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NewsNew edition of „Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology“13.05.2013: Is the plant cover of the earth determined by environmental factors, by evolutionary processes or by human influence? Using various real-life examples this book explains how data analysis and subsequent interpretation can help to find answers. Second amplified edition. more European Forests: How to Adapt?02.05.2013: On 25 April Marc Hanewinkel and his fellow project members presented the main results of the ... ETH-Board Annual Media Conference29.04.2013: A further strengthening of energy research is on the 2013 agenda of the ETH Domain, to which WSL ... Climate history21.04.2013: The Northern and Southern Hemispheres have experienced significantly different climate changes over ... Information
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Measuring and preventing urban sprawlUrban sprawl in Switzerland has more than doubled since 1950. Its effects in the long term are alarming. A new method for measuring urban sprawl serves as an instrument to enable more objective discussion among policy-makers and politicians, to assess planning scenarios and to check the effects of urban sprawl prevention measures.
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