Peter Weichhart
Peter Weichhart (born February 21, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian geographer and regional researcher who is best known for his writings on social geography .
He received his doctorate in 1973 after studying geography , German and philosophy at the University of Salzburg . Together with Benno Werlen , he has been one of the most influential German-speaking social geographers since 1980. In his current writings, Weichhart deals with the lines of development in social geography. Weichhart was professor of human geography at the Institute for Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna from 2000 to 2012 . Since 2012 he has been a Univ.-Prof. i. Usually scientifically active.
Publications (selection)
- Geography in Transition Deuticke , Vienna 1975
- Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 182/183 Burghausen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1979. → Online map (PDF; 6.1 MB)
- Residency preferences in the Salzburg area Inst. For Geography, Salzburg 1987
- Consumer markets in Salzburg Inst. For Geography, Salzburg 1988
- Spatial Identity Steiner, Stuttgart 1990
- 20 years of the SIR Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing. SIR, Salzburg 1993
- The system of the central locations in Salzburg and neighboring areas of Upper Austria and Bavaria SIR, Salzburg 1996
- Centrality and spatial development office of ÖROK, Vienna 2005
- Place identity and images - the example of Eisenhüttenstadt Inst. For Geography and Regional Research, Vienna 2006
- Lines of Development of Social Geography Steiner , Stuttgart 2008
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Weichhart in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Weichhart on the website of the University of Vienna
- Personal homepage
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Soft hard, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |