Introduction -- Comparison with Past Pandemics -- System Dynamics Modeling of Contagion Effects -- Text Mining Support to Pandemic Planning -- Macroeconomic Impact -- Supply Chain Impact -- Debt Risk Analysis Using Two-Tier Networks -- The Effect of COVID-19 on the Banking Sector -- Assessment...

1 Introduction -- 2 An Overview of Pandemics -- 3 The Spanish Flu in the News -- 4 Unequal Mortality during the Spanish Flu -- 5 The Spanish Flu and the Labor Market -- 6 The Spanish Flu and the Housing Market -- 7 Taking Stock: The Aggregate Effects of the Spanish Flu.

Lebensqualität als Maßstab der Energiepolitik -- Energiebedingte Umweltbelastung und Klimawandel; Nuklearunfälle und empfundenes Risiko -- Nachbarschaftseffekte erneuerbarer Energieanlagen -- Erschwinglichkeit von Energie und Struktur der Energieversorgung.

In this open access publication, the social cohesion of urban neighborhoods and their residents is examined, which is often viewed as vulnerable since increased mobility, individualization, wider socio-economic and demographic changes have fundamentally altered the basis for everyday social...

Chapter 1 ‘Strange malady in Spain’: History of the influenza pandemic 1918-19 -- Chapter 2 ‘Mysterious Malady Spreading’: Origins and dissemination of influenza in Ireland -- Chapter 3 ‘Ravages of influenza’: the human cost of the disease in Ireland -- Chapter 4 ‘Woe unto them...

Recent applications of evolutionary game theory in the merging fields of the mathematical and social sciences are brilliantly portrayed in this book, which highlights social physics and shows how the approach can help to quantitatively model complex human-environmental-social systems. First,...

Preface -- Part 1: Population Distribution -- Trends in population change in the Asia-Pacific region -- Impact of rapid population decline on the Japanese regional economy: Utilizing the regional CGE model -- Designing a spatial decision support system for Australia’s capital city using...

Chapter 1 Class Structure, Education, and Social Mobility in Post-war Japan -- Chapter 2 The changing marriage market and status homogamy -- Chapter 3 Relative Indices of Educational Attainment and Trend Analysis of Inequality of Educational Opportunity Using the 2015 SSM Survey Data -- Chapter...

Preface -- Part I Size -- Chapter 1: Mega-states vs. Compact Powers: Risks in the Emerging International System -- Chapter 2: Effects of the Size of a Country on its Economic Performance -- Part II Political Regimes and Social Structure -- Chapter 3: Analyzing Dependence and Conflict in a...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Real Money, Real Power? -- Chapter 2: Participatory Budgeting from the Past to the Present -- Chapter 3: The Challenges of Neighborhood Assemblies -- Chapter 4: The Challenges of Delegate Meetings -- Chapter 5: The Challenges of Project Expos and Pop-Up Voting -- Chapter...