM sector. This report aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of Algeria's DRM sector and identify key priority areas to enhance the country's resilience. This diagnostic was developed through a robust partnership between the World Bank and the National Delegation for Major Risks (DNRM) under the Algerian Ministry of Interior, Local Authorities and Territorial Development (MICLAT) from 2021 to 2023. It represents the culmination of an extensive review of over 500 documents, a comprehensive multi-stakeholder consultation workshop conducted in July 2021, and bilateral interviews held between March and October 2021 with the DNRM and all DRM stakeholders in Algeria. An initial version was completed in November 2021, which was further refined in 2022 and 2023 based on feedback received from Algerian counterparts through additional discussions, email correspondences, and recommendations from World Bank experts
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (41 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Giuliano, Fernando The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Shocks in Uruguay
    Keywords: Climate Change ; Climate Change Impacts ; Climate Shocks ; Droughts ; Econometrics ; Economic Forecasting ; Environment ; Environmental Disasters and Degradation ; Floods ; Macro-Structural Model ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
    Abstract: Uruguay is an economy that is vulnerable to precipitation patterns, as evidenced during the country's historic 2022/23 drought. Yet, and despite its rich macroeconomic and climate data environment, the country does not have a consistent macroeconomic model to address the aggregate impact of climate shocks, let alone the expected additional impact from climate change. This paper intends to fill this gap by integrating climate shocks into the World Bank's Macro-Fiscal Model, its workhorse structural macroeconomic projection model. Building on existing country studies on the sectoral effects of droughts and floods, the analysis finds that the volatility of a simulated Uruguayan economy only subject to historical climate shocks reaches 22 percent of the historical volatility of gross domestic product. Moreover, as climate shocks are only one of many shocks that can simultaneously affect an economy, incorporating exogenous macroeconomic shocks into historical climate shocks exacerbates volatility and increases potential losses. Gross domestic product can fall by 2.3 percent under a combined negative climate and macroeconomic shock of the type witnessed once every six years on average, and 4.1 percent under a once-in-40-years combined negative shock. Climate change compounds these effects going forward, worsening the magnitude of the downside risks from droughts by between 18 and 30 percent, although estimates incorporating climate change are subject to large uncertainty. The order of magnitude of these effects calls for a more systematic consideration of climate shocks in macroeconomic projections and fiscal risk assessments for Uruguay
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (36 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rexer, Jonah Climate Change Adaptation: What does the Evidence Say?
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Climate Change Adaptation ; Climate Change Impacts ; Diversification ; Environment ; Meta-Analysis ; Public Goods ; Reallocation ; Technology Adoption ; Transfers
    Abstract: Adapting to climate change is an increasingly urgent policy priority in lower- and middle-income countries. This systematic review summarizes the current state of the literature on adaptation to climate change, and conducts a quantitative meta-analysis of the effectiveness of climate adaptation. The meta-analysis reveals that observed adaptations offset 46 percent of climate losses on average, with firms using more effective adaptation strategies than households and farmers. The review identifies several key lessons. First, purely private adaptations to climate shocks tend to be less effective than those from public infrastructure and services, although neither by itself is generally sufficient to fully offset the effects of climate change. Second, some adaptations may reduce climate losses in the present, but in the long-run, households, firms, and farmers might be better-served by reducing their climate exposure. Third, the literature tends to focus on adaptation by households and farmers, neglecting firms. Finally, productivity losses from climate shocks may be offset if capital and labor can adjust across sectors and locations, but constraints on these reallocations have not been sufficiently studied
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (43 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Letta, Marco Climate Immobility Traps: A Household-Level Test
    Keywords: Adaptation ; Adaptation To Climate Change ; Causal Forests ; Climate Change Impacts ; Climate Migration ; Environment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Household Data ; Housing Finance ; Immobility Traps
    Abstract: The complex relationship between climate shocks, migration, and adaptation hampers a rigorous understanding of the heterogeneous mobility outcomes of farm households exposed to climate risk. To unpack this heterogeneity, the analysis combines longitudinal multi-topic household survey data from Nigeria with a causal machine learning approach, tailored to a conceptual framework bridging economic migration theory and the poverty traps literature. The results show that pre-shock asset levels, in situ adaptive capacity, and cumulative shock exposure drive not just the magnitude but also the sign of the impact of agriculture-relevant weather anomalies on the mobility outcomes of farming households. While local adaptation acts as a substitute for migration, the roles played by wealth constraints and repeated shock exposure suggest the presence of climate-induced immobility traps
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    Series Statement: Mobility and Transport Connectivity
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Carbon Emissions and Transport ; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases ; Environment ; Green Growth ; Rail Greenhouse Gas Analysis ; Railways ; Transport ; Urban Development
    Abstract: Railways are a low carbon way to access opportunities and move goods to markets. To realize the benefits of railways in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), an estimated USD 25-80 billion of investment annually will be needed. Many organizations and investors want to support green activities and a variety of climate finance sources and instruments have been developed todo just that. However, railways have had limited success in accessing climate specific financing instruments. This report examines the experience in attracting financing from climate-specific financing instruments of railways in LMICs. The review encompasses private sector climate finance, whose resources could potentially meet the entire rail financing gap, as well as carbon markets, and other results-based climate finance and climate funds
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    Series Statement: Other Urban Study
    Keywords: Energy ; Energy Efficiency ; Energy Production and Transportation ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Finance and Development ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Human Development and Gender ; Private Sector Development
    Abstract: In December 2021, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) published Cambodia's Long-Term Strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN), which outlines the country's vision in achieving a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. As part of the long-term strategies to achieve net-zero emissions, the RGC set targets for decarbonizing the transportation sector through a combination of measures, including electrifying 70 percent of motorcycles, and 40 percent of cars and urban buses by 2050. It also aims to have 30 percent of mode share by public transport in cities by 2050
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    Series Statement: Other Health Study
    Keywords: CHVA ; Climate and Health ; Climate Change Adaptation ; Climate Change and Health ; Climate Change Impacts ; Environment ; Health Risks ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Vulnerability
    Abstract: The objective of this Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) is to assist decision-makers in Colombia with planning effective adaptation measures to deal with climate-related health risks. This assessment includes sub-national considerations for health-related climate action (see Annex A for the methodology). Sub-national considerations are given for Colombia's 32 departments (see Figure 1). It also incorporates data from a Climate and Health Economic Valuation conducted by the World Bank to estimate of the potential economic costs of health impacts arising from projected changes in temperature and precipitation (see Annex B for the methodology). The findings from this CHVA are organized under four sections. Section I characterizes the climatology in Colombia, highlighting observed and projected climate exposures relevant to health. Section II describes key climate-related risks to health, including nutrition and food security, vector-borne diseases (VDBs), water-borne diseases, increasing temperatures, air quality, and zoonotic diseases. Section III analyzes the adaptive capacity and readiness of Colombia's health system to prevent and manage climate-related health risks. Recommendations are discussed in Section IV
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  • 80
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    Series Statement: Other Urban Study
    Keywords: Demographics and Aging ; Economic Development ; Economic Growth and Planning ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Human Development and Gender ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Strategy and Policy ; Urban and Rural Development ; Urban Development ; Urban Economic Development
    Abstract: This report begins with an Executive Summary, which introduces the territorial development approach and the rationale for applying it in Lesotho's development context before going on to summarize key takeaways and recommendations. It is followed by four chapters: chapter 1, Introduction, lays out the country context, presenting in brief Lesotho's economic and demographic situation, population projections, governmental structure, and poverty profile and the government's goals. Chapter 2, territorial development framework and analysis in Lesotho, discusses the territorial development approach, its objectives, and the challenges it aims to address before presenting a customized 2 by 2 territorial framework for Lesotho and explaining how it can be applied. Chapter 3, analyzing Lesotho's Challenges through a Territorial Lens, lays out a spatial analysis centering on four development challenges: economic opportunities, internal connectivity and regional integration, access to basic services, and climate preparedness. To highlight the challenges, the chapter includes 4D heat maps linked to density, distance, disparity, and disaster risk. It also summaries case studies and real-life applications of the territorial development approach in Lesotho. Full case studies are in an annex. Chapter 4, recommendations, covers guiding principles and recommendations based on the territorial development approach and analysis
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    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Environment ; Environmental Protection ; Policies ; Pollution ; Solid Waste ; Waste Management ; Water Supply and Sanitation
    Abstract: Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is a matter of concern. To reverse current trends related to waste generation, pollution, and resource management, active collaboration between the various waste actors including governments, civil society, and the private sector will be required along with sustained behavior change. This compendium is designed to help decision-makers - including policy makers, policy professionals, and practitioners-investigate, understand, and respond to waste management challenges in their communities through interventions considering a behavioral science lens. The document contains short case studies that uncover and highlight where and what behavioral tools were applied along three main challenges, that is, getting people to generate less waste, getting people to use waste services, and getting people to be more sustainable with their waste
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    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Access To Finance ; Ecosystem Restoration ; Environment ; Environmental Protection ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financing Needs ; Nature Loss ; Private Sector Development ; Private Sector Economics ; Private Sector Investment
    Abstract: Ecosystem restoration is critical to the global ambition of halting and reversing nature loss. Tremendous efforts have been deployed globally to conserve the remaining rainforests, grasslands, rivers and lakes, reefs and mangroves, and other ecosystems that are critical for safeguarding biodiversity and the ecosystem services that humanity depends on. However, the extent of environmental degradation is such that recovering the productivity of ecosystems where it has been lost is equally important - for nature, communities, and economic sectors. While restoration is often viewed as the purview of the public sector, this report demonstrates opportunities for private sector investment. It aims to shift the perception that restoration finance is limited to grant funding from domestic and international public sources only. Drawing on case studies, it highlights the investment drivers and entry points for private finance in restoration projects. The financing models presented also point to opportunities for replication and scaling. This report is a product of the Finance Task Force of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The United Nations Decade aims to drive the restoration of one billion hectares of degraded land between now and 2030. The role of the Finance Task Force, chaired by The World Bank, is to catalyze action that can contribute to unlocking the capital needed to meet the United Nations Decade's goals
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    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions ; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases ; Digitalization ; Energy Footprint ; Environment ; GHG ; ICT Policy and Strategies ; ICT Sector ; Information and Communication Technologies
    Abstract: Digitalization is increasing rapidly worldwide, requiring more energy, and resulting in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) two thirds of the world's population are now online. Estimates of the internet and communication technology (ICT) sector's share of global carbon emissions vary across the literature ranging from 1.5 to 4 percent. Based on the data and estimates in this report at least 1.7 percent of global emissions stem from the ICT sector. Meanwhile, one-third of the world's population, or 2.6 billion people, remain unconnected to the internet. The large majority, about 94 percent, live in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), and less than 20 percent of LMICs have modern data infrastructure, such as co-location data centers and access to cloud computing. Connecting people in these countries will require more infrastructure and devices, which will further increase demand for scarce energy resources and drive emissions even higher if targeted interventions are not implemented. The objective of this report is two-fold. First, the report breaks down the energy and emissions profile of the sector and assesses the 30 highest emitting countries for telecommunications while providing global estimates for other ICT sector segments. The report uses a key framework for categorizing energy use and emissions, the greenhouse gas protocol corporate standard. Second, the report addresses the policy and regulatory implications inferred from this data and the examination of these issues through several country case studies
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    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Keywords: Conflict and Development ; Disaster Management ; Earth Observation ; Environment ; ICT Applications ; ICT Data and Statistics ; Information and Communication Technologies ; Natural Disasters ; Natural Hazards ; World Settlement Footprint (WSF)
    Abstract: Earth observation is a crucial source of accurate and up-to-date information of Earth's natural and manmade environments that are critical when planning for, responding to, and mitigating the effects of natural hazards. Satellites that regularly collect images of the entire globe combined--with machine learning algorithms to process them more efficiently--have the potential to provide timely, standardized, verifiable, and scalable information. This report focuses on the use of Earth observation to identify built-up areas exposed to natural hazards. It describes the World Settlement Footprint (WSF) suite of derived datasets, developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Google Earth Engine team, and the World Bank. These gridded datasets capture the extent of built-up areas from 1985-2015 and again for 2019, estimated building heights, impervious surfaces, and estimated population. Earth observation derived information is particularly useful for standardized and recurring World Bank operations. The report looks at several World Bank operations, and the key insights provided through analysis incorporating the various WSF suite products
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  • 85
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other ESW Reports
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Climate Change ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Environment ; IDA19 ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Rating System ; Resilience ; RRS
    Abstract: In response to the growing recognition that measuring inputs, such as climate finance, is not enough to capture the impacts of investments, the World Bank Group developed the Resilience Rating System (RRS). Developed over a two-year, multi-sectoral consultative process through close collaboration with internal and external actors, the RRS methodology aims to guide investment decisions and improve climate resilience in project design and outcomes. The methodology report is publicly available. The RRS evaluates and rates investment projects from C to A+, based on their resilience attributes in two complementary dimensions. The resilience of rating considers a project's design, reflecting the confidence that it will achieve its expected objectives and maximize development benefits in the face of climate and disaster risks. The resilience through rating considers a project's outcomes and reflects its contribution to improving climate resilience in the broader community, sector and systems, and to driving transformational adaptation. Combining the two dimension ratings provides an overall project rating, from CC to A+A+
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  • 86
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs)
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Climate Change Adaptation ; Economic Growth ; Environment ; Finance ; Inlcusive Growth ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Reduction ; Resilience
    Abstract: This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia's development trajectory through the lens of the country's vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia's development risks and opportunities, models various scenarios of climate impact and intervention, and proposes ways to strengthen resilience and finance climate actions that support Liberia's development aspirations of inclusive growth and poverty reduction
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  • 87
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other ESW Reports
    Keywords: Business Environment ; Climate Adaptation ; Environment ; Flood Risks ; Natural Disasters ; Private Sector Development ; Private Sector Resilience
    Abstract: Building resilience to natural disasters is imperative for sustainable private sector development and growth in Malaysia. Floods have been Malaysia's most frequent natural disaster, accounting for 85 percent of all natural disasters since 2000. This report looks holistically at the challenges of adaptation to climate change for businesses, exploring the complementarity among the public sector, the financial sector, and the private sector efforts in managing flood risks. It does so by using a range of complementary analyses that bring together the private sector perspective drawn from a firm-level survey, the financial sector perspective based on a survey of financial institutions (both banks and insurers and takaful operators), along with macro-modelling estimates of the aggregate impacts of future floods. The report concludes with a roadmap for policy action to strengthen private sector resilience and enhance the management of flood risks for businesses, zooming in on policies for the financial sector
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  • 88
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Urban Study
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Madagascar urbanization review
    Keywords: Verstädterung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtplanung ; Politische Planung ; Adaptation To Climate Change ; City Development Strategies ; Environment ; Government Capacity ; Integrated Approach ; Sustainable Urban Growth ; Urban Development ; Urban Policies ; Urbanization ; Madagaskar
    Abstract: The Madagascar Urbanization Review aims to: - Contribute to the 2019 National Policy for Urban Development (Politique National de Developpement Urbain), the main policy document outlining the priorities for cities in Madagascar. - Serve as a diagnostic tool to identify the key barriers to sustainable and equitable urban growth in the country - Offer a set of recommended investment priorities and their sequencing, to support governments in making informed decisions on the future development of cities. - Promote an integrated approach to urban development and improve government capacity. - Promote an integrated approach to urban development and improve government capacity. - Help city leaders and national policy makers to: i. Think strategically about the opportunities offered by urbanization; ii. Address key bottlenecks that are holding back the potential benefits of urbanization; iii. Develop plans to address cities' most pressing issues; and iv. Build consensus between the national and local levels to drive the urban policy agenda
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  • 89
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Adaptation to Climate Change ; Climate Change ; Economic Growth and Planning ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Finance and Development ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Poverty Reduction
    Abstract: Pakistan is at a critical decision point. While there have been recent important examples of reform progress, economic policies over past years and decades have had overall negative impacts on sustainability, productivity, and investment. As Pakistan has fallen behind its peers, progress with poverty reduction has ceased. Human development outcomes remain dire, while the benefits of growth have accrued disproportionately to a narrow elite. Amid continued rapid population growth and a youth bulge, a growing number of young Pakistanis are frustrated by the lack of opportunities, with prospects for young women especially bleak. Pakistan is among the countries most impacted by climate change, and recent events, including the 2022 floods, have highlighted the urgent need for investment in climate resilience. The economy is now, again, sustained by a short-term International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, inflation is at record highs, the rupee has depreciated sharply, while foreign exchange reserves remain at uncomfortably low levels. Recent policy measures (including the restoration of exchange rate flexibility, subsidy reforms, and movements towards fiscal constraint) have supported economic stabilization, but the underpinning drivers of Pakistan's economic fragility remain to be addressed. This note presents critical policy shifts required to move beyond the current low equilibrium towards sustainable and inclusive economic development and poverty reduction. This note summarizes the accompanying series of policy notes. It: (i) outlines Pakistan's current development challenge; (ii) identifies the critical constraints to faster development progress; (iii) describes the major policy shifts that will be required to address current constraints; and (iv) presents broad principles to guide implementation of required reforms
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  • 90
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (38 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Calice, Pietro Just Transition: Issues for Central Banks and Financial Regulators
    Keywords: Climate Change ; Climate Finance ; Energy ; Energy Transition ; Environment ; Financial Regulators ; Social Changes
    Abstract: Recent calls on central banks and financial regulators to use the tools at their disposal to help mitigate the negative economic and social impacts of climate policies are based on several false analogies between the energy transition and the "just" energy transition. The same false analogies explain why voluntary efforts to incorporate just transition considerations into private financial decisions and products copying approaches from climate finance have so far failed to gain traction. None of the above invalidates the just transition as a political aspiration. However, only the government has the legitimacy and authority to identify the regions or sectors where the negative impacts of the energy transition are to be mitigated, determine the extent and instruments for this mitigation, and adjust them over time in line with shifting social preferences. This is an essentially political task that cannot be delegated to technocratic agencies. Nevertheless, within the parameters established by the government, central banks and financial regulators can play a supporting role by ensuring accurate data on the social impact of the energy transition, enforcing disclosure requirements, sensitizing financial firms to just transition--related risks, and raising awareness among financial firms. However, they must be cautious not to overstep their mandate, and remain mindful of the limitations of their toolkit and of the risks and potential unintended consequences of their actions
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  • 91
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (59 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trinh, Trong-Anh Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality? An Updated Review
    Keywords: Chronic Poverty ; Climate Change ; Climate Change Economics ; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases ; Environment ; Global Warming ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty ; Transient Poverty
    Abstract: This paper offers an updated and comprehensive review of recent studies on the impact of climate change, particularly global warming, on poverty and inequality, paying special attention to data sources as well as empirical methods. While studies consistently find negative impacts of higher temperature on poverty across different geographical regions, with higher vulnerability especially in poorer Sub-Saharan Africa, there is inconclusive evidence on climate change impacts on inequality. Further analysis of a recently constructed global database at the subnational unit level derived from official national household income and consumption surveys shows that temperature change has larger impacts in the short term and more impacts on chronic poverty than transient poverty. The results are robust to different model specifications and measures of chronic poverty and are more pronounced for poorer countries. The findings offer relevant inputs into current efforts to fight climate change
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  • 92
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (46 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Behrer, Arnold Patrick In Most Low- and Middle-Income Countries Pollution Levels Are Higher in Wealthier Areas
    Keywords: Air Pollution ; Air Quality and Clean Air ; Ambient Air Pollution ; Economic Concentration ; Environment ; Large Cities ; Pollution Management and Control ; Urban Environment
    Abstract: Air pollution is a major threat to health, and the dangers are particularly acute in low- and middle-income countries. However, little is known about how the burden of pollution is spread across the wealth distribution in these countries. This paper uses new data providing high-resolution wealth estimates for more than 100 low- and middle-income countries, combined with equally high-resolution estimates of air pollution, to estimate how wealth is correlated with ambient air pollution around the world. The findings show that on average air pollution is positively correlated with wealth, but the relationship is highly heterogeneous across countries. The fact that air pollution and wealth are both disproportionately high in urban areas, where economic activity is largely concentrated, appears to drive this relationship. When the analysis is limited to anthropogenic sources of pollution, the relationship becomes less heterogeneous and more systematically positive. The paper also examines the relationship between pollution exposure and wealth within large cities around the world. Again, the findings show substantial heterogeneity across cities. The paper explores several hypotheses for this heterogeneity but does not find a single explanation. Economic concentration within cities appears to explain some of the relationship. Cities with more concentrated economic opportunity tend to have more positive correlations between pollution and wealth
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  • 93
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (28 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Triyana, Margaret Climate Shocks and the Poor: A Review of the Literature
    Keywords: Climate Change ; Climate Change and Environment ; Distributional Impact ; Environment ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Meta Analysis ; Natural Disasters ; Poverty
    Abstract: There is a rapidly growing literature on the link between climate change and poverty. This study reviews the existing literature on whether the poor are more exposed to climate shocks and whether they are more adversely affected. About two-thirds of the studies in our analyzed sample find that the poor are more exposed to climate shocks than is the rest of the population and four-fifths of the studies find that the poor are more adversely affected by climate shocks than is the rest of the population. Income and human capital losses tend to be concentrated among the poor. These findings highlight the potential long-term risk of a climate-change induced poverty trap and the need for targeted interventions to protect the poor from the adverse effects of climate shocks
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  • 94
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (37 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bauer, Adam Michael How Delayed Learning about Climate Uncertainty Impacts Decarbonization Investment Strategies
    Keywords: Adjustment Costs ; Carbon Policy and Trading ; Carbon Price ; Climate Change and Environment ; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases ; Climate Risk ; Environment ; Green Investment ; Stochastic Modeling
    Abstract: The Paris Agreement established that global warming should be limited to "well below" 2?C and encouraged efforts to limit warming to 1.5?C. Achieving this goal presents a significant challenge, especially given the presence of (i) economic inertia and adjustment costs, which penalize a swift transition away from fossil fuels, and (ii) climate uncertainty that, for example, hinders the ability to predict the amount of emissions that can be emitted before a given temperature target is passed, which is often referred to as the remaining carbon budget. This paper presents a modeling framework that explores optimal decarbonization investment strategy when both delayed learning about the remaining carbon budget and adjustment costs are present. The findings show that delaying learning about the remaining carbon budget impacts investment in three ways: (i) the cost of policy increases, especially when adjustment costs are present; (ii) abatement investment is front-loaded relative to the certainty policy; and (iii) the sectoral allocation of investment changes to favor declining investment pathways rather than bell-shaped paths. The latter effect is especially pronounced in hard-to-abate sectors, such as heavy industry. Each of the effects can be traced back to the carbon price distribution inheriting a "heavy tail" when the remaining carbon budget is learned later in the century. The paper highlights how climate uncertainty and adjustment costs combined result in a more aggressive least-cost strategy for decarbonization investment
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  • 95
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (28 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Coulibaly, Mohamed Responsibility Sharing and the Economic Participation of Refugees in Chad
    Keywords: Adaptation To Climate Change ; Climate Change ; Communities and Human Settlements ; Disaster Risk Management ; Environment ; Flood and Drought Risk Management ; Human Migrations and Resettlements ; Natural Resources Management ; Poverty Assessment ; Poverty Reduction
    Abstract: The Global Compact on Refugees recognizes the importance of responsibility sharing for hosting, protecting, and assisting refugees, while emphasizing the potential of economic participation to reduce the cost of humanitarian assistance. This note explores the relative importance of aid in caring for refugees hosted in Chad and the importance of the incomes earned by the refugees. It finds that the combination of aid and self-earned incomes falls far short of a minimum standard of living (the poverty line) as a consequence of which the vast majority of refugees lives in abject poverty. It is also finds that although refugees are hosted in camps with relatively few economic opportunities, self-generated income covers 54 percent of the poverty line and aid only 14 percent. As Chad has adopted a policy of refugee inclusion and dispersion, the note then explores how much these progressive policies might increase the income earning potential of refugees. This is found to be substantial. Economic participation policies are estimated to reduce refugee poverty from 88 to 50 percent (thus increasing the self-sufficiency of refugees dramatically), while increasing the incomes generated by poor refugees by more than 50 percent. The greatest participation benefits will be realized when refugees move to areas with more economic potential
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  • 96
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (42 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lall, Somik V A Global Incentive Scheme to Reduce Carbon Emissions
    Keywords: Affordable and Clean Energy ; Carbon Emissions ; Carbon Policy and Trading ; Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases ; Environment ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Global Carbon Incentive ; Global Carbon Reduction Incentive ; Global Warming ; Greenhouse Gas Emissions ; International Finance Institutions ; Life on Land ; Natural Resources Management ; SDG 7 ; Sustainable Development Goals
    Abstract: This paper proposes an objective way of estimating and allocating "differentiated" responsibilities for carbon emissions across countries. These responsibilities translate into specific obligations and incentives for future emission reductions and support for adaptation, mitigation, and development. The proposals in this paper should be seen as a starting point for an informed and productive debate. Under the Global Carbon Reduction Incentive, every country that emits more than the per capita global average pays into a global incentive fund. This annual payment will be calculated based on the "excess" emissions per capita, the country's population, and a dollar amount called the Global Carbon Incentive. Countries below the global per capita average would receive a payout commensurate with their "under-emission." The United States and China are the two biggest emitters and, assuming a Global Carbon Incentive of USD10, they jointly would contribute more than USD70 billion to the fund, from which nations such as India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia would be the major recipients. An important adjustment to the Global Carbon Reduction Incentive is to focus on consumption rather than production--a country should not avoid responsibility for the carbon it consumes by outsourcing production to another country. The proposal considers that countries that have used more of the collective carbon budget have benefited from the associated development and should pay for it. The proposal also considers methane emissions as well as crediting countries for their efforts toward preventing deforestation
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  • 97
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Adolescent Health ; Affordable and Clean Energy ; Circular Business Models ; Climate Sustainability ; Economic Sustainability ; Energy ; Environment ; Family Planning Research ; Gender and Health ; Life on Land ; Power Systems ; Reproductive Health ; SDG 7 ; Vanadium
    Abstract: This report examines the potential of circular business models for vanadium, focusing on the leasing model for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB). VRFBs are posited to become increasingly significant in the decarbonization of power systems due to their unique attributes as a grid-scale energy storage solution--characterized by long duration, modularity, and site independence. While the report does not delve into the technological advancements or energy-specific applications of VRFBs, it does underscore their economic and climate sustainability benefits. Additionally, the report discusses how innovative business models, particularly leasing, can overcome the challenge of high initial costs and promote broader adoption of VRFBs. The leasing model is presented as one of several feasible strategies to facilitate the deployment of VRFBs in the energy storage market
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  • 98
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Urban Study
    Keywords: Affordable and Clean Energy ; Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance ; Energy ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Industrial Management ; Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure ; Infrastructure Economics and Finance ; Land Assets ; Life on Land ; Rural Development ; SDG 11 ; SDG 15 ; SDG 7 ; SDG 9 ; Sustainable Cities and Communities ; Urban Development
    Abstract: This Guidance Note represents a call to action, dedicated to enhancing access to land and unlocking the full potential of land assets for urban and infrastructure development, as well as renewable energy investments. It not only underscores the importance of improving land access but also highlights the pathways towards leveraging land assets, creating value, and capturing its dividends
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  • 99
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Health Study
    Keywords: CHVA ; Climate Change ; Climate Change Adaptation ; Environment ; Finance and Development ; Health Risks ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Vulnerability
    Abstract: Due to global warming, the climate in most regions, especially Africa, is predicted to become more variable, and extreme weather events are expected to be more frequent and severe. These include increasing risks of droughts, flooding, and inundation due to sea-level rise in the continent's coastal areas, potentially reducing economic prospects and national development. It will be imperative for countries to mitigate and adapt to these changing climatic conditions. To succeed, the potential impacts of climate change and variability must be identified along with the country's capacity to adapt and the means to overcome barriers to successful adaptation. This climate and health vulnerability assessment (CHVA) aims to assist decision-makers in Ghana with planning effective adaptation measures to deal with climate-related health risks. The report identifies the impact of climate risks on health and health systems, the adaptive capacities in place to deal with these risks, and the gaps in the adaptive capacities. It also provides recommendations to close the identified gaps. The report adopts the World Health Organization's (WHO) operational framework for building climate-resilient health systems to analyze Ghana's adaptive capacity to adequately deal with current and future identified health risks of climate change
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  • 100
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Keywords: Climate Action ; Communities and Human Settlements ; Environment ; Environment and Natural Resource Management ; Life on Land ; Migration ; Migration Policies and Jobs ; SDG 13 ; SDG 15
    Abstract: The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) international cross-border migration, especially from Haiti. Given this context, the DR is an important place to study migration induced by the impacts of climate change and natural degradation. In this report, climate migration refers to migration that can be attributed largely to the slow-onset impacts of climate change on livelihoods through natural degradation such us shifts in water availability, crop productivity, ecosystem productivity, or to factors such as sea-level rise. This note builds upon previous studies undertaken regarding climate migration in the DR, and combines a quantitative modeling approach with a qualitative case study
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