Alpine landscape always has been affected by human economic activities. Traffic economy, tourism economy and industrial structure dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises have been the drivers of economy development as well as of changes in the alpine landscape throughout the last...

Sustainability in the different spheres of ecology, society and economy of alpine regions is essential for cultural and landscape preservation as well as for ongoing development. Particular attention must be paid to regional economy development and the role of tourism. In many alpine regions...

Corporate strategies and decisions concerning location, such as outsourcing of individual production processes, have an impact on the volume of freight traffic. Due to concentration of core competences, new logistics trends, growing importance of services and liberalization of markets, corporate...

In der Freizeitgesellschaft können seit einigen Jahren starke Veränderungen festgestellt werden, die sich im alltäglichen Freizeitverhalten der Bevölkerung und auch in deren Reiseverhalten äußern. Für die auch direkt vor Ort feststellbaren Veränderungen der Freizeitgesellschaft sind hier...

Die Bodenseeregion ist eine Grenzregion, in der eine vielfältige Zusammenarbeit zwischen den vier Anrainerstaaten Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz und Liechtenstein stattfindet. Es handelt sich um eine Region ohne ein eigentliches städtisches Zentrum, die durch eine polyzentrische...

The number, diversity and popularity of events has increased in the recent years. The question of the concrete economic effects for the location and the surrounding region becomes therefore more and more important. Because every economic activity whether a public intervention or an economic...

Implementing sustainable regional development by institutionalising a structure of responsibility can be compared with originating the growth of a crystal by introducing a nucleus in a chemical solution. This is the result of a top down initiated regional Agenda 21-process in the international...

This book presents new evidence concerning the influential role of context and institutions on the relations between knowledge, innovation, clusters and learning. From a truly international perspective, the expert contributors capture the most interesting and relevant aspects of knowledge economy.