Brazil has to quickly expand its power generation capacities due to significant growth of demand. Government plans aim at adding hydropower capacities in Northern Brazil, additional to wind and thermal power generation capacities. However, new hydropower may affect environmentally and socially...

A high share of Brazilian power production comes from hydropower sources. A further expansion of power generation is necessary due to high growth rates in electricity demand. As an alternative to carbon intensive thermal power production and the expansion of hydropower in the ecologically and...

Brazil has to quickly expand its power generation capacities due to significant growth of demand. Government plans aim at adding hydropower capacities in Northern Brazil, additional to wind and thermal power generation capacities. However, new hydropower may affect environmentally and socially...

Ambitious renewable energy targets have been implemented in the EU that can only be attained if further measures are taken to boost biomass production for energy uses on agricultural land. The aim of this discussion paper is to explore consequences for land use and environment if biomass...

Austria aims at increasing its share of renewable energy production by 11% until 2020. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants fired by forest wood can significantly contribute to attaining this target. However, the spatial distribution of biomass supply and of heat demand limits the potentials of...

Weder die 2008 ausgebrochene Finanzkrise, noch die in den Medien laut gewordene Kritik, noch Einwürfe vereinzelter heterodoxer Ökonomen und wohl noch viel weniger die von den Betroffenen selbst, also den Studierenden, geäußerten Zweifel an der Sinnhaftigkeit der orthodoxen Ökonomie haben...

Dieses Diskussionspapier möchte Unterstützung für Studierende der qualitativen Methoden in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften bieten und einen Beitrag zur qualitativen Methodendiskussion liefern. Es beschäftigt sich mit der Frage nach einer praxisorientierten und zeit¬gemäßen –...

The phasing-out of the EU milk quota regime in 2015 challenges the Austrian milk sector and calls for its re-organization. Private raw milk management systems and contracts between milk producers and milk processors and traders will replace the national milk quota regime. The aim of the study is...

Dieses Diskussionspapier präsentiert am Beispiel des Forschungsprojektes „Selbstbild und Fremdbild der Bäuerinnen in Südtirol“, das in Kooperation der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien und der Freien Universität Bozen durchgeführt wurde, einen zweistufigen methodischen Ansatz zur...

In an increasingly urbanised world, significant land-use changes, environmental degradation, changes of society and lifestyles can be evidenced. Community gardens are examples for important, subsistent agricultural assets to a sustainable city development. They carry the potential to meet...