Bender Oliver

Protected areas and population development in the Alps

Project Number: CH-6130

Project Type:	Research_Project
Project Duration:	01/01/2017 - 01/01/2017
Funding Source:	other ,
Project Leader:	Dr. Oliver Bender Senior Scientist Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Technikerstr. 21a AT-6020 Innsbruck Austria Phone: +43 (0) 512 507 49430 FAX: +43 (0) 512 507 94904943 e-Mail: oliver.bender(at)oeaw.ac.at http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/

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Disciplines:

Social geography and Ecology

Keywords:
amenity migration, national parks, population, protected areas, regional development

Abstract:
Nearly a quarter of the Alpine area is covered by a dense network of large protected areas (LPAs) of the four categories national park (NP), biosphere reserve (BR), nature park and world natural heritage site (WNHS). From the time of early industrialization, the Alpine area has undergone a mixed and increasingly polarized demographic development between the poles of immigration and emigration. This article investigates the possible mutual impact of population development and the existence of LPAs. The research design includes a quantitative survey of all Alpine LPAs in terms of their population development and the structure of immigration in the first decade of the 21st century. This will be linked with qualitative expert interviews in four selected NPs. The overall results allow an interpretation of the statistical correlations between type of LPA and migration.

PDF: http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/0xc1aa500e_0x0034cb89.pdf

Publications:
Oliver Bender, Charlotte E. Roth, Hubert Job 2017. Protected areas and population development in the Alps. eco.mont 9-si: 5-16. doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-9-sis5


Last update: 7/10/17
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