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This volume provides an overview of research on seemingly, current and former peripheral areas and on processes of peripheralisation in Europe. Particular emphasis is given to questions of local and regional governance, to multiple actors of peripheralisation and residential revitalisation as well as to economic and ecological transformations. --
Contemporary immigration processes, such as forced migration and labour-induced mobility, as well as lifestyle and leisure-oriented movements, increasingly affect areas in Europe that are considered as peripheral or rural. This edited collection sheds light on the diversity of in-migration, its specific implications for development and strategies for coping. Contributions from various sub-disciplines of the social sciences, including human and cultural geography, sociology and spatial planning with different regional foci, encourage theoretical discussions, enhancing empirical knowledge and providing stimuli for practitioners involved in migration and development issues. The structure of the volume therefore follows four main themes: (1) conceptual reflections on immigration to peripheral rural areas and development prospects; (2) patterns and types of immigration processes, drawing on various case studies from all over Europe; (3) realms of integration: namely, housing, economy and social life; (4) immigration management with a special emphasis on regional and local strategies, undertaken by policy-makers, the private sector and civil society.
This edited volume is the sixth publication of the series "Rural areas: Issues of local and regional development". It aims at intensifying scholarly exchange on topical questions of social, political, economic and landscape-related transformations of rural areas in Germany and Europe. Europe is a meaningful frame and research topic for rural geography. This edited volume assembles 14 contributions from various countries that shed light on the variety, as well as the differences and commonalities of rural regions in Europe. The volume aims at initiating general reflections about common development mechanisms and structures in the European context in contrast with specific national conditions and path dependencies. By assembling both regional and country case studies as well as cross-national comparisons, the anthology provides a sound basis for future European research in rural geography. It pleads for more cross-national and comparative approaches.
Peripheries emerge as a result of shifts in economic and political decision-making at various scales. Therefore peripheral spaces are not a “natural” phenomenon but an outcome of the intrinsic logic of uneven geographical development in capitalist societies. Discussing examples from Germany, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Pakistan, India and Brazil, the volume describes the social production of peripheries from different theoretical and methodological perspectives. In so doing, it argues in favour of a re-politicization of the recent debate on peripheralization.
Diese Publikation ist der zehnte Band der Reihe "Ländliche Räume: Beiträge zur lokalen und regionalen Entwicklung". Diese hat zum Ziel, den wissenschaftlichen Austausch über aktuelle Fragen sozialer, politischer, ökonomischer und kulturlandschaftlicher Transformationen ländlicher Räume in Deutschland und Europa zu intensivieren. This publication is the tenth volume of the series "Rural areas: Issues of local and regional development". It aims at intensifying scholarly exchange on topical questions of social, political, economic and landscape-related transformations of rural areas in Germany and Europe. Kulturangebote in ländlichen Räumen leisten wesentliche Beiträge zur Daseinsvors...
Diese Publikation ist der achte Band der Reihe "Ländliche Räume. Beiträge zur lokalen und regionalen Entwicklung". Diese hat zum Ziel, den wissenschaftlichen Austausch über aktuelle Fragen sozialer, politischer, ökonomischer und kulturlandschaftlicher Transformationen ländlicher Räume in Deutschland und Europa zu intensivieren. This publication is the eighth volume of the series "Rural areas: Issues of local and regional development." It aims at intensifying scholarly exchange on topical questions of social, political, economic and landscape-related transformations of rural areas in Germany and Europe. In der Studie werden Ideologisierungen und Stereotypisierungen ländlicher Räume a...
Diese Publikation ist der neunte Band der Reihe "Ländliche Räume Beiträge zur lokalen und regionalen Entwicklung". Diese hat zum Ziel, den wissenschaftlichen Austausch über aktuelle Fragen sozialer, politischer, ökonomischer und kulturlandschaftlicher Transformationen ländlicher Räume in Deutschland und Europa zu intensivieren. This publication is the ninth volume of the series "Rural areas Issues of local and regional development". It aims at intensifying scholarly exchange on topical questions of social, political, economic and landscape related transformations of rural areas in Germany and Europe. Die Chancen und Herausforderungen der COVID-19-Pandemie werden auch in den Raum-, Pla...
English summary: Founded by Emil Meynen, edited by Andreas Bittmann in Cooperation with: the German Society for Geography, Austrian IGU-National Committee, and the Swiss Association for Geography/ Association Suisse de G�ographie. For over sixty years and in the 31st edition from Franz Steiner Publishers, the Geographic Pocketbook proves itself as a reference work: the clear list of geographic institutions, administrative authorities, organization and geographers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland makes the handbook indispensible for everything concerning geography. It has been updated and furnished with useful register and serves as a compact and reliable source. German description: Begr...
Noch immer bildet die Siedlungs- und Sozialform des Dorfes einen zentralen Bezugspunkt für individuelle und kollektive Erfahrungen und Imaginationen – und zwar auch unter den Bedingungen industrie- und mediengesellschaftlich geprägter Moderne. Das Handbuch präsentiert den aktuellen Forschungsstand und die methodischen Herangehensweisen verschiedener Disziplinen, die Dorf und Dörflichkeit zwischen Idee und Wirklichkeit erforschen. Neben historischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Aspekten des Dorflebens informiert es über kulturelle Konstruktionen des Dörflichen und die damit verbundenen Orientierungsmuster. Der Band bietet somit auch eine Einführung in die immer noch aktuellen Fragen und Möglichkeiten eines Lebens in und zwischen Stadt und Land.
In Österreich können zunehmend Senioren beobachtet werden, welche in ländliche Regionen zuziehen. Während junge Menschen im Allgemeinen aus peripheren Regionen abwandern, zeigt sich die ländliche Idylle attraktiv für Personen rund um den Ruhestand. Welche Motive hinter dieser Zuwanderung stehen und welche Bedeutung Ruhestandswanderungen für Gemeinden haben, wird anhand zweier Fallregionen - dem Südburgenland und dem Waldviertel - im Rahmen des Buches in den Fokus gestellt. Es thematisiert, inwiefern die Zuwanderung von Senioren sich als Strategie eignet dem Bevölkerungsrückgang entgegenzuwirken.