Heino Meessen

Biographic Data

ID5610879
NAMEHeino Meessen
GIVEN NAMESHeino
FAMILY NAMEMeessen
SIGNATUREMEESSEN H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bern
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • Innovation in the use of wood energy in the Ukrainian Carpathians

    Open AccessIhor Soloviy, Mariana Melnykovych et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2019Cited by: 4References: 1

  • The Demogeographic Crisis in Racha, Georgia

    Open AccessThomas Köhler, Nodar Elizbarashvili et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2017

    Many rural mountain areas across the world are facing depopulation due to outmigration and negative natural population growth. This study examines depopulation in the mountains of Georgia based on the example of Oni municipality in the Racha region on the southern slopes of the Central (Greater) Caucasus. Depopulation in Oni, as in other Georgian mountain areas, has been driven by the socioeconomic and political disruption associated with the ong…

  • Grossschutzgebiete in den slowakischen Karpaten als Kompensation urbaner Verdichtung

    Open AccessHeino Meessen, Juraj Švajda et al.ARTICLERevue de géographie alpine2015References: 10

    Im westlichsten der osteuropäischen Hochgebirge, den Karpaten, bemüht sich die oberste slowakische Naturschutzbehörde, eine einzigartige Biodiversität zu schützen, nach den strengen Regeln der EU-Naturschutzes. Im vorliegenden Artikel diskutieren die Autoren am Beispiel von Grossschutzgebieten in der Ost-Slowakei den Widerspruch zwischen internationalen Naturschutz-Anforderungen und den Interessen der lokalen Bevölkerung. Darüber hinaus werden ko…

  • Protected Areas in the Slovak Carpathians as a Contested Resource Between Metropolitan and Mountain Stakeholders

    Open AccessHeino Meessen, Juraj Švajda et al.ARTICLERevue de géographie alpine2015References: 10

    In Eastern Europe’s westernmost mountain region, the Carpathians, the Slovak State Nature Conservancy is preserving a unique biodiversity in line with directives of the European Union. This is being done in large protected areas (LPAs). In this paper, we discuss current challenges of LPA management with a particular focus on contradictions between local people’s views and nationally to internationally determined sectoral planning strategies. We t…

  • Population dynamics, changes in land management, and the future of mountain areas in Northern Caucasus

    Open AccessРаиса Грачева, Raisa Gracheva et al.ARTICLEErdkunde2012

  • Sustainability-Oriented Research and Development

    Open AccessThomas Köhler, Hanspeter Liniger et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2007

    The Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) is a university-based institution that conducts resource- and people-centered research and development activities in Switzerland and abroad. Mountain development is one of CDE's focus areas. CDE is part of the Institute of Geography at the University of Berne and is the lead institution for the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North–South

  • Protected Areas in the Former Soviet Union

    Open AccessHeino Meessen, Daniel Maselli et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development2003