Ceramics circumstance in Europe. Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

Negative Attitudes towards Immigrants: Explaining Factors in Germany, Switzerland, England, and Denmark

A major focus of the IEA Civic Education Study concerned attitudes of adolescents towards different aspects of social life. One of these aspects deals with the attitudes towards immigrants. There are four countries – Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and England – in which more than 10 percent of the students are likely to disagree or strongly disagree to all statements regarding the rights of immi...

Reducing car dependence in the heart of Europe: lessons from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, and Zurich – the largest cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland – have significantly reduced the car share of trips over the past 25 years in spite of high motorisation rates. The key to their success has been a coordinated package of mutually reinforcing transport and landuse policies that have made car use slower, less convenient, and more costly, while i...

SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION, AN ONGOING DISCOURSE (WESTERN) EUROPE, GERMANY

Sustainable energy and sustainable transport – what can Swedish towns learn from municipalities in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland?

New guidelines for hospitals in Switzerland and in Germany

This article gives an overview over the Guideline VDI 2167 'Building services in hospitals – Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning' which is based on the Swiss Guideline 'Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in hospitals (Planning, construction, operation)' of the SWKI 'Schweizerischen Verein von Wärmeund Klima-Ingenieuren'. Other than editorial changes which were carried out w...