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Conference on "Cities in the Mountains"
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May 19, 2004
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The French mountain organisation Montanea is organising an international conference on "Cities in the Mountains" together with the Alpe magazine. It is to be held at the Chambéry Conference Centre on 29 June. Admission is free. The registration deadline is 22 June. The conference will offer simultaneous interpretation in French, German and Italian.
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Restriction on new holiday homes
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Jul 01, 2004
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land settlement,
tourism
In future all new properties built in Zermatt/CH must have a principal residence share of 30%. This measure is designed to prevent Zermatt becoming a ghost town during the off-season.
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Sonthofen to be 2005 Alpine Town of the Year
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Jul 15, 2004
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Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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towns and cities, agglomerations,
land settlement,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
On July 8 the German town of Sonthofen officially launched its preparations for the 2005 Alpine Town of the Year with an impulse workshop followed by a press conference. An international jury is to award Sonthofen the title of "2005 Alpine Town of the Year" for its past services on behalf of sustainable development in particular.
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From vegetable plots to supermarkets: land consumption in France
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Dec 02, 2004
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regional planning, regional development, land use,
towns and cities, agglomerations,
land settlement,
settlement landscape,
landscape
The French association for regional planning and rural development has recently published a white paper on the subject of land consumption as a result of urbanisation, entitled "The End of the Landscape?". More and more arable land is being built up with residential buildings and industrial parks, and land consumption is progressing at an alarming pace.
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Eco-building zone promotes demographic growth
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Sep 13, 2007
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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village renewal,
land settlement,
ecological building,
construction,
urbanisation,
demographics
The tiny Grisons community of Flerden/CH has succeeded in attracting new residents to its mountain village - and done so ecologically. In 2003 the community created an 8,500 m² energy-saving housing area for new builds erected according to ecological principles.
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Obligatory rentals for planned Swiss resort
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Aug 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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land settlement,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
depopulation,
demographics
The Egyptian entrepreneur Samih Sawiris does not want the resort he is planning in Andermatt/CH to become a ghost town. His solution: anyone who purchases a house or apartment as a second home must sign a contract agreeing to rent the property whenever they are not in residence.
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ForumAlpinum 2010: proceedings now online
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Nov 10, 2010
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Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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research, science,
towns and cities, agglomerations,
land settlement,
climate change, climate policy
The 9th edition of the ForumAlpinum was held in Munich/D in early October. Titled Metropolises and "their" Alps it explored from scientific and political angles the relationship between the Alps and large cities along the Alpine Arc Further on the plenary talks and workshops focused on the relations between large cities and climate change, biodiversity, geo risks, and the European macro-region "Alpine Space".
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Conference on demographic change in the Alpine region
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Dec 01, 2010
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Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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land settlement
The Alpine Space Forum, to be held in Innsbruck/A from 22 to 23 February 2011, focuses on coping with demographic change in the Alpine region. The Alps are particularly affected as settlement areas are limited and many Alpine communities are located in the peripheries.
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Towns in the Alps
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Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM
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land settlement
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Urbanization and Depopulation in the Alps
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Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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urbanisation,
demographics,
land settlement,
depopulation,
demographics
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