Environmental Justice and Green Infrastructure in the Ruhr. From Distributive to Institutional Conceptions of Justice by Karsten Zimmermann, Dahae Lee

“…Many observers state that the Ruhr area is sharply divided by an east–west line (the A40 Highway) and in fact the Emscher zone was hit most by environmental degradation. …”
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Immobilienmarkteffekte des Emscherumbaus? by Thomas K. Bauer

“…Comprising an investment of more than € 4,5 billion over the period from 1991 to 2020, the ecological reconstruction of the Emscher river in the northern part of the Ruhr area is one of the largest infrastructural projects in Europe. …”
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In Stadt und Stadt: Berlin und Ruhrgebiet im Vergleich by Philipp Cirkel, Ulrike Freywald

“…Then as now both the Ruhr area and Berlin are hotspots of urban multilingualism and national and international mobility. …”
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Leaving, Staying in and Returning to the Hometown by Janna Albrecht, Joachim Scheiner

“…We employ multinomial regression modelling and cross-tabulations, based on two generations in a sample of families who mostly live in the wider Ruhr area, born around 1931 (parents) and 1957 (adult children). …”
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A transboundary transport episode of nitrogen dioxide as observed from GOME and its impact in the Alpine region by D. Schaub, A. K. Weiss, J. W. Kaiser, A. Petritoli, A. Richter, B. Buchmann, J. P. Burrows

“…The case study shows that pollution originally residing near the ground in central Germany, the Ruhr area and adjacent parts of the Netherlands and Belgium has been advected to higher tropospheric levels by a passing weather front. …”
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Next Generation Small Urban Manufacturing: Apprentices’ Perspective on Location Factors, Mixed-Use, and Shared Spaces by Kerstin Meyer

“…Based on two written surveys, this article examines the location requirements of SUMs in Germany and the willingness of apprentices in the Ruhr area to embrace mixed-use buildings and shared spaces. …”
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Family aggregation of sleep characteristics: Results of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall and the Multi-Generation Study. by Bernd Kowall, Anna-Therese Lehnich, Sara Schramm, Börge Schmidt, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Andreas Stang

“…Index persons are participants of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, a population-based cohort study in the Ruhr area (study start 1999-2001, 4841 participants aged 45-75 years). …”
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Spatially explicit prioritization of human antibiotics and antineoplastics in Europe by Rik Oldenkamp, Mark A.J. Huijbregts, Anne Hollander, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens, Ad M.J. Ragas

“…London, Krakow and the Ruhr area). Risk quotients for human health not only depend on pharmaceutical and location, but also on behavioral characteristics, such as consumption patterns. …”
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Shift work and the incidence of prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up of a German population-based cohort study by Thomas Behrens, Sylvia Rabstein, Katharina Wichert, Raimund Erbel, Lewin Eisele, Marina Arendt, Nico Dragano, Thomas Brüning, Karl-Heinz Jöckel

“…OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association of shift and night work with the incidence of prostate cancer using data of the population-based prospective Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study from the highly industrialized Ruhr area in Germany. METHODS: Participants of the baseline survey were recruited between 2000–2003. …”
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Contribution of smoking and air pollution exposure in urban areas to social differences in respiratory health by Ranft Ulrich, Pesch Beate, Reimann Verena, Sugiri Dorothee, Schikowski Tamara, Krämer Ursula

“…We assessed the contribution of occupational exposures, smoking and outdoor air pollution as competing factors for the association between socio-economic status and respiratory health indicators in a cohort of women from the Ruhr area aged 55 at the time of investigation between 1985 and 1990.…”
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Structural components for the development of a heart failure network by Peter Luedike, Maria Papathanasiou, Bastian Schmack, Markus Kamler, Christian Perings, Arjang Ruhparwar, Tienush Rassaf

“…We here summarize different components of HF networks and introduce the structure and development philosophy of the RUHR‐HF‐network that constitutes the first certified HF‐clinics‐network in the Ruhr area—the largest metropolitan area in Germany.…”
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Insomnia and urban neighbourhood contexts – are associations modified by individual social characteristics and change of residence? Results from a population-based study using resi... by Riedel Natalie, Fuks Kateryna, Hoffmann Barbara, Weyers Simone, Siegrist Johannes, Erbel Raimund, Viehmann Anja, Stang Andreas, Scheiner Joachim, Dragano Nico

“…Given the role of exposure duration and changes in the relationship between neighbourhoods and health, we studied associations of neighbourhood unemployment and months under residential turnover with insomnia by covering ten years of residential history of nearly 3,000 urban residents in the Ruhr Area, Germany.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Individual data were retrieved from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, a population-based study of randomly chosen participants from adjacent cities, which contains self-rated insomnia symptoms and individual social characteristics. …”
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Indications for different types of brittle failure due to active coal mining using waveform similarities of induced seismic events by S. Wehling-Benatelli, D. Becker, M. Bischoff, W. Friederich, T. Meier

“…For detailed studies the seismicity of a single longwall panel beneath the town of Hamm-Herringen in the eastern Ruhr area was monitored between June 2006 and July 2007 with a dense temporary network of 15 seismic stations. …”
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Overview: On the transport and transformation of pollutants in the outflow of major population centres – observational data from the EMeRGe European intensive operational period in... by M. D. Andrés Hernández, A. Hilboll, H. Ziereis, E. Förster, O. O. Krüger, K. Kaiser, K. Kaiser, J. Schneider, F. Barnaba, M. Vrekoussis, M. Vrekoussis, J. Schmidt, H. Huntrieser, A.-M. Blechschmidt, M. George, V. Nenakhov, V. Nenakhov, T. Harlass, B. A. Holanda, J. Wolf, L. Eirenschmalz, M. Krebsbach, M. L. Pöhlker, M. L. Pöhlker, A. B. Kalisz Hedegaard, A. B. Kalisz Hedegaard, L. Mei, K. Pfeilsticker, Y. Liu, R. Koppmann, H. Schlager, B. Bohn, U. Schumann, A. Richter, B. Schreiner, D. Sauer, R. Baumann, M. Mertens, P. Jöckel, M. Kilian, G. Stratmann, G. Stratmann, C. Pöhlker, M. Campanelli, M. Pandolfi, M. Sicard, M. Sicard, J. L. Gómez-Amo, M. Pujadas, K. Bigge, F. Kluge, A. Schwarz, N. Daskalakis, D. Walter, A. Zahn, U. Pöschl, H. Bönisch, S. Borrmann, S. Borrmann, U. Platt, J. P. Burrows

“…The MPC targets – London (United Kingdom; UK), the Benelux/Ruhr area (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany), Paris (France), Rome and the Po Valley (Italy), and Madrid and Barcelona (Spain) – were investigated during seven HALO research flights with an aircraft base in Germany for a total of 53 flight hours. …”
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