Quantitative evaluation of direct transfer payments as well as the monetary effects from tourism in this national park in the Unterengadin/Münstertal region in Grisons Canton. - (DWG)
Attendance ; Bohemia ; Czech Republic ; Leisure ; National park ; Nature park ; Tourism
The transportation network, the traffic intensity, the recreation use of area, the seasonality, the main centers of recreation activities and other different characteristics shows an investigation of Šumava National Park. - (MS)
The technology park Berlin-Adlershof as an example of spatial proximity in regional economic policy
Allemagne ; Berlin ; Economie régionale ; Géographie économique ; Région ; Saarland ; Technologie
Berlin ; Economic geography ; Germany ; Region ; Regional economy ; Saarland ; Technology
This paper discusses to what extent spatial economic policy has contributed to the development of an interlinked cluster. The article deals with technology parks, spatial proximity, spatial economic policy in Berlin-Adlershof and network development
Inscribing empire : Guam and the War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Colonization ; Cultural landscape ; Imperialism ; Pacific Region ; Political geography ; Site of memory
This historical park celebrates the “freedom” that the U.S. brought to the region. But this landscape sits at the nexus of several contested territories. Guam was seized in the 1898 Spanish-American War and experienced 50 years of dictatorship under
the Navy. Disagreements between the park service and the local people added to the contests. The park presents a discourse of American military heroism against the Japanese, at the expense of recognition of Chamorro suffering. It serves as a colonial tool.
Far from the core – regions and industrial parks in economic shadow in Hungary (Part two)
Economic crisis ; Economic development ; Economic efficiency ; Hungary ; Industrial park ; Industrialization
The second part of the paper deals with economic efficiency of top firms that are settled into industrial parks of modestly developed and less favoured counties of Hungary. Analyses were carried on using financial and statistical indicators
published by different institutions and firms. The conclusion of the study is that the economic crisis burst in 2008 has affected adversely both the annual revenues and profits of the top firms settled into industrial parks of the counties. - (AM)
La région des grès de l'Elbe - la Suisse de Bohême, approche géographique du parc national
Bohemia ; Czech Republic ; National park ; Project ; Regional development
The geographical project of a National Park includes three parts: mesas and kuestas in the West, sandstone rock cities in the East, Elbe River cayon in the centre. Cultural landscape and balanced regional development are in the focus of the new
The special role of the national parks in the environment-conscious development of the less developed rural areas in Hungary
Environmental management ; Hungary ; Nature conservation ; Nature park ; Regional development ; Rehabilitation ; Rural area
parks are taken as one of the key factors of regional development. In this approach, it is even possible that the national parks become a new kind of environment-conscious regional development sample areas in certain less developed rural regions. - (BJ).
The rehabilitation of the rural areas - following modern European style integrated rural development solutions - requires new approaches in Hungary. Pointing out the deficiencies in the Hungarian regional development policy related to the protected
areas, the current emprical research intends to stress the potential environment strategic role of the national parks as institutions. The starting-point is that the environmental problems of the studied rural areas can be only liquidated if the national
The Abruzzo region now has more than 500 000 ha in national parks which aim to preserve natural and cultural resources. Another goal is to revive the social and economic well-being of the mountain population by turning them into tourist villages
Czech Republic ; European integration ; Frontier region ; Germany ; Lithuania ; National park ; Poland ; Slovak Republic ; Tourism
Allemagne ; Intégration européenne ; Lituanie ; Parc national ; Pologne ; Région frontière ; Slovaquie ; Tchèque république ; Tourisme
The borderland areas make an ideal location for protected areas and tourism development. In most cases the national parks constitute very important tourist regions. To demonstrate the scale of tourism in national parks in the borderland the article
presents and explains the amount of visitors in these areas. In Poland more than 8 million people visit twelve national parks adjacent to international borders each year (70% of the tourist flow in all national parks in the country). The type of border has
as the fully open border. The borders of the national parks appear as the only barrier to free travel in the borderlands. -(BJ)
Après avoir traité dans une première partie quelques exemples de parkings situés dans la région d'Amsterdam afin de montrer les principes pris en compte pour de telles réalisations par les architectes et les urbanistes néerlandais dont l'aménagement
des parkings constitue une préoccupation importante, l'auteur présente, dans une seconde partie quelques monographies de parkings choisis dans la région Nord de manière à dégager une spécificité d'usage, d'aménagement et de conception. (JPM).
Japanese research parks : national policy and local development
High-tech industry ; High-tech park ; Japan ; Regional development ; Regional planning ; Research and development ; Science park ; Technology ; Territorial planning
Paper reviews the world-wide increase in protected areas and their contested meanings. Authors discuss the process of expansion in protected areas and their contested meanings. authors discuss the process of expansion of Rondane national park
Biogeochemistry ; Environmental conservation ; Local climate ; National park ; Nature park ; Poland ; Topoclimate
Park protection plan as well as within the student field training for Climatology and Atmosphere Protection specialization within the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw (in 2000-2002). Determined were characteristics
and special features of the regional climate, as well as differences in thermal and humidity conditions in the Park area. Knowledge of the local climate conditions constitutes an important component in assessment of the natural environment functioning
The paper presents results of the research on topoclimatic differentiation in the Bory Tucholskie National Park. The research was conducted as part of a study regarding biogeochemistry of landscape and water supplies and the Bory Tucholskie National
Far from the core - regions and industrial parks in economic shadow in Hungary (Part one)
Economic potential ; Hungary ; Industrial park ; Marginality ; Peripheral region ; Regional development ; Regional economy
Développement régional ; Economie régionale ; Hongrie ; Marginalité ; Parc industriel ; Potentiel économique ; Région périphérique
Desarrollo regional ; Economía regional ; Marginalidad ; Potencial económico ; Región periférica
on their territories in the first place, and then by number, profile and profit of these firms settled into industrial parks of the region. The results of an analysis showing close correlation between their geographical position and success (or failure) in business
The economic development of NUTS2 regions in Hungary can be evaluated in different ways. It is their economic potential which is put in the focus of the paper. This potential can be measured by total revenues of leading companies operating
might be used by the experts of the regional development agencies in decision making. The article is an attempt to evaluate the level of development of NUTS2 regions ont he basic data for the leading 500 companies. - (AM)
O dejatel'nosti celoveka na territorii Lahemaaskogo nacional'nogo parka (istoriko-geograficeskij ocerk). (Man on the territory of Lahemaa National Park. A historico-geographical study)
in English in an article Man's role in changing the landscapes of Lahemaa National Park in Estonia. Regional Studies (Tallinn, 1976), pp. 127-140.
In the paper the distribution of settlements on the territory of Lahemaa National Park and their influence upon its natural environnement are studied throughout the main periods of history. The results of the investigation have been summarized
Parc naturel d'Elton et son rôle dans l'optimisation de la gestion de la nature de la région
Prirodnyj park Èl'tonskij i ego rol' v optimizacii prirodopol'zovaniâ regiona
Environmental management ; European part of Russia ; Land use ; Management ; Nature park ; Regionalpark ; Volgograd
Changements récents dans la structure territoriale et sectorielle de la gestion de l'environnement de la région du lac Elton provoqués par la transformation socio-économique de la région et l'organisation du Parc Naturel d'Elton.