Karl Martin Born

Karl Martin Born
  • Prof. Dr.
  • Professor at University of Vechta

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Current institution
University of Vechta
Current position
  • Professor
Additional affiliations
October 2001 - October 2009
Freie Universität Berlin
Position
  • Research Associate
September 1996 - September 2001
University of Plymouth
Position
  • Research Associate
Education
October 2001 - November 2009
November 1996 - September 2001
Plymouth
Field of study
October 1984 - October 1996
Göttingen
Field of study

Publications

Publications (36)
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Durch gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse stehen kulturelle Initiativen und Projekte in kirchlichen Gebäuden in ländlichen Regionen vor großen Herausforderungen: Überalterung der Bevölkerung, (erweiterte) Nutzung von Kirchengebäuden, Engagementabbrüche und Rückgang der Engagementzahlen. Mit der Forschung wird das Ziel verfolgt, Gelingens- un...
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Zusammenfassung Multilokalität ist ein diverses und nicht etwa neues Phänomen. Die Ausprägungen und Motive der mehrörtigen Lebensweisen sind auch in ländlichen Räumen vielfältig. In diesem Beitrag wird das Forschungsfeld Multilokalität mit dem speziellen Fokus auf ländlichen Räumen skizziert. Die Bedeutung mehrörtiger Lebensweisen für ländliche Räu...
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Die demografischen Veränderungen, die Überalterung und das Schrumpfen der Bevölkerung Deutschlands, insbesondere in ländlichen Räumen, sind längst keine bestreitbaren Phänomene der Wissenschaft mehr, sondern in der Praxis und dem Bewusstsein der Gesellschaft angekommen. Vor diesem Hintergrund analysiert der vorliegende Beitrag die Potenziale und Pe...
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Die gegenwärtige Diskussion über die Entwicklung ländlicher Räume in Deutschland wird vielfach vom demografischen Wandel und der damit verbundenen Abwanderung junger Bevölkerungsgruppen geprägt. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellen wir eine empirische Untersuchung vor, in der Kinder und Jugendliche in der Gemeinde Grasberg bei Bremen befragt wurden.
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Poverty, material deprivation and marginalization are widespread phenomena in rural areas and since the 1980s, the subject of geographical research. In this paper, we combine the (spatial-related) aspects of rural poverty and quality of life when the perception and evaluation of poverty by local decision makers (mayors) is linked to their efforts t...
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Landschaften als abgegrenzte Ausschnitte der Erdoberfläche sind wesentliche Untersuchungsobjekte der Geographie. Die Landschaftskunde wie die Landeskunde versuchen, der Komplexität von Landschaften mit ihren Prozessen und Wirkungsgefügen gerecht zu werden und müssen dazu inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschungsansätze und – methoden nutzen. Eine bes...
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Zusammenfassung Die organisationale Ausgestaltung von regionalen Innovationssystemen ist vielschichtig und resultiert nicht nur aus den spezifischen Bedingungen vor Ort, sondern insbesondere aus der Netzwerkarbeit einzelner Akteure. Eine wichtige Rolle nehmen hierbei die regionalen Wirtschaftsförderungen ein, deren Aufgabenportfolio in der Regel au...
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Cet ouvrage prend le parti de traiter de la transformation contemporaine des campagnes dans un cadre national et d'observer les processus actuellement à l'œuvre, en Allemagne. Comme partout en Europe, les changements socio-économiques impulsés par la société urbaine ont entrainé dans les campagnes allemandes la marginalisation de l'agriculture et o...
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Cet ouvrage prend le parti de traiter de la transformation contemporaine des campagnes dans un cadre national et d'observer les processus actuellement à l'oeuvre, en Allemagne. Comme partout en Europe, les changements socio-économiques impulsés par la société urbaine ont entraîné dans les campagnes allemandes la marginalisation de l'agriculture et...
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Participation and governance are mostly connected to urban settings with their particular challenges of multiple ethnic communities, derelict urban fabric, and dysfunctional socio-economic systems. However, rural areas are affected by governance approaches and national and international funding institutions such as the European Union tend to requir...
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The paper examines the heterogeneous character of rural areas in Germany by comparing the different approaches of geography, sociology, and spatial planning. It postulates an understanding of rural areas from a structuralist perspective: Rural areas can be seen as macro- and micro-structured spaces, in which differences to urban or peri-urban areas...
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Die Auseinandersetzung mit möglichen Anpassungsstrategien an schrumpfende Versorgungsstrukturen folgt der gegenwärtig intensiven Bearbeitung von Regressionsprozessen in ländlichen Räumen, die unter dem Begriff der Schrumpfung subsumiert werden. Begleitet wird diese Entwicklung zudem durch die Überalterung und die Demobilisierung der Bevölkerung auf...
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How to ensure basic services in rural areas where the population is ageing and decreasing? What effects do new population patterns and socioeconomic changes have on peripheral areas in the new German states? What political issues are at stake? The theory of "central places", which has been used to analyze and manage access to services, is unsatisfa...
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Questions and issues about local development in the new Lander: Living conditions in rural areas How to ensure basic services in rural areas where the population is ageing and decreasing? What effects do new population patterns and socioeconomic changes have on peripheral areas in the new German states? What political issues are at stake? The theor...
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Because of the economic developments since 1989, rural areas in Eastern Germany are considered as the "losers". Especially young people leave rural areas, as they have no job perspective there. Together with a negative natural population growth, this has resulted in a declining population in villages and towns. Latest studies from Brandenburg state...
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Die ländlich peripheren Räume Ostdeutschlands gelten vielfach pauschal als schwer zu behandelnder regionaler „Sanierungsfall”, dem aber im Vergleich zu den gravierenden Problemen von Bevölkerungsrückgang und Wohnungsleerstand in den Städten weniger Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet werden kann. Fragen nach Umfang und Beweggründen für die Zuwanderung älterer...
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In many respects the transformation process in East Germany proved to be less independent from foreign influences than in other so-called transformation states such as Poland or the Czech Republic. the reunification with West Germany and the adoption of the West German social, economic and legal systems predetermined the process and set the pace fo...
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The restitution of private property has been a widespread and controversial part of the post-socialist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, raising issues about social justice and the responsibilities of national governments for the actions of their predecessors. This paper reviews the implementation of the restitution process in the count...
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Property restitution has been a widespread fact of life in Germany's New Bundesländer—the former German Democratic Republic or East Germany—since unification in 1990. It has widely been viewed as essentially an urban issue, but restitution has been widespread in rural areas as well, though on a smaller scale than in the major towns and cities. This...
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This article seeks to examine the nature and role of the German minority in the Polish territory of Upper Silesia. The activities of German minority organizations are also examined within the context of the reform of local and regional government in Poland. Some observations are made concerning the internal structures of these organizations, and th...
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One of the key features that culminated in the collapse of Communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s was a growing demand from within the societies affected that the state and the people be seen as separate, and that there be explicit recognition of the role of civil society—distinct and separate from the state. A key element in this transformati...
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The unification of Germany on 3 October 1990 marked the beginning of an unique process of social, political and economic transformation in the New Bundesländer. From a geographical point of view, the settling of the over one million property restitution claims, made possible by the governmental decision to provide for the restitution of property in...
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The unification of Germany has led to claims for the restitution of more than 2.47 million pieces of property confiscated under the auspices of either the Third Reich or the East German government. The legal and administrative taks of restitution is a huge challenge for the new Germany, with far-reaching implications for the country's social and ec...
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One consequence of the reunification of Germany in 1990 has been claims for the restitution of more than 2.5 million pieces of property confiscated by either the Third Reich or the government of former East Germany. The claims pose a huge legal and administrative challenge for the new German nation and have far-reaching implications for the social...
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The unification of Germany has led to claims for the restitution of more than 2.47 million separate pieces of property confiscated under the auspices of either the Third Reich or the government of the East Germany. The legal and administrative task is a huge challenge to the new Germany with far-reaching implications for the social and economic fab...

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The term "Village Facilitator" is often used in the context of developing countries. Is it comparable to the German "Dorfmoderator" who initiates, coordinates and manages village projects?

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