Coping with Demographic Change in the Alpine Regions

1. Front Matter

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2. Processes and Issues of Demographic Change in the Alps

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Demographic Change in the Alps as Part of Europe: A Brief Overview

      • Thomas Bausch

      Pages 3-9

   3. Indicators of Demographic Change: A Brief Comparison of Data from Selected Alpine Regions

      • Naja Marot, Barbara Černič Mali

      Pages 11-22

   4. Demographic Regional Types in the Alps: Results of a Cluster Analysis

      • Gerhard Ainz, Nadja Kripgans

      Pages 23-28

   5. Regional SWOT Analyses for Demographic Change Issues: Tools and Experiences

      • Alexander Veser

      Pages 29-36

   6. Awareness Rising for Demographic Change: The Need for a Participatory Approach

      • Emanuel Müller, Rike Stotten, Beatrice Durrer Eggerschwiler

      Pages 37-42

3. Addressing Specific Impacts of Demographic Change: Experiences from DEMOCHANGE Pilot Actions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. Aging

      • Hans Karl Wytrzens, Matthias Jud, Emanuel Valentin, Gerlinde Haller, Oswin Maurer, Marion Anwander et al.

      Pages 45-61

   3. Migration

      • Dario Ceccarelli, Matthias Jud, Gerlinde Haller, Emanuel Valentin, Oswin Maurer, Hans Karl Wytrzens et al.

      Pages 63-75

   4. Housing, Real Estate Markets and Spatial Planning

      • Heidrun Wankiewicz, Stefan Rieder, Andrea Niederhauser, Daniel Matti, Madeleine Koch

      Pages 77-87

   5. Labor Markets

      • Alexander Veser, Stefan Rieder, Frederik Littschwager, Felix Hörmann, Marion Anwander, Angelika Martin

      Pages 89-116

   6. Tourism

      • Thomas Bausch, Damjana Gantar, Barbara Černič Mali, Emanuel Valentin, Matthias Jud, Gerlinde Haller et al.

      Pages 117-151

   7. Policy Processes

      • Stevo Ščavničar, Madeleine Koch, Heidrun Wankiewicz, Emanuela Dutto

      Pages 153-176

4. Implications and Recommendations for Spatial Planning and Regional Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Developing Strategies: From Local Measures to an Alpine Space Perspective

      • Emanuel Valentin, Hans Karl Wytrzens, Oswin Maurer

      Pages 179-185

   3. Strategies and Roadmaps for Planning and Implementation: A Guide for Action

      • Emanuel Valentin, Hans Karl Wytrzens, Oswin Maurer

      Pages 187-205

   4. Considering Demographic Change in Planning and Implementation Processes

      • Thomas Bausch

      Pages 207-223

5. Back Matter

   Pages 225-229

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Europe’s population is ageing and decreasing. Demographic change is making not only regional and territorial adaptation necessary, but also new region-specific spatial planning and regional development. This publication focusses on demographic change and its implications for the economy and social systems in the Alpine areas, which differ widely from their surrounding metropolitan areas. It provides a specific regional in-depth study in order to help establish suitable adaptation and development programs. It covers various aspects including demographic analysis, onsite participatory strategies and implementation processes, as well as generalized adaptation strategies. Reports on pilot actions in various regions across the Alps demonstrate how demographic change can be approached from a practitioner’s perspective. The volume is based on the results of the project DEMOCHANGE, which was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund in the frame of the European Territorial Cooperation "Alpine Space" program.

• Alps
• Demographic Change
• Labor
• Migration
• Regional Development
• Spatial Planning

• Faculty of Tourism, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany

  Thomas Bausch

• Social Geography Working Group, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

  Madeleine Koch

• Institute for Emergency Medicine and Medicine Management, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

  Alexander Veser

Prof. Dr. Thomas Bausch is Professor at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Tourism, working in fields of destination management and regional development. A focus of his work is the Alpine Space area and related European programmes of transnational territorial cooperation. As national expert he contributed to several strategy papers on regional development and cohesion policy in the Alps.

Madeleine Koch, born 1978 in Wittenberg is a Research and Teaching Assistant in Social Geography at Salzburg University. She studied Geography in Jena and Salzburg, received her MSc in Geography in 2009 and is currently working on her PhD-Thesis on collaborative housing projects in Austria. In the DEMOCHANGE project she was responsible for the development and implementation of projects in the southern part of the Austrian federal state of Salzburg.

Alexander Veser is a geographer with the Institute for Emergency Medicine and Medicine Management at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. During his time as research assistant for the DEMOCHANGE project at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, he has analysed ageing and migration processes and their effects on regional economy, infrastructure and society. Together with regional partners and stakeholders, he has facilitated the conceptualisation and implementation of pilot actions in Southern Bavarian model regions. In his current work, he analyses the effects of demographic change on the demand for emergency services.

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