Dezentrale Besiedlung als Herausforderung für die Raumentwicklung

Abstract There is currently a debate in Switzerland about the future of peripheral rural areas and adequate policies for maintaining the decentralized settlement patterns of the country. This article presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the issues of decentralized settlement by focusing on the challenges faced in this realm by the region of Surselva in the Canton of Grisons. More precisely, we analyze the economic, institutional, infrastructural and ecological implications of recent socio-economic changes in this region, showing that the current pressure on decentralized settlements is a multi-dimensional phenomenon. The analysis draws on data stemming from 19 qualitative interviews, secondary socio-economic and survey data, as well as ecological modeling. Overall, the results show that there is not a uniformity of pressures on decentralized settlements in the Surselva region. At the economic level, the situation is one of a patchwork, polarized regional development, where areas of decline co-exist w...

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