Mobility in a Globalised World 2013

The term mobility has different meanings in the following science disciplines. In economics, mobility is the ability of an individual or a group to improve their economic status in relation to income and wealth within their lifetime or between generations. In information systems and computer science, mobility is used for the concept of mobile computing, in which a computer is transported by a person during normal use. Logistics creates by the design of logistics networks the infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods. Electric mobility is one of today‘s solutions from engineering perspective to reduce the need of energy resources and environmental impact. Moreover, for urban planning, mobility is the crunch question about how to optimise the different needs for mobility and how to link different transportation systems. In this publication we collected the ideas of practitioners, researchers, and government officials regarding the different modes of mobility in a globalised world, focusing on both domestic and international issues. We are grateful for the academic hospitality at the Stuttgart Media University for our conference 2013 "Mobility in a globalised world" in September 2013. We would like to thank Prof. Dr Johannes Maucher and Dr. Heiko Roßnagel for their technical support during our sojourn in Stuttgart

Mobility in a Globalised World 2014

The term mobility has different meanings in the following science disciplines. In economics, mobility is the ability of an individual or a group to improve their economic status in relation to income and wealth within their lifetime or between generations. In information systems and computer science, mobility is used for the concept of mobile computing, in which a computer is transported by a person during normal use. Logistics creates by the design of logistics networks the infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods. Electric mobility is one of today’s solutions from engineering perspective to reduce the need of energy resources and environmental impact. Moreover, for urban planning, mobility is the crunch question about how to optimise the different needs for mobility and how to link different transportation systems. In this publication we collected the ideas of practitioners, researchers, and government officials regarding the different modes of mobility in a globalised world, focusing on both domestic and international issues

Mobility in a Globalised World 2016

The term mobility has different meanings in the following science disciplines. In economics, mobility is the ability of an individual or a group to improve their economic status in relation to income and wealth within their lifetime or between generations. In information systems and computer science, mobility is used for the concept of mobile computing, in which a computer is transported by a person during normal use. Logistics creates by the design of logistics networks the infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods. Electric mobility is one of today’s solutions from engineering perspective to reduce the need of energy resources and environmental impact. Moreover, for urban planning, mobility is the crunch question about how to optimise the different needs for mobility and how to link different transportation systems. In this publication we collected the ideas of practitioners, researchers, and government officials regarding the different modes of mobility in a globalised world, focusing on both domestic and international issues

Mobility in a Globalised World 2012

The term mobility has different meanings in the following science disciplines. In economics, mobility is the ability of an individual or a group to improve their economic status in relation to income and wealth within their lifetime or between generations. In information systems and computer science, mobility is used for the concept of mobile computing, in which a computer is transported by a person during normal use. By designing logistics networks, logistics creates the infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods. Electric mobility is one of today’s solutions from an engineering perspective to the problem of reducing the need for energy resources and environmental impact. Finally, for urban planning, mobility is the crunch question as to how to optimise the different needs for mobility and how to link different transportation systems. In this publication we have collected the ideas of practitioners, researchers, and government officials about the different modes of mobility in a globalised world, focusing on both domestic and international issues

Tourism, neoliberal policy and competitiveness in the developing world: the case of the Master Plan of Marrakech

Political economy, in its various guises and transfigurations, is a research philosophy that presents both social commentary and theoretical progress and is concerned with a number of different topics: politics, regulation and governance, production systems, social relations, inequality and development amongst many others. As a critical theory, political economy seeks to provide an understanding of societies – and of the structures and social relations that form them – in order to evoke social change toward more equitable conditions. Despite the early influence of critical development studies and political economy on tourism research, political economy has received relatively little attention in tourism research. Political Economy and Tourism the first volume to bring together different theoretical perspectives and discourse in political economy related to tourism. Written by leading scholars, the text is organised into three sequential Parts, linked by the principle that ‘the political’ and ‘the economic’ are intimately connected. Part one presents different approaches to political economy, including Marxist political economy, regulation, comparative political economy, commodity chain research and alternative political economies; Part two links key themes of political economy, such as class, gender, labour, development and consumption, to tourism; and Part three examines the political economy at various geographical scales and focuses on the outcomes and processes of the political act of planning and managing tourism production. This engaging volume provides insights and alternative critical perspectives on political economy theory to expand discussions of tourism development and policy in the future. Political Economy and Tourism is a valuable text for students, researchers and academics interested in Tourism and related disciplines

Die Perzeption eines orientalischen Staates in einem touristischen Massenmedium: Das Fallbeispiel Marokko

Am 9. September 2001 endete der Kongreß der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient für gegenwartsbezogene Orientforschung und Dokumentation in Göttingen. Zwei Tage später war mit dem Angriff auf das World-Trade-Center eine neue Lage geschaffen, die das Denken vieler Orientwissenschaftler auf den Prüfstand stellte. Die hier wiedergegebenen Beiträge der Wissenschaftler zeugen in einmaliger Weise von dem Bewußtseinsstand direkt vor dem Ereignis, beziehen sich aber dem Anlaß entsprechend auf den gesamten Orient (etwa auch auf die Türkei und deren möglichen EU-Beitritt oder dem seither ebenfalls eskalierenden Palkästinakonflikt). Keine andere Veranstaltung dieser Größenordnung dokumentiert so deutlich das Denken der Fachwissenschaftler zu diesem besonderen Zeitpunkt. Schon darum verdient der Band die Aufmerksamkeit einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit. Dabei kann der Band auch ganz unabhängig von dieser spektakulären Sonderstellung Interessierten zu vielfältigsten Sachinformationen über die Gegenwartslage im Orient verhelfen (zu Genderthematik ebenso wie zur Frage der Migration aus Nordafrika oder der Benutzung des Internets). Die hier gesammelten Einzelstudien verdienen das Interesse derer, die sich auch über die kurzfristigen Notwendigkeiten der Tagespolitik hinaus grundlegend zur Gegenwartslage im Orient anhand teilweise fundierter Einzelstudien informieren wollen

Bilaterale Unternehmenskooperationen im Tourismussektor : ausgewählte Erfolgsfaktoren

Herausforderungen und Ziele internationaler Unternehmenstätigkeit im Globalisierungszeitalter Internationalisierung mittels bilateraler Kooperationen in der Tourismusbranche Interkulturelle Kompetenz als Ressource im internationalen Management Strategische Erfolgsfaktoren im interkulturellen Kooperationsalltag Interkulturalität im Kontext von Vertrauen, Konfliktmanagement und Kundenorientierung Interkultureller Kooperationsalltag deutscher und marokkanischer Tourismusunternehmen

Nichts Fremdes ist mir fremd : Reiseführer im Kontext von Raum und der systemimmanenten Dialektik des Verständnisses von Eigenem und Fremden

Reiseführer eröffnen den Kulturwissenschaften ein vielfältiges Spektrum möglicher Beobachtungsfelder: Kulturtransfer, Eigen- und Fremdwahrnehmung, populäre Geschichtsbilder lassen sich an Hand dieses Mediums ebenso untersuchen wie die Differenzierung der angesprochenen Zielgruppen, der Wandel von Reisegewohnheiten oder die wechselnde Attraktivität von Reisezielen. Von wenigen Einzelstudien abgesehen hat diese variantenreiche und kulturgeschichtlich überaus ergiebige Textsorte in der historischen Forschung bislang kaum die ihr gebührende Beachtung gefunden. Nahezu gänzlich fehlen einschlägige Untersuchungen zum ostmitteleuropäischen Raum, obwohl gerade dieser Teil unseres Kontinents zu vielfältigen Beobachtungen Anlass geben kann: Kulturelle Pluralität, Überschneidung und Diffusion bei wechselnder Dominanz verschiedener Ethnien sowie häufig veränderte Grenzen hatten hier komplexe beziehungsgeschichtliche Fundamente gelegt, die sich einfachen Deutungsmustern von vornherein entzogen haben und zu einer Normierung touristischer Beschreibungen verleiteten und verleiten. Der Sammelband "Der genormte Blick aufs Fremde" präsentiert als Ergebnis einer wissenschaftlichen Tagung eine breite Palette von Themen und Beobachtungsfeldern zu Reiseführern in und über Ostmitteleuropa, und zwar sowohl in geographischer wie in chronologischer Hinsicht: von Riga bis nach Prag, von frühen Reiseführern aus dem 19. Jahrhundert bis hin zum Reiseführer der Zukunft, der ohne Papier auskommen wird