Olaf Kühne

Germany

Geographies of Complexity

Buch

This book addresses the highly differentiated spatial, social, cultural and demographic structure(s) of Germany, with a particular focus on the reciprocal relations between different levels of spatial development.The historical development of Germany serves as a background in order to provide context for the development of spatially relevant ideas and ideals (whether in relation to politics, landscape, or culture). In this regard, questions of divergence and convergence become highly salient.The book makes the complexity of spatial and social developments in Germany comprehensible. The neopragmatic approach adopted here allows bringing togeth… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Weber, Florian

ISBN: 978-3-030-92952-7
EAN: 9783030929527
Produktnummer: 38516802
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Masse: H28.5 cm x B21.5 cm x D2.1 cm 1'109 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2022
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 1109

Über den Autor

Olaf Kühne studied geography, modern history, economics and geology at Saarland University and received his doctorate in geography and sociology there and at the Open University of Hagen. After working in various Saarland state authorities and at Saarland University, he was Professor of Rural Development/Regional Management at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences from 2013 to autumn 2016 and Associate Professor of Geography at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. Since autumn 2016, he has been a professor in the Department of Geography at the Chair of Urban and Regional Development at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. His research interests include landscape and discourse theory, social acceptance of landscape change, sustainable development, transformation processes in Southern California and the Southern States of the USA, regional development, and urban and landscape ecology.Florian Weber studied geography, business administration, sociology and journalism at the University of Mainz and gained his doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with a thesis comparing German and French area-based politics in light of discourse theory. After working from 2012-2013 as a project manager in Würzburg, he took up an appointment as researcher and project coordinator in the transregional university cooperation UniGR at Kaiserslautern University of Technology and after that Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences. Since October 2016 he has been Associate Professor (Akademischer Rat) at the University of Tübingen, where he completed his post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) in 2018. In April 2019 he was appointed Junior Professor of European Studies at Saarland University, with special reference to Western Europe and border regions. His research focuses on discourse and landscape, renewable energies, cross-border cooperations, and comparative international urban district politics and development.