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News

09.01.2025
 

Leveraging Remote Sensing for Aquatic Resources Management

ENGAGE- Sondervortrag

29.11.2024
 

In his research, Ugur Öztürk - expert on the intersection of natural hazards and urban activities at the GFZ in Potsdam - explores how human...

27.11.2024
 

Geographies of a Changing Europe,

Monday – Thursday, 8 – 11 September 2025,

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

05.11.2024
 

Planning for transformation – and transforming planning?

24.10.2024
 

Masters' thesis elected for distinction!

23.10.2024
 

Das RSA Forschungsnetzwerk ESPPRIT (2024-2027) hat seinen ersten Event-Report im RSA Magazin Regions veröffentlicht.

Research and publications

Events

16.12.2024
 

Collaborative governance across sectors: regional development and tourism as complementary policy fields?

Europa XXI

Autoren: Martin Heintel, Elisabeth Gruber, Dominik Ebenstreit

27.11.2024
 

Kooperative Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung - 2. Auflage, Yvonne Franz, Martin Heintel (Hg.)

Die Bewältigung der Auswirkungen von Klimawandel, Fragestellungen zur Mobilität oder Herausforderungen einer gerechten Raumentwicklung kann künftig...

04.10.2024
 

L. Lemke, Beier J., Hanger-Kopp S.

Environmental Science & Policy Vol.162