Mit den Problemen der Globalisierung werden wir tagtäglich konfrontiert. Viele Menschen empfinden die Globalisierung als Bedrohung, nicht nur ihrer wirtschaftlichen Existenz, sondern auch ihres kulturell-moralischen Selbstverständnisses; manche treten aus Protest ATTAC und vergleichbaren...

The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists – of different kind and origin – has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic...

Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...