Die Verankerung der nachhaltigen Regionalentwicklung als gesetzliche Aufgabe für die über 100 Naturparke in Deutschland in § 27, Abs. 1 Nr. 6 Bundesnaturschutzgesetz im Jahr 2002 führte zu neuen Impulsen in der Naturparkarbeit, wie Friedericke Weber im Rahmen quantitativer und qualitativer...

Power generation in Germany is increasingly moving from the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power towards renewable energy. A significant 'pillar' of this transition is the use of wind power. However, despite high levels of general support for the energy transition, there is an increasing amount...

Life in the border regions within the European Union has become normal for many people, especially for younger generations. Crossing the borders is part of everyday life. In recent years, until the refugee crisis, national borders had lost significance due to their increased permeability,...

What is life in a border region like? This paper aims to answer this question, drawing on empirical research in four twin villages in the Greater Region. The findings, based on a postal survey in the twin municipalities and face-to-face interviews, show that both sides see the border situation...

Dieser Beitrag unterbreitet einen Vorschlag zur Berücksichtigung von Atmosphären bei der Analyse der sozialen Konstruktion von Landschaften. Ausgehend von einem Überblick über Ansätze der konstruktivistischen Landschaftsforschung mit einem Schwerpunkt auf den deutschsprachigen Raum wird ein...

Eine stabile und flächendeckende Mobilfunknetzabdeckung wird zunehmend als Notwendigkeit erachtet. Um diese bereitzustellen, bedarf es eines weitreichenden Netzausbaus. Vor dem Hintergrund von Ängsten um mögliche gesundheitliche Auswirkungen elektromagnetischer Felder geht die Installation...

We study how actors engage in institutional work to manage legitimacy by influencing media discourse in the face of discontinuous innovation. We content-analyze actor quotes reproduced in newspaper articles about the ‘sharing economy’ in the taxi and lodging industries to survey this aspect...

Purpose Arising societal issues challenge corporate social responsibility. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how corporations account for arising issues under different institutional settings: the stakeholder oriented corporate governance model of Germany is hypothesized to produce a...

Purpose In times of crisis, the fundamental principles of companies erode, leading to strategy shifts. This paper aims to examine whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on management’s agenda in times of crisis, indicating CSR embeddedness into corporate strategy. The focus is on the...