Eberhard Weber

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Is migration a way to adapt to climate change or a sign that adaptation has failed?

In discourses about climate change the purpose of migration is discussed controversially. Some say, climate change migration does not exist as migration has many causes, others claim migration...

08 August 2018 9,704 11 View

Do you have examples where people migrate elsewhere solely because of climate change and its impacts?

Is there migration that is caused exclusively by climate change or are causation far more complex, even in situations where climate change seems to play a role?

07 July 2018 559 4 View

How can Hinduism ethics contribute to solving social and environmental challenges?

Is Hinduism ethics able to promote a more sustainable way to protect the environment and also to prevent social ills?

06 June 2018 4,019 4 View

How can Muslim ethics contribute to solving social and environmental challenges?

Does Muslim ethics make particular statements about social and environmental challenges?

06 June 2018 8,541 19 View

How can Christian ethics contribute to solving social and environmental challenges?

Sometimes Christian religion is seen as causation to the degradation of the environment. The domination mandate from Genesis is in particular mentioned ('subdue the environment'). Other Christian...

06 June 2018 8,463 13 View

Does anybody have a good summary that brings together the most important aspects of the APA style useful for students / junior researchers?

Students have often difficulties to learn generic academic skills, such as correct referencing. Texts that try to be complete are often to complex and create more confusion than they help.

06 June 2018 6,286 7 View

Have you heard of the following conference?

Look at the following link. You might be interested in attending or getting the papers after the conference. https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=21944

02 February 2018 6,055 1 View

Religious Public Holiday

In Fiji there are public holiday for Christians (Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas), Hindus (Diwali) and Muslims (Prophet Mohammed's birthday). How is it in your country?

01 January 1970 8,379 2 View

Climate change; Disaster Risk Reduction: >State of the Art

The discussion invite all who can contribute from different ´perspectives on Climate Change an it is pacts, Physical as well as acclimate social scientists should help to get in one discussion...

01 January 1970 9,816 4 View

How to measure health in a squatter settlement without medical examination?

I want to investigate the impacts of environmental factors (unsafe drinking water, open sewerage, vector born diseases, etc) on the health status of people living in informal settlements. I am not...

01 January 1970 2,346 5 View

How does squatter settlement / slum upgrade impact social composition of squatter settlement / slum residents?

I am interested in empirical studies and theoretical reflections on upgrade of informal housing areas and possible gentrification processes. If the assumption is correct that squatter settlements...

01 January 1970 3,306 7 View

Do you have examples of people moving to environmentally dangerous places?

While working about squatter settlements in Suva, Fiji, it became clear that people move to places that have plenty environmental risks (flooding, contaminated water and other unhealthy...

01 January 1970 2,854 5 View