@article{Budke2008,
  author    = {Budke, Alexandra},
  title     = {Zwischen Kulturerdteilen und Kulturkonstruktionen - Historische und neue Konzepte des Interkulturellen Lernens im Geographieunterricht},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-21-8},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Mohring2008,
  author    = {Mohring, Katharina},
  title     = {Wie man durch Kommunikation R{\"a}ume schafft : "No-Go-Areas" in der Presse},
  issn      = {0171-5178},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Voss2008,
  author    = {Voß, Anja},
  title     = {Untersuchung und Modellierung der Stickstoff- und Phosphorumsatz- und Transportprozesse in mesoskaligen Einzugsgebieten des Tieflandes am Beispiel von Nuthe, Hammerfließ und Stepenitz},
  number    = {19},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-13-3},
  issn      = {1434-2375},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16356},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {XXI, 170},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, die Stickstoff- und Phosphorprozesse im nordostdeutschen Tiefland detailliert zu untersuchen und Handlungsoptionen hinsichtlich der Landnutzung zur nachhaltigen Steuerung der Stickstoff- und Phosphoreintr{\"a}ge in die Fließgew{\"a}sser aufzuzeigen. Als Grundvoraussetzung f{\"u}r die Modellierung des N{\"a}hrstoffhaushaltes mussten zun{\"a}chst die hydrologischen Prozesse und die Abfl{\"u}sse f{\"u}r die Einzugsgebiete validiert werden. Daf{\"u}r wurde in dieser Arbeit das {\"o}kohydrologische Modell SWIM verwendet. Die Abflussmodellierung umfasste den Zeitraum 1991 - 2000. Die Ergebnisse dazu zeigen, dass SWIM in der Lage war, die hydrologischen Prozesse in den Untersuchungsgebieten ad{\"a}quat wiederzugeben. Auf der Grundlage der Modellierung des Wasserhaushaltes wurden mit SWIM die Stoffumsatzprozesse f{\"u}r den Zeitraum 1996 - 2000 simuliert. Um dabei besonders das Prozessgeschehen im Tiefland zu ber{\"u}cksichtigen, war die Erweiterung von SWIM um einen Ammonium-Pool mit dessen Umsatzprozessen erforderlich. Außerdem wurde der Prozess der N{\"a}hrstoffversickerung so erg{\"a}nzt, dass neben Nitrat auch Ammonium und Phosphat durch das gesamte Bodenprofil verlagert und {\"u}ber die Abflusskomponenten zum Gebietsauslass transportiert werden k{\"o}nnen. Mit diesen Modellerweiterungen konnten die Stickstoff und Phosphorprozesse in den Untersuchungsgebieten gut abgebildet werden. Mit dem so validierten Modell wurden weitere Anwendungen erm{\"o}glicht. N{\"a}hrstoffsimulationen f{\"u}r den Zeitraum 1981 bis 2000 dienten der Untersuchung des abnehmenden Trends in den N{\"a}hrstoffkonzentrationen der Nuthe. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse lassen deutlich erkennen, dass sich die Konzentrationen nach 1990 haupts{\"a}chlich auf Grund der Reduzierung der Eintr{\"a}ge aus punktf{\"o}rmigen Quellen und Rieselfeldern verringert haben. Weitere Modellrechnungen zur Herkunft der N{\"a}hrstoffe haben ergeben, dass Nitrat {\"u}berwiegend aus diffusen Quellen, Ammonium und Phosphat dagegen aus punktf{\"o}rmigen Quellen stammen. Als besonders sensitiv auf die Modellergebnisse haben sich die Parameter zu Landnutzung und -management und die Durchwurzelungstiefe der Pflanzen herausgestellt. Abschließend wurden verschiedene Landnutzungsszenarien angewendet. Die Ergebnisse zu den Szenariorechnungen zeigen, dass fast alle vorgegebenen Landnutzungsszenarien zu einer Verringerung der Stickstoff- bzw. Phosphoremissionen f{\"u}hrten. Die Anwendung von Szenarien, die alle relevanten Zielvorgaben und Empfehlungen zum Ressourcenschutz ber{\"u}cksichtigen, zeigen die gr{\"o}ßten Ver{\"a}nderungen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Fuerstenau2008,
  author    = {F{\"u}rstenau, Cornelia},
  title     = {The impact of silvicultural strategies and climate change on carbon sequestration and other forest ecosystem functions},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27657},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Forests are a key resource serving a multitude of functions such as providing income to forest owners, supplying industries with timber, protecting water resources, and maintaining biodiversity. Recently much attention has been given to the role of forests in the global carbon cycle and their management for increased carbon sequestration as a possible mitigation option against climate change. Furthermore, the use of harvested wood can contribute to the reduction of atmospheric carbon through (i) carbon sequestration in wood products, (ii) the substitution of non-wood products with wood products, and (iii) through the use of wood as a biofuel to replace fossil fuels. Forest resource managers are challenged by the task to balance these multiple while simultaneously meeting economic requirements and taking into consideration the demands of stakeholder groups. Additionally, risks and uncertainties with regard to uncontrollable external variables such as climate have to be considered in the decision making process. In this study a scientific stakeholder dialogue with forest-related stakeholder groups in the Federal State of Brandenburg was accomplished. The main results of this dialogue were the definition of major forest functions (carbon sequestration, groundwater recharge, biodiversity, and timber production) and priority setting among them by the stakeholders using the pair-wise comparison technique. The impact of different forest management strategies and climate change scenarios on the main functions of forest ecosystems were evaluated at the Kleinsee management unit in south-east Brandenburg. Forest management strategies were simulated over 100 years using the forest growth model 4C and a wood product model (WPM). A current climate scenario and two climate change scenarios based on global circulation models (GCMs) HadCM2 and ECHAM4 were applied. The climate change scenario positively influenced stand productivity, carbon sequestration, and income. The impact on the other forest functions was small. Furthermore, the overall utility of forest management strategies were compared under the priority settings of stakeholders by a multi-criteria analysis (MCA) method. Significant differences in priority setting and the choice of an adequate management strategy were found for the environmentalists on one side and the more economy-oriented forest managers of public and private owned forests on the other side. From an ecological perspective, a conservation strategy would be preferable under all climate scenarios, but the business as usual management would also fit the expectations under the current climate. In contrast, a forest manager in public-owned forests or a private forest owner would prefer a management strategy with an intermediate thinning intensity and a high share of pine stands to enhance income from timber production while maintaining the other forest functions. The analysis served as an example for the combined application of simulation tools and a MCA method for the evaluation of management strategies under multi-purpose and multi-user settings with changing climatic conditions. Another focus was set on quantifying the overall effect of forest management on carbon sequestration in the forest sector and the wood industry sector plus substitution effects. To achieve this objective, the carbon emission reduction potential of material and energy substitution (Smat and Sen) was estimated based on a literature review. On average, for each tonne of dry wood used in a wood product substituting a non-wood product, 0.71 fewer tonnes of fossil carbon are emitted into to the atmosphere. Based on Smat and Sen, the calculation of the carbon emission reduction through substitution was implemented in the WPM. Carbon sequestration and substitution effects of management strategies were simulated at three local scales using the WPM and the forest growth models 4C (management unit level) or EFISCEN (federal state of Brandenburg and Germany). An investigation was conducted on the influence of uncertainties in the initialisation of the WPM, Smat, and basic conditions of the wood product sector on carbon sequestration. Results showed that carbon sequestration in the wood industry sector plus substitution effects exceeded sequestration in the forest sector. In contrast to the carbon pools in the forest sector, which acted as sink or source, the substitution effects continually reduced carbon emission as long as forests are managed and timber is harvested. The main climate protection function was investigated for energy substitution which accounted for about half of the total carbon sequestration, followed by carbon storage in landfills. In Germany, the absolute annual carbon sequestration in the forest and wood industry sector plus substitution effects was 19.9 Mt C. Over 50 years the wood industry sector contributed 70\% of the total carbon sequestration plus substitution effects.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Wattenbach2008,
  author    = {Wattenbach, Martin},
  title     = {The hydrological effects of changes in forest area and species composition in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27394},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {This thesis aims to quantify the human impact on the natural resource water at the landscape scale. The drivers in the federal state of Brandenburg (Germany), the area under investigation, are land-use changes induced by policy decisions at European and federal state level. The water resources of the federal state are particularly sensitive to changes in land-use due to low precipitation rates in the summer combined with sandy soils and high evapotranspiration rates. Key elements in landscape hydrology are forests because of their unique capacity to transport water from the soil to the atmosphere. Given these circumstances, decisions made at any level of administration that may have effects on the forest sector in the state are critical in relation to the water cycle. It is therefore essential to evaluate any decision that may change forest area and structure in such a sensitive region. Thus, as a first step, it was necessary to develop and implement a model able to simulate possible interactions and feedbacks between forested surfaces and the hydrological cycle at the landscape scale. The result is a model for simulating the hydrological properties of forest stands based on a robust computation of the temporal and spatial LAI (leaf area index) dynamics. The approach allows the simulation of all relevant hydrological processes with a low parameter demand. It includes the interception of precipitation and transpiration of forest stands with and without groundwater in the rooting zone. The model also considers phenology, biomass allocation, as well as mortality and simple management practices. It has been implemented as a module in the eco-hydrological model SWIM (Soil and Water Integrated Model). This model has been tested in two pre-studies to verify the applicability of its hydrological process description for the hydrological conditions typical for the state. The newly implemented forest module has been tested for Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) and in parts for Common Oak (Quercus robur and Q. petraea) in Brandenburg. For Scots Pine the results demonstrate a good simulation of annual biomass increase and LAI in addition to the satisfactory simulation of litter production. A comparison of the simulated and measured data of the May sprout for Scots pine and leaf unfolding for Oak, as well as the evaluation against daily transpiration measurements for Scots Pine, does support the applicability of the approach. The interception of precipitation has also been simulated and compared with weekly observed data for a Scots Pine stand which displays satisfactory results in both the vegetation periods and annual sums. After the development and testing phase, the model is used to analyse the effects of two scenarios. The first scenario is an increase in forest area on abandoned agricultural land that is triggered by a decrease in European agricultural production support. The second one is a shift in species composition from predominant Scots Pine to Common Oak that is based on decisions of the regional forestry authority to support a more natural species composition. The scenario effects are modelled for the federal state of Brandenburg on a 50m grid utilising spatially explicit land-use patterns. The results, for the first scenario, suggest a negative impact of an increase in forest area (9.4\% total state area) on the regional water balance, causing an increase in mean long-term annual evapotranspiration of 3.7\% at 100\% afforestation when compared to no afforestation. The relatively small annual change conceals a much more pronounced seasonal effect of a mean long-term evapotranspiration increase by 25.1\% in the spring causing a pronounced reduction in groundwater recharge and runoff. The reduction causes a lag effect that aggravates the scarcity of water resources in the summer. In contrast, in the second scenario, a change in species composition in existing forests (29.2\% total state area) from predominantly Scots Pine to Common Oak decreases the long-term annual mean evapotranspiration by 3.4\%, accompanied by a much weaker, but apparent, seasonal pattern. Both scenarios exhibit a high spatial heterogeneity because of the distinct natural conditions in the different regions of the state. Areas with groundwater levels near the surface are particularly sensitive to changes in forest area and regions with relatively high proportion of forest respond strongly to the change in species composition. In both cases this regional response is masked by a smaller linear mean effect for the total state area. Two critical sources of uncertainty in the model results have been investigated. The first one originates from the model calibration parameters estimated in the pre-study for lowland regions, such as the federal state. The combined effect of the parameters, when changed within their physical meaningful limits, unveils an overestimation of the mean water balance by 1.6\%. However, the distribution has a wide spread with 14.7\% for the 90th percentile and -9.9\% for the 10th percentile. The second source of uncertainty emerges from the parameterisation of the forest module. The analysis exhibits a standard deviation of 0.6 \% over a ten year period in the mean of the simulated evapotranspiration as a result of variance in the key forest parameters. The analysis suggests that the combined uncertainty in the model results is dominated by the uncertainties of calibration parameters. Therefore, the effect of the first scenario might be underestimated because the calculated increase in evapotranspiration is too small. This may lead to an overestimation of the water balance towards runoff and groundwater recharge. The opposite can be assumed for the second scenario in which the decrease in evapotranspiration might be overestimated.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Hoffmann2008,
  author    = {Hoffmann, Carsten},
  title     = {The dynamic of wind erosion in the Xilingele Grassland, Inner Mongolia},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {149 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{SchroederEsselbach2008,
  author    = {Schr{\"o}der-Esselbach, Boris},
  title     = {Species in dynamic landscapes : patterns, processes and functions},
  pages     = {317 S. : graph. Darst. + 1 CD [Beilage]},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannGermerNeilletal.2008,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Alexander and Germer, Sonja and Neill, Christopher and Krusche, Alex V. and Elsenbeer, Helmut},
  title     = {Spatio-temporal patterns of throughfall and solute deposition in an open tropical rain forest},
  issn      = {0022-1694},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.028},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannElsenbeer2008,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Beate and Elsenbeer, Helmut},
  title     = {Spatial and temporal variability of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity in gradients of disturbance},
  issn      = {0022-1694},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.027},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GrimmBehrensMaerkeretal.2008,
  author    = {Grimm, Rosina and Behrens, T. and M{\"a}rker, Michael and Elsenbeer, Helmut},
  title     = {Soil organic carbon concentrations and stocks on Barro Colorado Island : digital soil mapping using random forests analysis},
  issn      = {0016-7061},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.008},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BartholdStallardElsenbeer2008,
  author    = {Barthold, Frauke Katrin and Stallard, Robert F. and Elsenbeer, Helmut},
  title     = {Soil nutrient-landscape relationships in a lowland tropical rainforest in Panama},
  issn      = {0378-1127},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.089},
  pages     = {1135-1148},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Soils play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles as spatially distributed sources and sinks of nutrients. Any spatial patterns depend on soil forming processes, our understanding of which is still limited, especially in regards to tropical rainforests. The objective of our study was to investigate the effects of landscape properties, with an emphasis on the geometry of the land surface, on the spatial heterogeneity of soil chemical properties, and to test the suitability of soil-landscape modeling as an appropriate technique to predict the spatial variability of exchangeable K and Mg in a humid tropical forest in Panama. We used a design-based, stratified sampling scheme to collect soil samples at 108 sites on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Stratifying variables are lithology, vegetation and topography. Topographic variables were generated from high-resolution digital elevation models with a grid size of 5 m. We took samples from five depths down to I m, and analyzed for total and exchangeable K and Mg. We used simple explorative data analysis techniques to elucidate the importance of lithology for soil total and exchangeable K and Mg. Classification and Regression Trees (CART) were adopted to investigate importance of topography, lithology and vegetation for the spatial distribution of exchangeable K and Mg and with the intention to develop models that regionalize the point observations using digital terrain data as explanatory variables. Our results suggest that topography and vegetation do not control the spatial distribution of the selected soil chemical properties at a landscape scale and lithology is important to some degree. Exchangeable K is distributed equally across the study area indicating that other than landscape processes, e.g. biogeochemical processes, are responsible for its spatial distribution. Lithology contributes to the spatial variation of exchangeable Mg but controlling variables could not be detected. The spatial variation of soil total K and Mg is mainly influenced by lithology.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Mamede2008,
  author    = {Mamede, George Leite},
  title     = {Reservoir sedimentation in dryland catchments : modelling and management},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17047},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Semi-arid environments are mainly characterized by scarce water resources and are usually subject to risks of water stress. In these regions, water supply for drinking and irrigation purposes depends strongly on storage in surface reservoirs and sediment deposition in these reservoirs affects adversely the water storage. In order to reproduce the complex behaviour of sediment deposition in reservoirs located in semi-arid environments and the effects of using sediment management techniques, a reservoir sedimentation model is developed and coupled within the WASA-SED model, which simulates rainfall-runoff processes and sediment transport at the hillslope and river network. The reservoir sedimentation model consists of two modelling approaches, which may be applied according to reservoir size and data availability. For reservoirs with information about their geometric features (reservoir topography, stage-area and stage-volume curves) and physical properties of sediment deposits, such as deposition thickness, grain size distribution of sediment deposits and sediment densities, a detailed modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation may be applied. For reservoirs without those characteristics, a simplified modelling approach is used. The detailed modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation enables the assessment of sediment deposition pattern in reservoirs and the evaluation of sediment release efficiency of sediment management techniques. It simulates sediment transport along the longitudinal profile of a reservoir. The reservoir is divided into cross sections to elaborate the sediment budget. The sediment transport component is calculated using a non-uniform sediment transport approach based on the concept of sediment carrying capacity. Four different sediment-transport equations can be selected for the simulations. The simplified modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation is suitable to simulate water and sediment transfer in dense reservoirs network. Nevertheless, it allows simulating neither sediment management techniques, nor spatial distribution of sedimentation. In this approach, the reservoirs are classified into small and strategic reservoirs according to their location and size. Strategic reservoirs are medium and large-sized reservoirs located on main rivers at the sub-basin's outlet or reservoirs of particular interest. The small reservoirs are located at tributary streams and represented in the model in an aggregate manner by grouping them into size classes according to their storage capacity. A cascade routing scheme is used to describe the upstream-downstream position of the reservoir classes. The water and sediment balances of small reservoirs are computed for one hypothetical representative reservoir of mean characteristics. Sediment trapping efficiency and effluent grain size distribution are estimated using the overflow rate concept. Three model applications are carried out within this research, as follows: • The detailed modelling approach of reservoir sedimentation is applied to the 92.2 Mm³ Barasona Reservoir, located in the foothills of the Central Pyrenees (Aragon, Spain). A two-stage calibration was performed to account for changes on the sediment deposition pattern caused by sediment management. The reservoir sedimentation model is then validated for another simulation period which confirms that the processes related to reservoir sedimentation are well represented by the model. • An application is carried out to the 933-km² Bengu{\^e} catchment, located in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil. The catchment is characterized by a dense reservoir network, covering almost 45\% of the catchment area, with a significant lack of data. Water and sediment balances of those reservoirs are computed using the simplified modelling approach. Three spatial configurations describing the cascade routing scheme are tested. • The reservoir sedimentation model is applied again to the Barasona reservoir to evaluate the sediment release efficiency of sediment management strategies. Cost analysis is presented to help in the choice of the most promising sediment management technique for that situation. Thus, the model enables the assessment of technical features of the sediment management strategies. Overall, simulation results are characterized by large uncertainties, partly due to low data availability and also due to uncertainties of the model structure to adequately represent the processes related to reservoir sedimentation.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZeheGraeffMorgneretal.2008,
  author    = {Zehe, Erwin and Gr{\"a}ff, Thomas and Morgner, Markus and Bauer, Andreas and Bronstert, Axel},
  title     = {Plot and field scale soil moisture dynamics and subsurface wetness control on runoff generation in a headwater in the Ore Mountains},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {This study presents an application of an innovative sampling strategy to assess soil moisture dynamics in a headwater of the Weißeritz in the German eastern Ore Mountains. A grassland site and a forested site were instrumented with two Spatial TDR clusters (STDR) that consist of 39 and 32 coated TDR probes of 60 cm length. Distributed time series of vertically averaged soil moisture data from both sites/ensembles were analyzed by statistical and geostatistical methods. Spatial variability and the spatial mean at the forested site were larger than at the grassland site. Furthermore, clustering of TDR probes in combination with long-term monitoring allowed identification of average spatial covariance structures at the small field scale for different wetness states. The correlation length of soil water content as well as the sill to nugget ratio at the grassland site increased with increasing average wetness and but, in contrast, were constant at the forested site. As soil properties at both the forested and grassland sites are extremely variable, this suggests that the correlation structure at the forested site is dominated by the pattern of throughfall and interception. We also found a strong correlation between average soil moisture dynamics and runoff coefficients of rainfall-runoff events observed at gauge Rehefeld, which explains almost as much variability in the runoff coefficients as pre-event discharge. By combining these results with a recession analysis we derived a first conceptual model of the dominant runoff mechanisms operating in this catchment. Finally, long term simulations with a physically based hydrological model were in good/acceptable accordance with the time series of spatial average soil water content observed at the forested site and the grassland site, respectively. Both simulations used a homogeneous soil setup that closely reproduces observed average soil conditions observed at the field sites. This corroborates the proposed sampling strategy of clustering TDR probes in typical functional units is a promising technique to explore the soil moisture control on runoff generation. Long term monitoring of such sites could maybe yield valuable information for flood warning. The sampling strategy helps furthermore to unravel different types of soil moisture variability.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Germer2008,
  author    = {Germer, Sonja},
  title     = {Near-surface hydrology and hydrochemistry under contrasting land-cover},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-19049},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Human transformation of the Earth's land surface has far-reaching and important consequences for the functioning of hydrological and hydrochemical processes in watersheds. In nowadays land-use change from forest to pasture is a major issue in particular in the tropics. A sustainable management of deforested areas requires an in-depth understanding of the water and nutrient cycle. On this basis we compared the involved hydrological pathways for rainfall to reach streams and the nutrient budgets of a tropical rainforest and a pasture. In addition we studied the links of hydrochemical differences to differences of the relative importance of flowpaths. This study was conducted in the southwestern part of the Brazilian Amazon basin. An intensive hydrological and hydrochemical sampling and monitoring network was set up. The results indicate that the hydrology was modified in many ways due to land-use change. The most important alteration was the increased importance of the fast flowpath overland flow. Solute exports were in particular linked to the increased volume of overland flow that resulted from the land-use change. An additional reason for the increased nutrient exports from the pasture are the high concentrations of these nutrients in pasture overland flow probably as a due to cattle excrements. Tight nutrient cycles with minimal nutrient losses could not be maintained after the land-use change. This study provides the first attempt to quantify the respective nutrient losses.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RolfesUhlenwinkel2008,
  author    = {Rolfes, Manfred and Uhlenwinkel, Anke},
  title     = {Leben in Gated Communities : exklusive Segregation hinter Mauern und Z{\"a}unen},
  issn      = {0171-5178},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ChavesNeillGermeretal.2008,
  author    = {Chaves, Joaqu{\´i}n E. and Neill, Christopher and Germer, Sonja and Neto, S{\´e}rgio Gouveia and Krusche, Alex V. and Elsenbeer, Helmut},
  title     = {Land management impacts on runoff sources in small amazon watersheds},
  issn      = {0885-6087},
  doi       = {10.1002/hyp.6803},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{HunsickerOevermannRolfesetal.2008,
  author    = {Hunsicker, Ernst and Oevermann, Martin and Rolfes, Manfred and Voges, O. and Wellmann, W. and Zimmerer, W.},
  title     = {Kriminologische Regionalanalyse Osnabr{\"u}ck 2007/08 zum Thema "Sicherheit und soziales Leben in Osnabr{\"u}ck" ; Projekt},
  publisher = {Stadt Osnabr{\"u}ck [u.a.]},
  address   = {Osnabr{\"u}ck},
  pages     = {165 S. : graph. Darst.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Rolfes2008,
  author    = {Rolfes, Manfred},
  title     = {Kreiskonstruktionen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern : ein raumtheoretischer Blick auf das Urteil des Landesverfassungsgerichts Mecklenburg-Vorpommern zur Kreisstrukturreform},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-06-5},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Rock2008,
  author    = {Rock, Joachim},
  title     = {Klimaschutz und Kohlenstoff in Holz : Vergleich verschiedener Strategien},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17531},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {W{\"a}lder haben im Bezug zum Klimawandel mehrere Rollen: Sie sind Kohlenstoffspeicher, -senken, sowie Lieferanten von Holz als Rohstoff f{\"u}r die Kohlenstoffspeicher in Produkten und f{\"u}r Substitution fossiler Energietr{\"a}ger. Unter Klimaschutzgesichtspunkten ist es w{\"u}nschenswert, die Kohlenstoffbindung im Gesamtsystem aus Senken, Speichern und Substitution zu maximieren und zu entscheiden, welche Maßnahme an welchem Ort und unter welchen Rahmenbedingungen den gr{\"o}ßten positiven Effekt auf die CO2-Bilanz hat. Um die Speicherung in den verschiedenen Kompartimenten erfassen zu k{\"o}nnen m{\"u}ssen geeignete Inventurverfahren zur Verf{\"u}gung stehen. Die IPCC - GPG benennen die Speicher und geben zum Teil Anforderungen an die zu erreichende Inventurgenauigkeit. Aus der klassischen Forsteinrichtung stehen gen{\"u}gend Methoden zur Verf{\"u}gung, um das oberirdische Volumen sehr genau zu erheben. Um den Anforderungen an ein umfassendes Kohlenstoffmonitoring gen{\"u}gen zu k{\"o}nnen, m{\"u}ssen diese Verfahren in den Bereichen Erfassung von St{\"o}rungsfolgen, Totholzdynamik, Boden und der Berechnung von Gesamt-Kohlenstoffvorr{\"a}ten aus dem Holzvolumen erg{\"a}nzt werden. Zus{\"a}tzlich bietet sich an, Bewirtschaftungsmaßnahmen entsprechend zu erfassen, um ihre Auswirkung auf die Kohlenstoffdynamik ebenfalls feststellen zu k{\"o}nnen. Dies ist f{\"u}r die Berichterstattung zwischen Inventuren sowie f{\"u}r die Herausrechnung von nicht-menschenverursachter erh{\"o}hter Kohlenstoffspeicherung („factoring out" im Sinne des KP) w{\"u}nschenswert. Wenn Bewirtschaftungsmaßnahmen unterschieden werden k{\"o}nnen und ihre Auswirkungen auf C-Vorr{\"a}te bestimmbar sind, ist eine Verifizierung erh{\"o}hter Speicherung auch z. B. f{\"u}r Projekte nach Art. 3.4 des KP durchf{\"u}hrbar. Diese Arbeiten stecken jedoch noch in der Anfangsphase. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde die erste verf{\"u}gbare qualitative {\"U}bersicht zu dieser Thematik erstellt. Die Optimierung der Wald-Holz-Option wird durch die im Kyoto-Protokoll (und den zugeh{\"o}rigen Folgeabkommen) vereinbarten Regelungen erschwert, da einerseits zwischen Wald und Produkten eine Trennung besteht und andererseits die Maßnahmenverantwortlichem im Wald nicht direkt durch das KP angesprochen werden. Eingeschlagenes Holz wird im Wald als Emission betrachtet und dem entsprechenden Sektor zugerechnet, was jedoch keine Auswirkungen auf den Forstbetrieb hat. Dieser profitiert im Gegenteil derzeit von der durch die - auch von KP Regelungen beeinflussten - Holzpreise und erh{\"o}ht die Nutzungen, was zu Vorratsabsenkungen im Wald f{\"u}hrt. Ob diese Absenkungen durch die Substitutionseffekte des geernteten Holzes kompensiert werden ist derzeit noch nicht gekl{\"a}rt. Um die Trennung zwischen Wald und Produktpool aufzuweichen bietet es sich an, die Waldbesitzer am Emissionsrechtehandel teilhaben zu lassen, damit nicht nur die Ernte sondern auch der Ernteverzicht finanziell bewertbar sind. Sozio-{\"o}konomische Szenarien zur k{\"u}nftigen Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft zeigen große Fl{\"a}chenpotentiale, die f{\"u}r die Nahrungs- und Futtermittelproduktion nicht mehr ben{\"o}tigt werden oder nicht mehr rentabel sein werden. Eine m{\"o}gliche Nutzung in Zukunft sind Energieholzplantagen. Informationen zu m{\"o}glichen Ertr{\"a}gen sind zur Zeit noch unzureichend und Analysen zur Nachhaltigkeit dieser Ertr{\"a}ge unter Klimawandel sind nicht vorhanden. In dieser Arbeit wurde mit dem {\"o}kophysiologischen Waldwachstumsmodell 4C an Beispielsstandorten in Brandenburg das Wachstum von Energieholzplantagen unter derzeitigem Klima und unter verschiedenen regionalisierten Klimawandelszenarien bis 2055 simuliert. Ertragspotentiale liegen derzeit auf der Mehrzahl der Standorte im positiven Bereich, auf einigen Standorten ist jedoch nur begrenzt mit positiven Deckungsbeitr{\"a}gen zu rechnen. Bis 2055 ist in allen Szenarien mit einem leichten R{\"u}ckgang der Ertr{\"a}ge und einer deutlicheren Verringerung der Grundwasserneubildung unter Energieholzplantagen zu rechnen. Die Unterschiede zwischen Standorten sind jedoch derzeit und unter zuk{\"u}nftig m{\"o}glichem Klima st{\"a}rker als klimabedingte {\"A}nderungen. Bei der großfl{\"a}chigen Anlage von Energieholzplantagen k{\"o}nnen negative Auswirkungen auf die Biodiversit{\"a}t und andere Naturschutzbelange eintreten. Eine diese Effekte abmildernde Fl{\"a}chengestaltung, die trotzdem Ertr{\"a}ge auf dem Niveau heutiger Vollerwerbslandwirtschaft erreicht, ist m{\"o}glich. Insgesamt l{\"a}sst sich f{\"u}r die Optimierung der Wald-Holz-Option feststellen, dass eine Nicht-Nutzung bestehender Waldfl{\"a}chen unter Klimaschutzgesichtspunkten negativ ist. Der Substitutionseffekt geernteten Holzes betr{\"a}gt zus{\"a}tzliche ca. 70 Prozent Kohlenstoff, die in dieser Form in nicht bewirtschafteten mitteleurop{\"a}ischen W{\"a}ldern nicht zus{\"a}tzlich gespeichert werden. Es ist davon auszugehen, dass sich durch die Ber{\"u}cksichtigung von Substitutionseffekten andere - wahrscheinlich k{\"u}rzere - als die heute {\"u}blichen Produktionszeiten ergeben. Auf bisher waldfreien Fl{\"a}chen ist die Anlage von Energieholzplantagen positiver zu werten als eine normale Aufforstung.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{BudkeWienecke2008,
  author    = {Budke, Alexandra and Wienecke, Maik},
  title     = {Jenseits von S{\"u}dafrika : die Konstruktion von Kulturen durch Tourismus},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-21-8},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{OPUS4-2265,
  title     = {Interkulturelles Lernen im Geographieunterricht},
  editor    = {Budke, Alexandra},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-940793-21-8},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-24511},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {201},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Das Interkulturelle Lernen zu f{\"o}rdern, ist eins der zentralen Anliegen des Geographieunterrichts und wird als Beitrag des Faches zur Europa- und Friedenserziehung verstanden. W{\"a}hrend man sich in der Geographiedidaktik {\"u}ber die große Bedeutung des Interkulturellen Lernens relativ einig ist, hat sich in letzter Zeit eine Kontroverse um die theoretischen Grundlagen des Konzepts ergeben. Die zentralen theoretischen Annahmen der {\"a}lteren Konzepte und ihre didaktische Umsetzungen werden auch im Zuge der „neuen Kulturgeographie" kontrovers diskutiert. In diesem Buch werden unter Einbeziehung neuerer theoretischer und empirischer Forschungsergebnisse die konzeptionellen Grundlagen des Interkulturellen Lernens diskutiert und sinnvolle unterrichtspraktische Umsetzungen der innovativen Konzepte vorgestellt.},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Lang2008,
  author    = {Lang, Thilo},
  title     = {Institutional perspectives of local development in Germany and England : a comparative study about regeneration in old industrial towns experiencing decline},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-37346},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {This research is about local actors' response to problems of uneven development and unemployment. Policies to combat these problems are usually connected to socio-economic regeneration in England and economic and employment promotion (Wirtschafts- und Besch{\"a}ftigungsf{\"o}rderung) in Germany. The main result of this project is a description of those factors which support the emergence of local socio-economic initiatives aimed at job creation. Eight social and formal economy initiatives have been examined and the ways in which their emergence has been influenced by institutional factors has been analysed. The role of local actors and forms of governance as well as wider regional and national policy frameworks has been taken into account. Socio-economic initiatives have been defined as non-routine local projects or schemes with the objective of direct job creation. Such initiatives often focus on specific local assets for the formal or the social economy. Socio-economic initiatives are grounded on ideas of local economic development, and the creation of local jobs for local people. The adopted understanding of governance focuses on the processes of decision taking. Thus, this understanding of governance is broadly construed to include the ways in which actors in addition to traditional government manage urban development. The applied understanding of governance lays a focus on 'strategic' forms of decision taking about both long term objectives and short term action linked to socio-economic regeneration. Four old industrial towns in North England and East Germany have been selected for case studies due to their particular socio-economic background. These towns, with between 10.000 and 70.000 inhabitants, are located outside of the main agglomerations and bear central functions for their hinterland. The approach has been comparative, with a focus on examining common themes rather than gaining in-depth knowledge of a single case. Until now, most urban governance studies have analysed the impacts of particular forms of governance such as regeneration partnerships. This project looks at particular initiatives and poses the question to what extent their emergence can be understood as a result of particular forms of governance, local institutional factors or regional and national contexts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Kuhlicke2008,
  author    = {Kuhlicke, Christian},
  title     = {Ignorance and Vulnerability : the 2002 mulde flood in the city of Eilenburg (Saxony, Germany)},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {207 S.: Ill., garph. Darst.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Kuhlicke2008,
  author    = {Kuhlicke, Christian},
  title     = {Ignorance and Vulnerability - The 2002 Flood in the City of Eilenburg (Saxony, Germany)},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {207 S., : graph. Darst.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Blume2008,
  author    = {Blume, Theresa},
  title     = {Hydrological processes in volcanic ash soils : measuring, modelling and understanding runoff generation in an undisturbed catchment},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16552},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Streamflow dynamics in mountainous environments are controlled by runoff generation processes in the basin upstream. Runoff generation processes are thus a major control of the terrestrial part of the water cycle, influencing both, water quality and water quantity as well as their dynamics. The understanding of these processes becomes especially important for the prediction of floods, erosion, and dangerous mass movements, in particular as hydrological systems often show threshold behavior. In case of extensive environmental changes, be it in climate or in landuse, the understanding of runoff generation processes will allow us to better anticipate the consequences and can thus lead to a more responsible management of resources as well as risks. In this study the runoff generation processes in a small undisturbed catchment in the Chilean Andes were investigated. The research area is characterized by steep hillslopes, volcanic ash soils, undisturbed old growth forest and high rainfall amounts. The investigation of runoff generation processes in this data scarce area is of special interest as a) little is known on the hydrological functioning of the young volcanic ash soils, which are characterized by extremely high porosities and hydraulic conductivities, b) no process studies have been carried out in this area at either slope or catchment scale, and c) understanding the hydrological processes in undisturbed catchments will provide a basis to improve our understanding of disturbed systems, the shift in processes that followed the disturbance and maybe also future process evolution necessary for the achievement of a new steady state. The here studied catchment has thus the potential to serve as a reference catchment for future investigations. As no long term data of rainfall and runoff exists, it was necessary to replace long time series of data with a multitude of experimental methods, using the so called "multi-method approach". These methods cover as many aspects of runoff generation as possible and include not only the measurement of time series such as discharge, rainfall, soil water dynamics and groundwater dynamics, but also various short term measurements and experiments such as determination of throughfall amounts and variability, water chemistry, soil physical parameters, soil mineralogy, geo-electrical soundings and tracer techniques. Assembling the results like pieces of a puzzle produces a maybe not complete but nevertheless useful picture of the dynamic ensemble of runoff generation processes in this catchment. The employed methods were then evaluated for their usefulness vs. expenditures (labour and financial costs). Finally, the hypotheses - the perceptual model of runoff generation generated from the experimental findings - were tested with the physically based model Catflow. Additionally the process-based model Wasim-ETH was used to investigate the influence of landuse on runoff generation at the catchment scale. An initial assessment of hydrologic response of the catchment was achieved with a linear statistical model for the prediction of event runoff coefficients. The parameters identified as best predictors give a first indication of important processes. Various results acquired with the "multi-method approach" show that response to rainfall is generally fast. Preferential vertical flow is of major importance and is reinforced by hydrophobicity during the summer months. Rapid lateral water transport is necessary to produce the fast response signal, however, while lateral subsurface flow was observed at several soil moisture profiles, the location and type of structures causing fast lateral flow on the hillslope scale is still not clear and needs to be investigated in more detail. Surface runoff has not been observed and is unlikely due to the high hydraulic conductivities of the volcanic ash soils. Additionally, a large subsurface storage retains most of the incident rainfall amount during events (>90\%, often even >95\%) and produces streamflow even after several weeks of drought. Several findings suggest a shift in processes from summer to winter causing changes in flow patterns, changes in response of stream chemistry to rainfall events and also in groundwater-surface water interactions. The results of the modelling study confirm the importance of rapid and preferential flow processes. However, due to the limited knowledge on subsurface structures the model still does not fully capture runoff response. Investigating the importance of landuse on runoff generation showed that while peak runoff generally increased with deforested area, the location of these areas also had an effect. Overall, the "multi-method approach" of replacing long time series with a multitude of experimental methods was successful in the identification of dominant hydrological processes and thus proved its applicability for data scarce catchments under the constraint of limited resources.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Strehmann2008,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Strehmann, Jan},
  title     = {Europ{\"a}ische Metropolregionen in der Wissensgesellschaft : strategische Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung in Wien, Berlin und London},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-44626},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Die Wissensgesellschaft gilt sp{\"a}testens seit der im Jahr 2000 durch die EU propagierten Lissabon-Strategie als Strategie der europ{\"a}ischen St{\"a}dte und Regionen zu mehr Wachstum und Besch{\"a}ftigung. Die Masterarbeit „Europ{\"a}ische Metropolregionen in der Wissensgesellschaft" greift dieses Leitbild auf und untersucht anhand der Metropolregionen Wien, Berlin und London inwieweit sich das Thema Wissen in den strategischen Planungsdokumenten der Metropolregionen wieder findet. Die Untersuchung erfolgt anhand von entwickelten Handlungsfeldern einer wissensbasierten Entwicklung von Metropolregionen. Neben den Themen Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskr{\"a}fte und Wissensinfrastrukturen spielt insbesondere die r{\"a}umliche N{\"a}he eine entscheidende Rolle f{\"u}r regionale Innovationssysteme. Durch Kompetenzfelder und Netzwerkstrukturen an bestimmten Wissensstandorten lassen sich durch regionale Wirtschaftsf{\"o}rderung Clusterungen stimulieren. Anhand des Beispiels Wien wird vertiefend untersucht, ob sich die in den Strategiedokumenten (Strategieplan 2004, Stadtentwicklungsplan 2005, Wiener Strategie f{\"u}r Forschung, Technologie und Innovation 2007) beschlossenen Ziele auch durch Maßnahmen der Stadtentwicklung und Wirtschaftsf{\"o}rderung wieder finden. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus werden insbesondere die unterschiedlichen Governance-Ebenen der Metropolregion und ihr Beitrag zur F{\"o}rderung der einzelnen Handlungsfelder analysiert.},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{AhlefeldBiemerBredendieketal.2008,
  author    = {Ahlefeld, Kristin and Biemer, Anna-Lena and Bredendiek, Florian and Dunte, Stefan and Fietze, Bianca and Gamradt, Rebecca and Jennek, Julia and Nick, Gregor and Schinagl, Martin and Schmidt, Karsten},
  title     = {Ein Kiez im Wandel der Zeit : Savignyplatz - von der Wende in neue Jahrtausend},
  publisher = {Univ.},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {83 S.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Spijkerman2008,
  author    = {Spijkerman, Elly},
  title     = {Ecophysiological studies on planktonic desmids and an acidophilic Chlamydomonas species},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {l.o.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MeierTorres2008,
  author    = {Meier, Sarah and Torres, Francisco},
  title     = {Distribuci{\´o}n territorial, inserci{\´o}n residencial y vivienda},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {es}
}
@phdthesis{Hinnerichs2008,
  author    = {Hinnerichs, Carsten},
  title     = {Der "Brutvogel-Nichtbr{\"u}ter-Konflikt" in einer individuenstarken Population des Kolkraben (Corvus corax) im s{\"u}dwestlichen Brandenburg},
  pages     = {II, 83 S.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Weingartner2008,
  author    = {Weingartner, Herbert},
  title     = {Arbeiten der AG Landschaft und nachhaltige Entwicklung der Universit{\"a}t Salzburg},
  series = {Stoffdynamik in Geosystemen},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Stoffdynamik in Geosystemen},
  publisher = {Selbstverl. der Arbeitsgruppe Stoffdynamik in Geosaystemen},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  pages     = {66 S.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZimmermannZeheHartmannetal.2008,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Beate and Zehe, Erwin and Hartmann, N. K. and Elsenbeer, Helmut},
  title     = {Analyzing spatial data : an assessment of assumptions, new methods, and uncertainty using soil hydraulic data},
  issn      = {0043-1397},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Vorogushyn2008,
  author    = {Vorogushyn, Sergiy},
  title     = {Analysis of flood hazard under consideration of dike breaches},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27646},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {River reaches protected by dikes exhibit high damage potential due to strong value accumulation in the hinterland areas. While providing an efficient protection against low magnitude flood events, dikes may fail under the load of extreme water levels and long flood durations. Hazard and risk assessments for river reaches protected by dikes have not adequately considered the fluvial inundation processes up to now. Particularly, the processes of dike failures and their influence on the hinterland inundation and flood wave propagation lack comprehensive consideration. This study focuses on the development and application of a new modelling system which allows a comprehensive flood hazard assessment along diked river reaches under consideration of dike failures. The proposed Inundation Hazard Assessment Model (IHAM) represents a hybrid probabilistic-deterministic model. It comprises three models interactively coupled at runtime. These are: (1) 1D unsteady hydrodynamic model of river channel and floodplain flow between dikes, (2) probabilistic dike breach model which determines possible dike breach locations, breach widths and breach outflow discharges, and (3) 2D raster-based diffusion wave storage cell model of the hinterland areas behind the dikes. Due to the unsteady nature of the 1D and 2D coupled models, the dependence between hydraulic load at various locations along the reach is explicitly considered. The probabilistic dike breach model describes dike failures due to three failure mechanisms: overtopping, piping and slope instability caused by the seepage flow through the dike core (micro-instability). The 2D storage cell model driven by the breach outflow boundary conditions computes an extended spectrum of flood intensity indicators such as water depth, flow velocity, impulse, inundation duration and rate of water rise. IHAM is embedded in a Monte Carlo simulation in order to account for the natural variability of the flood generation processes reflected in the form of input hydrographs and for the randomness of dike failures given by breach locations, times and widths. The model was developed and tested on a ca. 91 km heavily diked river reach on the German part of the Elbe River between gauges Torgau and Vockerode. The reach is characterised by low slope and fairly flat extended hinterland areas. The scenario calculations for the developed synthetic input hydrographs for the main river and tributary were carried out for floods with return periods of T = 100, 200, 500, 1000 a. Based on the modelling results, probabilistic dike hazard maps could be generated that indicate the failure probability of each discretised dike section for every scenario magnitude. In the disaggregated display mode, the dike hazard maps indicate the failure probabilities for each considered breach mechanism. Besides the binary inundation patterns that indicate the probability of raster cells being inundated, IHAM generates probabilistic flood hazard maps. These maps display spatial patterns of the considered flood intensity indicators and their associated return periods. Finally, scenarios of polder deployment for the extreme floods with T = 200, 500, 1000 were simulated with IHAM. The developed IHAM simulation system represents a new scientific tool for studying fluvial inundation dynamics under extreme conditions incorporating effects of technical flood protection measures. With its major outputs in form of novel probabilistic inundation and dike hazard maps, the IHAM system has a high practical value for decision support in flood management.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Foerster2008,
  author    = {F{\"o}rster, Saskia},
  title     = {An analysis of hydraulic, environmental and economic impacts of flood polder management at the Elbe River},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27260},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {Flood polders are part of the flood risk management strategy for many lowland rivers. They are used for the controlled storage of flood water so as to lower peak discharges of large floods. Consequently, the flood hazard in adjacent and downstream river reaches is decreased in the case of flood polder utilisation. Flood polders are usually dry storage reservoirs that are typically characterised by agricultural activities or other land use of low economic and ecological vulnerability. The objective of this thesis is to analyse hydraulic, environmental and economic impacts of the utilisation of flood polders in order to draw conclusions for their management. For this purpose, hydrodynamic and water quality modelling as well as an economic vulnerability assessment are employed in two study areas on the Middle Elbe River in Germany. One study area is an existing flood polder system on the tributary Havel, which was put into operation during the Elbe flood in summer 2002. The second study area is a planned flood polder, which is currently in the early planning stages. Furthermore, numerical models of different spatial dimensionality, ranging from zero- to two-dimensional, are applied in order to evaluate their suitability for hydrodynamic and water quality simulations of flood polders in regard to performance and modelling effort. The thesis concludes with overall recommendations on the management of flood polders, including operational schemes and land use. In view of future changes in flood frequency and further increasing values of private and public assets in flood-prone areas, flood polders may be effective and flexible technical flood protection measures that contribute to a successful flood risk management for large lowland rivers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Rolfes2008,
  author    = {Rolfes, Manfred},
  title     = {(Un-)Sicherheit, Risiko und Stadt : neue Ans{\"a}tze in der Stadtentwicklung},
  issn      = {0171-5178},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}