Germany : geographies of complexity / Olaf Kühne, Florian Weber.
Kühne, Olaf, 1973- author.; Weber, Florian, Dr., author.
2022
DD21.3 .K85 2022
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Title Germany : geographies of complexity / Olaf Kühne, Florian Weber.
Author Kühne, Olaf, 1973- author.
ISBN 9783030929534 (electronic bk.)
3030929531 (electronic bk.)
9783030929527
3030929523
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92953-4
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-92953-4 doi
Call Number DD21.3 .K85 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 914.3
Summary This book addresses the highly differentiated spatial, social, cultural and demographic structure(s) of Germany, with a particular focus on the reciprocal relations between different levels of spatial development. The historical development of Germany serves as a background in order to provide context for the development of spatially relevant ideas and ideals (whether in relation to politics, landscape, or culture). In this regard, questions of divergence and convergence become highly salient. The book makes the complexity of spatial and social developments in Germany comprehensible. The neopragmatic approach adopted here allows bringing together different theoretical strands while providing a basis for independent regional geographic research at the same time. Beginning with an overview of the physical structures of Germany which provides the material point of departure for the societal development of Germany, key aspects of the German history are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the reciprocal influence between material substrate and notions of landscape. Here, specific "German" trajectories of aesthetic and normative conceptions of landscape become clear. A common theme throughout the book are questions of divergence and of efforts towards convergence, which become evident when considering past and present economic, political, and demographic developments. Efforts to tackle current challenges, such as adapting to climate change and mitigating it, or securing raw materials, also become apparent. The complexity of spatial processes in Germany is illustrated in case study regions dealing with the challenges of structural change in traditional industrial regions (such as the Ruhr area), or e.g. efforts of Berlin to position and find itself as the capital of a unified Germany. Overall, the book shows how theory-driven regional geographic research can make spatiotemporal complexities tangible and comprehensible.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2022).
Added Author Weber, Florian, Dr., author.
Series World regional geography book series.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030929527
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Geographies of Complexity
Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework of a Geography of Germany
Chapter 3. The Physical Framework
Chapter 4. Historical Developments- Aspects of German Division and Unification
Chapter 5. Landscape Developments
Chapter 6. Spatial Developments in Germany: Persistences, New Differences, and the Effort for Unity
Chapter 7. Geographies of Complexity and their clarification
Chapter 8. Regional Development
Chapter 9. Résumé
Index.

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