New Highlander Entrepreneurs in the Swiss Alps

Mountain regions are generally seen as depopulating. However, in the European Alps, a new migration trend can be observed that may represent a reversal of out-migration from these regions. The in-migration of so-called new highlanders brings people from lowland urban and peri-urban areas to mountain...

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Main Authors: Heike Mayer, Rahel Meili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2016-08-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
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Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00040.1