Development processes for automation systems, such as power plants and industrial production plants, involve several engineering domains, e.g., mechanical, electrical, and software engineering, as well as artifacts based on heterogeneous tools and data models. Observations in automation systems development highlighted challenges (a) in the collaboration of engineering domain experts and (b) in ...

Territorial subdivisions and geographic borders are essential for understanding phenomena in sociology, political science, history, and economics. They influence the interregional flow of information and cross-border trade and affect the diffusion of innovation and technology. However, it is unclear if existing administrative subdivisions that typically evolved decades ago still reflect the mos...

Comparativists are increasingly researching national border regions. Yet the distinct way in which proximity to borders independently shapes politics is rarely theorized explicitly. Drawing on emerging subdiscipline of studies, we identify three types effects: Borders involve specific actors, shape local identities, and provide strategies, each directly affects key areas comparative politics. A...

Contrary to an important explanatory principle of traditional dialectology, according to which (political) borders impede communication and thereby lead to the emergence of linguistic differences, I will argue that putative or factual linguistic differences are used for the social construction of (political) borders, and that existing (political) borders are symbolically reinforced by attractin...

1. introduction cities are geographic phenomenon that always leads major developments in human history. they are not only interacting with their local hinterland, but also interacting with other cities in economic and social fields. with increasing developments in recent decades in different areas, more placements for cities and geographical studies have been provided again. among the reasons t...