Klaus Peter Arnold

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Klaus Peter Arnold (born February 1, 1942 in Vienna ; † July 20, 2017 in Zwettl ) was an Austrian geographer , historian and tourism scientist who worked as a professor at the Institute for Economic Geography at the Vienna University of Economics and Business until 2007 .

Life

Arnold attended the Stubenbastei grammar school , where he obtained his Matura in 1958 . He then did military service in the armed forces , which he left with the rank of lieutenant colonel . Arnold then studied geography and history at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1973 with a dissertation on the Eastern Sattnitz in Carinthia . He then worked as a university assistant and since 1975 lecturer for tourism geography at the Institute for Economic Geography at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Here he completed his habilitation in 1989 with a study on the industrial geography of the federal state of Lower Austria . From 1998 to 2007 Arnold headed the Austrian university course for tourism, in which he introduced e-learning as a new form of teaching in 1999 . Since his retirement in 2007, Arnold has lived in Amaliendorf-Aalfang in the northwestern Waldviertel . From 2008 to 2009 he was still in charge of the Event Engineering course at the New Design University in St. Pölten .

Klaus Peter Arnold emerged as the author of numerous scientific publications and studies. For the Association of Austrian Industrialists he created a Vienna industrial atlas . He dealt with numerous international regions, including the Crimea , and Austrian regions such as the one around Lake Neusiedl . From 1985 to 2002 and from 2006 to 2007 he was President of the Austrian Society for Economic Research. His academic students include Caroline Funke, Franz Günther Jauck and Birgit Hutter .

Works

  • The eastern Sattnitz. The problem of a stagnating agricultural area in the outskirts of Klagenfurt . Vienna 1976
  • Stochastic transport problems . Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-925630-14-7
  • Economic geography . Berlin: Hirt 1992, ISBN 3-443-03102-1
  • History and geography of Amaliendorf-Ealfang. Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8442-9113-1
  • Tourism in the Tyrolean Oberland. Variety of offers, demand structures and tourism development . Berlin 2014 ISBN 978-3-8442-9105-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albert Hofmayer: Klaus Arnold from 1942 to 2017 . In: Communications of the Austrian Geographical Society . tape 159 , 2017, p. 406–407 , doi : 10.1553 / moegg159s406 .
  2. ↑ See biography Klaus Peter Arnold ( memento of the original dated February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 10, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arnold-research.eu
  3. ↑ Klaus Arnold: The eastern Sattnitz. The problem of a stagnating agricultural area in the outskirts of Klagenfurt. Vienna, Univ., Diss., 1972
  4. ^ Klaus Arnold: Vienna Industrial Atlas . Vienna: Association of Austrian Industrialists 1988
  5. ^ Klaus Arnold: Economic area Neusiedler See intensive use , structural weaknesses and spatial requirements.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Working Group Overall Concept Neusiedler See 1990.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / ubdata.univie.ac.at  
  6. ↑ Caroline Funke: Spa and wellness tourism in the field of tension between cost pressure and guest demands  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Vienna University of Economics and Business 2005@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / media.obvsg.at  
  7. ↑ Franz Günther Jauck: Integration efforts in South America and their role in the intra-regional exchange  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Vienna University of Economics and Business 1999@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / media.obvsg.at  
  8. ↑ Birgit Hutter: The image of the Waldviertel as a holiday region . Vienna University of Economics and Business 2006
personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Klaus Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economic geographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 2017
Place of death Zwettl-Lower Austria