Robert Hafner – författare

Environmental justice research and activism predominantly focus on openly conflictive situations; claims making is central. However, situations of injustice can still occur even if there is no overt conflict. Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness fills this gap by applying an environmental justice incommensurabilities framework to reveal the mechanisms of why conflicts do not arise in particular situations, even though they fall within classic environmental justice schemes. Empirically, the case study focus is on the remote soy frontier in Northwest Argentina, particularly the town of Las Lajitas as the nucleus of soy production. This represents an excellent example of the recent expansion of the soy agribusiness industry in Latin America. First, a classic environmental justice analysis is carried out. Second, and drawing on the epistemological works of Ludwik Fleck, an alternative analytical framework is proposed, visualising locals’ thought styles on change, effects and potential conflict in relation to soy agribusiness. Here, visceral elements and the application of a jazz methodology are vital for a more holistic form of multisensory cognition. Third, incommensurabilities among the classic and alternative approach are uncovered, arguing for the importance of temporal and spatial contexts in environmental justice research.

Environmental justice research and activism predominantly focus on openly conflictive situations; claims making is central. However, situations of injustice can still occur even if there is no overt conflict. Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness fills this gap by applying an environmental justice incommensurabilities framework to reveal the mechanisms of why conflicts do not arise in particular situations, even though they fall within classic environmental justice schemes. Empirically, the case study focus is on the remote soy frontier in Northwest Argentina, particularly the town of Las Lajitas as the nucleus of soy production. This represents an excellent example of the recent expansion of the soy agribusiness industry in Latin America. First, a classic environmental justice analysis is carried out. Second, and drawing on the epistemological works of Ludwik Fleck, an alternative analytical framework is proposed, visualising locals’ thought styles on change, effects and potential conflict in relation to soy agribusiness. Here, visceral elements and the application of a jazz methodology are vital for a more holistic form of multisensory cognition. Third, incommensurabilities among the classic and alternative approach are uncovered, arguing for the importance of temporal and spatial contexts in environmental justice research.

An in-depth guide to everything Terraform, complete with newly established best practices and experienced insights into Infrastructure as Code.Terraform, and its new open source fork OpenTofu, practically eliminates manual infrastructure configuration, making it possible to script and automate almost every aspect of system management and administration. Its "Infrastructure as Code (IaC)" approach has a simple-yet-awesome premise: provision, update, scale, and replicate your infrastructure with the same ease as your application code. In Terraform in Depth, you'll discover absolutely everything you need to automate and manage your infrastructure with just a few lines of code.Inside Terraform in Depth, you'll learn how to:

Understand and write basic Terraform code Avoid vendor lock-in with the open source OpenTofu Switch between OpenTofu and Terraform as needed Construct continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines with Terraform Organize Terraform projects and modules for team-based, production use Develop and test robust Terraform modules Create custom Terraform providers

Terraform in Depth is fully up to date with the latest versions, standards, and approaches of Terraform and OpenTofu. Complete and comprehensive, its one-stop approach covers everything from Terraform and OpenTofu's absolute basics all the way to advanced production uses. Every technique is illustrated with the kind of real-world examples infrastructure engineers encounter every day.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist die nichtparametrische Statistik rasch und umfassend gewachsen. Für die verschiedensten Fragestellungen und Modelle der Datenerzeugung wurden nichtparametrische Verfahren entwickelt, und auch in die gängigen Statistik-Programmpakete haben viele dieser Verfahren Eingang gefunden. Es ist daher heute selbstverständlich, Anwender der Statistik und insbesondere Studenten der angewandten Statistik mit den Grundlagen und Methoden der nichtparametrischen Statistik in eigenen Kursen und Vorlesungen vertraut zu machen. Die Vorlesungen, die der Autor an verschiedenen Hochschulen gehalten hat, haben die Stoffauswahl und Präsentation wesentlich bestimmt. Das Buch richtet sich an Leser, die im Bereich der klassischen parametrischen Statistik, zumindest was das Begriffliche angeht, einigermaßen sattelfest sind – konkrete Formelkenntnisse sind nur in sehr bescheidenem Umfang erforderlich. Das Lehrbuch beschränkt sich auf eine sorgfältige Darstellung der grundlegenden Fragestellungen, damit sich die Leser jederzeit in der weiterführenden Literatur über nichtparametrische Verfahren zurechtfinden. Eine große Zahl von Abbildungen fördert die Anschaulichkeit der Darstellung.