CS 1998 "Region Klettgau 2: Sustainable regional development"

In the follow-up-study of the ETH-NSSI Case Study 1997 the main question treated was: How can the socio-economical development of the Klettgau area be managed in a sustainable al-lowing the area to protect its unique rural character?

Major points treated in synthesis-groups were:

Mobility: Traffic-purposes (working, shopping, leisure), communication of new traffic models (car-sharing, low-consumption cars)
Landscape: Evaluation of projects in landscape-protection, project-coordination between Switzerland and Germany, Evaluation of the current situation in the Klettgau area
Economy: support for local companies, new types of companies succeeding the traditional industry (gravel-support, brickworks) in the area
Settlements: New social inventions, means of energy-use reduction for house-owners

Characteristics

Case: 153 km² area, Border-Region Switzerland-Germany, 28,500 inhabitants
Co-operation: Municipality Klettgau (D), Baden-Württemberg (D), Canton Schaffhausen (CH)
Duration: Preparation from April 1997 to March 1998, Student's work from April to July 1998, Book Production from May 1998 to January 1999

People

Headship: Prof. Dr Roland W. Scholz (ETH)
Administration: Dr Harald A. Mieg (ETH), Dr Jürg Stünzi (ETH), Sandro Bösch (ETH), Lucio Carlucci (ETH), Jenny Oswald (ETH)
Tutors: Miguel Baeriswyl (External), Dr Paul Both (External), Vicente Carabias (External), Dr Peter Frischknecht (ETH), Susanne Gatti (External), Andreas Hofer (External), Markus Jenny (External), Dr Walter Joos (External), Matthias Lebküchner (Eternal), Bertrand Lisbach (ETH), Georg Michalik (ETH), Jenny Oswald (ETH), Johanna Reutemann (External), Dr Raimund Rodewald (External), Tania Schellenberg (External), Konrad Schleiss (External), Jörg Schmill (External), Christoph Schreyer (External), Michael Stauffacher (ETH), Regula Steiner (ETH), Dr Olaf Weber (ETH), Herbert Winisdörfer (External)
Students: 80 ETH Students (76 Environemetal Sciences, 4 Environemtal Engineering)

Products

Case Study Book

Scholz, R.W., Bösch, S., Carlucci, L. & Oswald, J. (Eds.) (1999). Chancen der Region Klettgau – Nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung. ETH-UNS Fallstudie 1998. Rüegger Verlag, Zürich. ISBN 3 7253 0647 8. DownloadDownload (PDF, 29.6 MB)

Research Papers

Hansmann, R. Mieg, H.A., Scholz, R.W. & Crott, H.W. (2003). Shifting Students` to Experts` complex systems knowledge: Effects of bootstrapping, group discussion, and case study participation. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 4(2), 151–168
Hansmann, R., Scholz, R.W., Crott, H.W., & Mieg, H.A. (2003). Higher Education in Environmental Sciences: The Effects of Incorporating Expert Information in Group Discussions of a Transdisciplinary Case Study. Electronic Journal of Science Education [On-line Journal], 7(3)
Scholz, R.W., Mieg, H.A., & Weber, O. (1996). Die UNS-Fallstudie als neues Paradigma anwendungsorientierter Lehre und Forschung. [The UNS Case Study as a new paradigm for practice-oriented higher education and research]. Informationen zur Umweltpsychologie, 2 (2), 13–17
Tietje, O. (2005). Identification of a small reliable and efficient set of consistent scenarios. European Journal of Operational Research, 162(2), 418-432