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Project ID:25 | Module:3 | Status: finished
How to turn Alpine landscapes into an asset of development? Institutional prerequisites and conditions at the local and regional level

                           
Contact: Dr. Erwin Rüegg
Seilergraben 53
8001 Zürich
e-mail: e.rueegg@access.unizh.ch
Phone/Fax: 01 634 39 74 / Fax: 01 634 43 60
Web: http://www.ipz.unizh.ch/personal/zigizgy

Study areas: Adula-Rheinwaldhorn (GR/TI), Biosphärenreservat Entlebuch (LU), Locarnese (TI), Oberes Reusstal (UR), Parc Jurassien Vaudois (VD)

Project partners: Regionalmanagement Biosphärenreservat Entlebuch (LU), Amt für Umweltschutz Kanton Uri

Summary:
The man-made landscapes of the alps are the result of centuries of careful cultivation supported by regional institutions and their body of regulations which were adapted to the natural requirements. These landscapes are endangered today. So, new ans...  ->read more

Description:
How can one turn the Alpine landscape into a development asset?

For centuries the value of Alpine cultivated landscapes was determined by the local population. Now, with economic change, conservation and utilization demands from outsi...  ->read more

Other publications
and activities:
Poster:Wie macht man Alpenlandschaften zum Entwicklungsfaktor? [Erwin Rüegg, (German)]
Abstract:How to turn Alpine landscapes into an asset of development? Institutional prerequisites and conditions at the local and regional level [Erwin Rüegg, Frohmut Gerheuser, Hans-Dietmar Koeppel, (English)]




A Programme of the Swiss National Science Foundation