Wohin des Weges? Regionalentwicklung in Großschutzgebieten

Where are we heading? Regional development in large-scale protected areas.
When ‘large-scale protected areas’ were established in Germany, three categories of
protected areas were set up: national parks, biosphere reserves and nature parks,
each of which in principle pursue different primary objectives. In recent years, however,
some overlapping of focuses seems to have emerged – particularly against the
background of regional development, which can be understood in a variety of ways.
Focusing on the states Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, this investigation
addresses topical issues at the interface between large-scale protected areas and regional
development – thus: ‘Where are we heading? Regional development in largescale
protected areas’.