This paper presents an analysis of exogenous direct investments in high mountain areas, focusing on the case of the Aosta Valley, a small high mountain region in Northern Italy. More specifically, the work focuses on the results of six case studies of exogenous direct investments (investors...

A group of members of the AlpPlan Alpine spatial planning network elaborated this position paper. It contains assessments and recommendations related to key spatial challenges of transnational relevance in the Alpine region. It generally refers to the entire Alpine macroregion (EUSALP...

A 95 m thick succession of grey siliceous limestone and marl on Mount Rettenstein in the Northern Calcareous Alps allowed us to study well-preserved and diverse radiolarian assemblages across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian boundary. The distribution of 31 most characteristic radiolarian species...

There are a number of reasons for considering the cross-border dimension of Bavaria's spatial development at the present time. First, there is a new awareness of cross-border development issues on the level of the federal state of Bavaria. This is particularly related to the border between...

Alpine open spaces are becoming noticeably scarcer. In the Alps, this applies to the inherently limited area of permanent settlement, which in the case of Tyrol covers only 11.8%. The population is growing in many of the valleys and with it the infrastructure it requires. However, the open...

Alpine open spaces are becoming noticeably scarcer. In the Alps, this applies to the inherently limited area of permanent settlement, which in the case of Tyrol covers only 11.8%. The population is growing in many of the valleys and with it the infrastructure it requires. However, the open...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Europe in late winter/early spring 2020. Government restrictions and voluntary individual changes in consumer and mobility behavior led to a sharp decline of nonessential activities. For 2020, European Union Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to decrease by...

This open access book presents a set of practical tools and collaborative solutions in multi-disciplinary settings to foster the Alpine Space health tourism industry’s innovation and competitiveness. The proposed solutions emerge as the result of the synergy among health, environment, tourism,...

We examine the relationship between inheritance rules and voter turnout. Inheritance rules are measured by entailed farms in South Tyrol: land properties whose inheritance is regulated by a law similar to the right of primogeniture. Using data for municipalities between 1998 and 2010, we show...

We examine the relationship between inheritance rules and voter turnout. Inheritance rules are measured by entailed farms in South Tyrol: land properties whose inheritance is regulated by a law similar to the right of primogeniture. Using data for municipalities between 1998 and 2010, we show...

This doctoral thesis investigates deeper in competitiveness and sports businesses dealing with the following overall research question: Which factors determine the competitiveness of sports businesses in Alpine tourism destinations? In context of this doctoral thesis, Porter's Diamond (1990)...

We examine the relationship between inheritance rules and voter turnout. Inheritance rules are measured by entailed farms in South Tyrol: land properties whose inheritance is regulated by a law similar to the right of primogeniture. Using data for municipalities between 1998 and 2010, we show...

The specific conditions of mountain and especially Alpine farming require experienced and qualified farmers to guarantee sustainable agriculture in a sound ecological and economic environment. Beside natural-resource endowment, cultural, social and political conditions are important influencing...

Spätestens seit den Wiederaufbaujahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde das touristische Reisen Bestandteil des Lebensstils der westlichen Industriegesellschaft. Erholung und Neugier, Welterfahrung und Statusgewinn waren tragende Motive der Reisenden, die Erzielung von Einkommen oder Profit die...

Die Pandemie und ihre Folgen prägen und verändern die alpine Tourismuswirtschaft weiterhin tiefgreifend. Dabei treten neue Erkenntnisse und Chancen des spürbaren Digitalisierungsschubs und vielseitiger Innovationen zu Tage. Das von Thomas Bieger, Pietro Beritelli und Christian Laesser...

The €215 billion lent to Greece by her Eurozone siblings are likely among the very cheapest funding ever enjoyed by a sovereign borrower. Not only would the effective net interest rate so far be negative, but actually more so than those faced by essentially all countries lucky enough to have...

A probabilistic forecasting method to predict thunderstorms in the European Eastern Alps is developed. A statistical model links lightning occurrence from the ground-based ALDIS detection network to a large set of direct and derived variables from a numerical weather prediction (NWP) system. The...

The objective of the Macro-Regional Innovation Week organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Trieste AREA Science Park was to examine the best way to support the development of a competitive innovation ecosystem across the macro-regions that are relevant because of...

This paper analyses the micro-history of an irrigation infrastructure in the Alps, the Rû Courtaud, bringing water from the glacier of Ventina along the Ayas Valley, until some villages in the countryside of Saint-Vincent. Established in 1393, the infrastructure is still working and serving the...

Climate change is a major challenge for weather-dependent industries such as winter tourism. Existing climate change impact assessments largely do not consider seasonality of demand and snow conditions are usually included as binary variable (e.g. ski area open or closed). With this paper we...