Internationalisation of society and the impact on spatial development – Examples from Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland In the context of globalisation and demographic change, the internationalisation of society is becoming increasingly important. In this anthology, awareness is raised for this topic. Its first part deals with the “spatial construction through migrants”, focusing on the culturally differentiated construction of spaces and landscapes from a theoretical point of view. From a social perspective, the shifts in such needs/requirements and values that people tie to different parts of their spatial environment are of particular interest. For example, identity constructions underlie a growing erosion process due to globalisation processes, as regards the understanding of space and landscape as well as their acquisition. Thus, the different levels of spatial planning are confronted with further differentiated demands in terms of space and landscape, implying major challenges for planners. Based on different case studies, the anthology’s second part “migration and specific spaces” follows these theoretical considerations and reflects spatial demands of migrants and their potential of internationalisation. The selected case studies mainly deal with rural areas as well as the internationalisation in those cities which has not attracted academic attention until now. At first, the focus is on the investigation of spatial acquisitions and demands of US-American, Muslim and Turkish migrants. Then, the housing situation of migrants is analysed, including the cross-border commuters at the German-Luxembourgish border. The following part is devoted to the potential which can be generated by the increasing internationalisation of the society. This is done on the one hand with a theoretical example of identity, home as well as inclusion and exclusion. On the other hand identities and self-attributions of repatriates from former Soviet Union in Rhineland-Palatinate are discussed. The conclusion, based on the different articles of this volume, discusses recommendations for the future spatial development that arise in the course of internationalisation of society.weiterlesen