WernerBreitung

Professor
Homepage:http://home.tiscalinet.ch/breitung/En_index.html

Email:breitung@gmail.com

ResearchInterests

[1]Globalisationandthecity:Chineseglobalcities,HongKongandthePearlRiverDeltaRegion
[2]Bordersandtransnationalism:Bordercommunities,cross-borderintegrationinEuropeandAsia
[3]Tourismgeography:TourismdevelopmentinChina,sustainabletourism,bordertourism

AcademicTraining
1998-2001UniversityofBasel(Switzerland)
DoctorofPhilosophy(Ph.D.)2001(Advisor:Prof.Dr.RitaSchneider-Sliwa)
"HongKongandtheintegrationprocess:spatialstructuresandplanningconcepts."

1991-1993TeacherTrainingCollegeBerlin-Zehlendorf(Germany)
Graduated1993(PracticalStateExamforTeachersatGermanHighSchools)
"EconomicchangeintheenvironsofBerlin:theTeltowIndustrialArea."

1983-1990FreeUniversityofBerlin(Germany)
Majors:GeographyandMathematics.StR1990(AcademicStateExamination)
"NineteenthcenturyresidentialsuburbsofBerlinandtheirtransformation."

EmploymentHistory

since2004AssociateProfessor
Zhongshan-UniversityGuangzhou,SchoolofGeography&Planning,SchoolofTourism

since2002AssistantProfessor(temporarilyasfull-timeAssistantProfessor,thenpart-time)
UniversityofHongKong,DepartmentofGeography

2001-2003Part-timeLecturer
UniversityofMacau,ContemporaryChinaStudies(SocialScience&Humanities)

2001　Part-timeLecturer(1stsemester2001/02)
UniversityofHongKong,CentreforUrbanPlanningandEnvironmentalManagement

1998-2001ResearchAssociate
UniversityofBasel,DepartmentofGeography

1994-1997Teacher
German-SwissInternationalSchoolHongKong

1991-1994Teacher
Werner-v.-Siemens-Gymnasium(asTeacher-in-Training)andArndt-GymnasiuminBerlin

UniversityCourses(recentlytaught)

ZhongshanUniversity,SchoolofGeographyandPlanning(Masterlevel)
NationsandBordersinaGlobalisingWorld(3x)
WesternPlanningTheory(2x)
WesternGeographicalThought(1x)
ZhongshanUniversity,SchoolofTourism(Bachelorlevel)
WorldRegionalGeography(2x)
TourismGeographyofEurope(1x)
UniversityofHongKong,DepartmentofGeography(Bachelorlevel)
RegionalGeographyofEurope(5x)
EconomicandSocialDevelopmentinanUrbanisingWorld“(w.JamesWang)(1x)

ExternallyFundedProjects
2007-2012:Border-drawingandspatialdifferentiationofgovernanceinthePearlRiverDelta
ResearchprojectfundedbytheGermanResearchCouncil(DFG).Investigators:WernerBreitung(Guangzhou),UweAltrock,MichaelWaibel(bothGermany)(definiteapprovalfortwoyears).
2006:TourismMasterPlanforHunanProvince,China[ongoing].
ConsultancyprojectfortheHunanGovernment.Maininvestigator:Prof.BaoJigang[ongoing]
2005:TourismMasterPlanfortheKanasRegioninXinjiangAutonomousRegion,China.
ConsultancyprojectfortheChineseGovernment.Maininvestigator:Prof.BaoJigang[completed]
2004:TourismMasterPlanfortheGanzhouRegioninJiangxiProvince,China.
ConsultancyprojectfortheGanzhouRegion.Maininvestigator:Prof.ZhuHong[completed]
2002-2003:OvercomingBorders–LivingwithBorders.MacauandtheIntegrationProcess.
ResearchScholarshipofCulturalInstituteofMacau(ICM);maininvestigator:WernerBreitung.
Follow-ongrantforpublicationin2004-2005[completed].

ResearchOutput

Monographs
[1]BREITUNG,W.(2006):Overcomingborders,livingwithborders.MacaoandtheintegrationwithChina.(forthcoming).
[2]BREITUNG,W.(2001):HongkongundderIntegrationsprozess.R?umlicheStrukturenundplanerischeKonzepte(=BaslerBeitr?gezurGeographie48),Basel:Wepf&Co.,228pp.

Bookchapters
[1]BREITUNG,W.&M.GüNTER(2006):Localandsocialchangeinaglobalcity–thecaseofHongKong.In:F.LWu(ed.):GlobalisationandtheChineseCity.London:Routledge,pp.85-107.
[2]BREITUNG,W.(2006):HongKong,China　sglobalcity.In:R.Schneider-Sliwa(ed.):Citiesintransition.Globalization,politicalchangeandurbandevelopment(=GeoJournalLibrary83).Dordrecht:Springer,pp.67-94.
[3]BREITUNG,W.(2005):Working,living,partying–Theglobalcitytakeslocalspaces.MonitoringchangesinHongKongunderglobalisation.In:YujiMurayama&GuoqingDu(eds.):Citiesinglobalperspective.Tokyo,RikkyoUniversity,CollegeofTourism&IGUUrbanCommission,pp.391-400.
[4]BREITUNG,W.(2004):Hongkong.In:RudolfMarr(ed.):SchweizerWeltatlas-Kommentar.Zürich:KonferenzderkantonalenErziehungsdirektoren(EDK),pp.186-187.
[5]BREITUNG,W.(2002):Hongkong,dieGlobalstadtChinas.In:RitaSchneider-Sliwa(ed.):St?dteimUmbruch.Berlin:Reimer,pp.73-100.

Journalarticles
[1]BREITUNG,W.(2006):Anecdoteattheborderoftworegions(inChinese).In:ReviewofCulture(ChineseEdition),no.59,pp.83-102.
[2]WILLIS,M.,S.ZERBE&W.BREITUNG(2006):Habitatsurvey,mapping,andassessmentintheMaiPoNatureReserve,HongKong(China).In:ArchivfürNaturschutzundLandschafts-forschung45(1),pp.53-69.
[3]BREITUNG,W.(2004):Livingwithborders-overcomingborders.In:RevistadeCultura9,
pp.18-29.
[4]BREITUNG,W.(2004):Ataleoftwoborders.Separationandexchange:Macao　sandHongKong　sborderswiththeMainland.In:RevistadeCultura9,pp.6-17.
[5]BREITUNG,W.(2003):Hongkong,Shanghai,Peking-einLand,dreiWeltst?dte.
In:Geographieheute211/212,pp.36-45.

[6]BREITUNG,W.(2003):Emergingpatternsofcross-boundarycommutingbetweenHongKongandMainlandChina.In:OccasionalPapers(CentreforChinaUrban&RegionalStudies)31.
[7]BREITUNG,W.(2003):Gainingadvantagefromopenborders(bookreview).In:TheProfessionalGeographer55(3),pp.411-412.
[8]BREITUNG,W.(2002):Hongkong-eineWeltstadtaufderSuchenacheinerneuenIdentit?t.
In:ZeitschriftfürWirtschaftsgeographie46(3-4),pp.246-259.
[9]BREITUNG,W.(2002):Transformationofaboundaryregime:theHongKongandMainlandChinacase.In:EnvironmentandPlanningA34,pp.1749-1762.
[10]BREITUNG,W.(2001):GlobalstadtHongkong-LokaleKonsequenzenderglobalenVernetzung.In:AsiatischeStudien3,pp.611-648.
[11]CHAN,R.,C.L.GU&W.BREITUNG(2000):Immigration,neueArmutundSegregationinPeking.In:GeographicaHelvetica55(1),pp.13-22.
[12]BREITUNG,W.&R.SCHNEIDER-SLIWA(2000):DasNeueBerlin-vereinigteStadt,gespalteneStadt.In:PetermannsGeographischeMitteilungen144(5),pp.6-17.
[13]BREITUNG,W.(1999):TheEndof"MadeinHongKong"?–De-industrialisationandIndustrialPromotionPolicyinHongKong.In:GeographicaHelvetica54(4),pp.242-251.
[14]BREITUNG,W.&R.SCHNEIDER-SLIWA(1997):HongkongvorneuenHerausforderungen-EineGlobalCityimWandel.In:GeographischeRundschau49(7-8),pp.441-449.
[15]BREITUNG,W.&P.KNEIP(1993):WastutsichimSpeckgürtelvonBerlin?-StrukturwandelinderIndustriestadtTeltow.In:Geographieheute110,pp.35-43.

Recentunpublishedreports

[1]LakeKanasintheAltaiMountains:aworld-classdestination?(Projectreport)2005,15pp.
[2]FieldtripreaderRhineValley,2005,158pp.
[3]TheLandofHakkaattheTransChinaRailway–StudyontheprospectsofdevelopingGanzhouareaofJiangxiProvince(China)asadestinationforinternationaltourism.
In:GanzhouTourismMasterPlan2005-2020,conceptplanningspecialsubjectresearch.Guangzhou:SunYatsenUniversity,SchoolofTourism,2005,pp.249-268(inChinese).
[4]Overcomingborders–livingwithborders,Macaoandtheintegrationprocess.
(FinalprojectreportforCulturalInstituteofMacau)2004,103pp.

Recentpaperspresentedatconferencesandpubliclectures

[1]GlobalisationandtheCity-ObservationsfromHongKong.Publiclecture,Inter-UniversityInstitute,Macau(China),14.11.2006
[2]WorldcitypeopleandtheuseofspaceinHongKong.FudanUniversityInternationalUrbanForum,Shanghai(China),4.11.2006
[3]TheintegrationofMacauwiththePearlRiverDelta.FirstSino-Japan-KoreaSymposiumofYoungGeographers,Beijing(China),16.9.2006
[4]ThePearlRiverDelta:Onthefunctionofboundariesandboundinginamegacityregion.IGUCommissiononMonitoringCitiesofTomorrow,SantiagodeCompostela(Spain),1.8.2006
[5]InternationaltourismtoChina　sborderland:LakeKanasintheAltaiMountains.JinanUniversity,DepartmentofBusiness,Guangzhou(China),7.6.2006
[6]Urbanregenerationandglobalisation.ThecaseofSoHo,HongKong.SymposiumChangingGeographyinaDiversifiedWorld,BaptistUniversity,HongKong(China),2.6.2006
[7]Macao:LivinginChina,LivingwiththeBorder.Publiclecture,Ricciinstitute,Macau(China),25.4.2006
[8]Formationofatransbordermetropolitanregion:Cross-bordercommutinginHongKongandShenzhen.2006InternationalForumonMetropolitanRegionsDevelopment,Shanghai(China),12.4.2006
[9]Bordersandborderregionsintransition-HongKongandMacauasChineseborderregions(inGerman).55.DeutscherGeographentag,Trier(Germany),6.10.2005
[10]Working,living,partying–theglobalcitytakeslocalspaces.IGUCommissiononMonitoringCitiesofTomorrow,Tokyo(Japan),22.8.2005
[11]MainlandtourismtoHongKongandMacau.InternationalConferenceonBorderTourismandCommunityDevelopment,Xishuangbanna(China),7.7.2005
[12]MacaoandHongKong:Livingwithborders,overcomingborders.Publiclecture,CulturalInstituteofMacao,Macao(China),18.1.2005
[13]Thesocio-spatialeffectsofglobalisationinHongKong.AnnualMeetingoftheGeographicalSocietyofChina,Guangzhou(China),5.12.2004
[14]MainlandtourismtoHongKongandMacau.JinanUniversity,DepartmentofBusiness,Guangzhou(China),29.11.2004
[15]Borderpeople–AstudyfromHongKongandMacau.30thInternationalGeographicalCongress,Glasgow(UK),18.8.2004
[16]Theperceptionofplace–Macauinforeigner’seyes.InternationalConferenceonEventTourism&DestinationManagement,Yichang(China),28.11.2003