What are the reasons for the fact that 30 percent of the Austrian farms are managed by women and only 14.6 percent of the representatives in the chambers of agriculture are female? This is only one example of the under-representation of women in the most official political bodies and interest-gro...

A Holistic Approach to Mountain Develpment Research in Austria Within the ISDEMA project a re-assessment of the basic requirements for sustainable development in mountain regions has been discussed. The case studies from a series of different mountain ranges in Europe underpin the need to relate ...

ISDEMA Projekt Cultural landscapes in mountain regions are important elements of social identity and contribute to political cohesion. They develop and change over time as a result of the interplay of socio-economic, cultural and natural factors and can thus only be understood as a process. Since...