Selected results of the discourse on the future

New impulses for sustainable regional development can be gained from identification with one's own region. Experts from science and planning practice as well as regional actors discussed in the future discourse "Spatial Identities" how such regional identities can be used for a future-oriented development of regions.

The result was a number of products that we would like to present here.

Target group: Planning practitioners; active people from regions, districts and municipalities who deal with regional development, sustainability and change processes as well as other interested parties from science and practice.

Content: Regional development processes can benefit from dealing with regional identities and considering emotional spatial relations. The focus is on regionally active people and citizens with their personal connections to their home region. They have a good knowledge of their own region, are rooted there and want to take responsibility for its future development. Through regional identity discourses, identification features can be made visible and used as a resource for future-oriented regional development. The "Future Discourse" shows concrete ways of implementation, gives tips on formats and tools and describes examples from different regions in Germany.  Downlod as PDF

Further publications

• Kempa, Daniela; Krätzig, Sebastian & Schneider, Carolin (2019): Zukunftsdiskurs Raumbezogene Identitäten verstehen und nutzen - Eine Chance für zukunftsorientierte Regionen. In: Nachrichten der ARL 02/2019, Thema: Ländliche Räume, Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung, Hannover.
• Kempa, Daniela & Krätzig, Sebastian (2020). Ziele, Herausforderungen und Ansätze für eine Verknüpfung von Identitätsbildung und Regionalisierung. Zukunftsdiskurs Raumbezogene Identitäten verstehen und nutzen – Eine Chance für zukunftsorientierte Regionen, Arbeitspapier Nr. 1, DOI 10.15488/9860
  
• Krätzig, S.; Schneider, C. & Kempa, D. (2020): Blitzumfrage „Identifikation und Heimat: Raumbezüge, Merkmale und Bedeutung für Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft“, Arbeitspapier Nr. 2, Hannover.  https://doi.org/10.15488/9980
• Kempa, D.; Krätzig, S.; Warner, B. et al. (2020): Understanding and using spatial identities - An opportunity for future-oriented regions. Spatial Research and Planning, in Vorbereitung.