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Arbeitsgruppe Archive der privaten Wirtschaft (APW)
(2017)Jahresbericht des Vereins Schweizerischer Archivarinnen und Archivare (VSA)Report -
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Pacific Alliance Countries: Policy Framework Report on Vocational Education and Training
(2017)KOF StudiesReport -
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Free Surface Water Flows - Modeling, Simulation and Control
(2017)Upstream and downstream channels are the key subsystems for the design of level/ flow control loops in run-of-river hydropower plants. Their dynamic response is notoriously complex, exhibiting low frequency resonance with weak damping, travelling waves, both sub- and supercritical flow, hydraulic jumps, etc. Part one of this report provides mathematical models derived from the basic physical conservation laws of mass and momentum (Reynolds ...Report -
Bilateral cooperation of SDC with Middle Income Countries (MICs): proposal for a method to evaluate priorities for aid allocation
(2017)The distribution of ODA between Low Income Countries (LICs), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Middle Income Countries (MICs) is a controversial issue, above all because today the majority of poor people live in MICs. Despite the emphasis of many donors on providing aid above all to the poorest countries it is broadly agreed that aid to MICs is justified whenever income and non-income poverty persist at high levels. At the same time ...Report -
Zur Schweizer Pressegeschichte
(1990)Älteste Zeitung der Welt, Alter der schweizerischen TageszeitungenReport -
Effiziente und wandelbare Tragwerke für Hochhäuser aus Stahlbeton
(2017)IBK BerichtAdaptive reinforced concrete structure, sustainability of high-rise buildings, permanent and temporary layers for a structural system, advantages of reinforced concrete in high-rise buildings, mega-structures, spine structures for high-rise buildingsReport -
Mapping Social Vulnerability in Switzerland
(2017)Risk and Resilience ReportsNatural and anthropogenic hazards cause significant damages globally, destroying lives, health, property, and disturbing social, economic and ecological systems. Risk maps have become a central element in modern disaster risk management research and practice, helping to reduce these impacts. Risk maps combine three types of information: information on the hazard; how people and assets are exposed; and, an estimate of how vulnerable exposed ...Report -
Lehren aus der Flüchtlingskrise 2015/2016: Ergebnisse des D-A-CH Expertenworkshops
(2017)Risk and Resilience ReportsDie europäische Flüchtlingskrise 2015/2016 stellte sowohl Aufnahme- als auch Transitstaaten vor zahlreiche Herausforderungen. Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz waren von der Flüchtlingskrise in unterschiedlichem Masse betroffen. Die in die Bewältigung der Krise involvierten Organisationen und Entscheidungsträger waren aber häufig mit ähnlichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Einerseits mussten unter Zeitdruck politisch-strategische ...Report -
Preventing and Managing Large-Scale Disasters in Swiss Cities
(2016)Risk and Resilience ReportsThis report assessed and analyzed the current state of Switzerland’s disaster management at the city level. More specifically, the study provides an overview of how major Swiss cities prepare and plan for large-scale disasters. The study examined cities’ planning and organization concerning the major risks they identified. A key element of the analysis was an examination of the institutional set-up that cities have put in place in the ...Report