This article critically examines the new guiding concept of transformation in the spatial sciences with regard to its underlying narrative - namely the Anthropocene. Without such an examination, spatial science research might contribute to apolitical, spatially undifferentiated and Eurocentric...

This article critically examines the new guiding concept of transformation in the spatial sciences with regard to its underlying narrative - namely the Anthropocene. Without such an examination, spatial science research might contribute to apolitical, spatially undifferentiated and Eurocentric...

Der Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit dem neuen raumwissenschaftlichen Leitbegriff "Transformation" auseinander, indem das zugrunde liegende Begründungsnarrativ - das Anthropozän - in den Blick genommen wird. Geschieht dies nämlich nicht, so unterliegt die raumwissenschaftliche Forschung der...

Der Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit dem neuen raumwissenschaftlichen Leitbegriff "Transformation" auseinander, indem das zugrunde liegende Begründungsnarrativ - das Anthropozän - in den Blick genommen wird. Geschieht dies nämlich nicht, so unterliegt die raumwissenschaftliche Forschung der...

Over the last three decades, outsourcing has had a big influence on the international division of labour. It is clear that it has been a major reason for the enormous build-up of production capabilities in the developing world, in particular in the export platforms of Asia. However, the...

This paper discusses solutions derived from lottery experiments using two alternative assumptions: that people perceive wealth changes as absolute amounts of money; and that people consider wealth changes as a proportion of some reference value dependant on the context of the problem under...