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How do the perspectives of an interested citizen, an engineer, and a cyberneticist differ on a robot? This introduction to the world of cybernetics provides the basics and discusses the most important thought leaders, models as well as theories. Practical examples from a variety of fields (biology, ecology, engineering, society, and politics) are used to illustrate the basics. Readers are prompted to reflect by questions at the end of the chapters, and the author does not owe the answers. A central theme in all cybernetic considerations and guiding theme of the book are information exchange and communication. The target group Students from technical, scientific, and interdisciplinary courses of study Lecturers with courses on cybernetics/System Dynamics Readers interested in the facets of cybernetics The Author Dr.-Ing. E. W. Udo Küppers studied engineering in Düsseldorf and Berlin. After scientific activities in research institutions and participation in international R&D projects, he has been leading the independent research group Küppers-Systemdenken since 2001. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Engineering. --- Physical geography. --- Technology and Engineering. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Cybernetics.

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This handbook is a comprehensive source of information, analysis and directions in disaster studies. It goes beyond the oft-explored issues of management and science related to the topic and explores policies, governance, law and decision-making combined with the processes of implementation and enforcement, all the while integrating the latest science and technology updates related to the topic, such as artificial intelligence and early warning systems. It brings together studies which relate to sociology, politics and institutional economics, which work under the impact of resource availability, issues of leadership and international laws. Disasters are trans-boundary and disaster studies are trans-disciplinary. It is this aspect which would form the fulcrum of contributions and present a new, refreshing and innovative design for the handbook. The transformatory pedagogy which started with the Hyogo Framework for action 2005-2015 and The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks. The four priority areas around which the book would revolve are (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (iii) Investing in disaster reduction for resilience and; (iv) Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Management. --- Social policy. --- Natural disasters. --- Physical geography. --- Environmental Law. --- Social Policy. --- Natural Hazards. --- Earth System Sciences.

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Kräften und Spannungen der Erde auf der Spur Kräfte aus dem Inneren der Erde bauen Spannungen in den Kontinenten und den Böden der Ozeane auf. Gesteine werden zerbrochen, gegeneinander geschoben, übereinander gestapelt und gefaltet. So entstehen tektonische Strukturen, die den Bau und die Entwicklung von Gebirgen und Meeresbecken charakterisieren. Claus-Dieter Reuther erklärt klar und verständlich die theoretischen Grundlagen der Tektonik – Kräfte und Spannungen – sowie die Deformationsarten und die Mechanismen der Verformung, die damit verbunden sind. Anschaulich beschreibt und erklärt er die daraus resultierenden tektonischen Strukturen: Klüfte, Abschiebungen, Horizontalverschiebungen, Aufschiebungen, Falten etc. Hervorzuheben sind die zahlreichen farbigen Grafiken und Fotos. Kenntnisse über die Entstehung tektonischer Strukturen finden ihre praktische Anwendung z. B. in der Exploration und Analyse bestimmter Lagerstätten oder in der Messung aktueller Spannungszustände an tektonischen Strukturen, die Hinweise auf mögliche Gefahren, z. B. an Gebirgshängen und in Erdbebengebieten, geben. Das Buch wendet sich an eine geologisch interessierte Leserschaft, insbesondere an Studierende der geowissenschaftlichen Bachelor-Studiengänge. Claus-Dieter Reuther ist Professor für Allgemeine und Regionale Geologie am Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg. Er forscht über Geodynamik, Neotektonik, Georisiken in Europa, Südamerika und Australien und lehrt Allgemeine Geologie (System Erde), Tektonik/Angewandte Geologie sowie Regionale Geologie von Europa, Australien und Südamerika.

Structural geology. --- Geophysics. --- Physical geography. --- Structural Geology. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Earth System Sciences.

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The objective of the book is to make a comprehensive documentation of the observed variability and change of the regional climate system over the Indian region using the past observed data. The book addresses all the important parameters of regional climate system so that a physically consistent view of the changes of the climate system is documented. The book contains 16 chapters written by the subject experts from different academic and research institutes in India. The book addresses all important components/parameters of the climate system, like rainfall, temperature, humidity, clouds, moisture, sea surface temperature and ocean heat content, sea level, glaciers and snow cover, tropical cyclones and monsoon depressions, extreme rainfall and rainstorms, heat waves and cold waves, meteorological droughts, aerosols, atmospheric aerosols, ozone and trace gases and atmospheric radiative fluxes. One chapter deals with the past monsoon using monsoon proxy data. The last chapter deals with the future climate change projections over the Indian region (rainfall and temperature) made using coupled climate models. Most of the analyses (especially on rainfall, temperature, extreme rainfall, sea surface temperature, meteorological droughts) are based on the data for a longer period of 110 years, 1901–2010. For some other parameters like moisture, clouds, heat waves and cold waves, atmospheric aerosols, ozone and trace gases and radiative fluxes, data of shorter period have been used. The articles documented inter-annual and decadal variability in addition to documenting long term trends of different parameters. The trends have been tested for statistical significance using standard techniques. It is expected that the present book will be an excellent reference material for researchers as well as for policy makers. These results will be useful in interpreting future climate change scenarios over the region being projected using coupled climate models. Further analysis of these results is required for attributing the observed variability and change to natural and anthropogenic activities.

Physical geography. --- Climate change. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Climate Change.

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This edited book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 1st MedGU Annual Meeting, Istanbul 2021. With three sections spanning a large spectrum of geological and geoenvironmental topics, this book presents a series of newest research studies that are nowadays relevant to Middle East, Mediterranean region, and Africa. The book includes major subjects related to hydrogeology, geoecology, and atmospheric sciences. Case studies are from the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry and water resources, biogeochemistry, geobiology and geoecology, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, climatology, and oceanography.

Physical geography. --- Geology. --- Atmospheric science. --- Geochemistry. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Atmospheric Science.