Degrees: StR in geography and mathematics (Free Univers来自ity Berlin), First thesis: Transformation of Berlin's 19th century suburbs. Second thesis: Economic change in the environs of Berlin - the example of the industrial area of Teltow. Teach西司太规接翻力喜燃ing at high schools in Be含利评角妒门加rlin and Hong Kong (1993-1997). Research associate at 360百科University of Basel (1998-2000). Doctoral thesis: Hong Kong and the 确降冲引哥integrat办必课ion process. Spatial patterns and planning co伤伤大工ncepts.Lecturer at University of Macau, Dept. of Social Sciences (2001-2003), temp. Assistant Professor at U松象校非层niversity of Hong Kong an基细刚更诗溶答星d research scholar of Instituto Cultural do Macau (ICM). 天例Since 2004 Associate Pr到观ofessor at Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou. Regional Editor (China) of Geographische R既脚巴慢七占好undschau International.
- 中文名 Werner Breitung
- 性 别 男
- 职 称 副教授
- 职 务 香港大学、中山大学教授
个人简介
Wern修er Breitung
Associate Professor
职务：香港大学、中山大学教授
Research Interests
[1] Globalisation and the city: Chinese global cities, Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Reg来自ion
[2] Borders 行要坐想攻去针and transnationalism: Border communities, cross-border integration in Europe and Asia
[3] Tourism geography: Tourism development in China, sustainable tourism, border tourism
Academic Training
1998-2001 Univer360百科sity of Basel (Switzerland)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D进笔真缩.) 2001 (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rita Schneider-Sliwa)
"Hong Kong and the integration process: spatial structures and pl湖杨量轻国着医答写底备anning concepts."
1991-1993 Te药况参策洲也格觉仍acher Training Colleg办距督司客限为吗校全e Berlin-Zehlendorf (Germany)
Graduated 1993 (Practical State Exam for Teachers at German High Schoo触怕许鲁起经土工故ls)
"Economic change in the environs 只师系马简刘以似素建齐of Berlin: the T映开命均协州矿eltow Industrial Area."
1983-1990 Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Majors: Geography and Mathematic府挥林杀临系s. StR 1990 (Academic State Examination)
"Nineteenth century reside五ntial suburbs of Berlin and their transformation."
Employment History
since 2004 Associate Professor
Zhongshan-University Guangzhou, School of Geography & Planning, School of Tourism
since 2002 Assistant Professor (temp药持orarily as full-time Assistant Professor, then 著它明义盐part-time)
University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography
2001-2003 Part-time 识觉顾消Lecturer
Univ干团色富武群虽设增动ersity of Macau, Contemporary Chin向据述攻圆步滑八掉位述a Studies (Soci货剂升味良识并al Science & Huma政病点承足nities)
2001 Part-time Lecturer (1st semester 2001/02)
University of Hong Kong, Centre for Urban Planning and Environmental Management
1998-2001 Research Associate
University of Basel, Department of Geography
1994-1997 Teacher
German-Swiss International School Hong Kong
1991-1994 Teacher
Werner-v.-Siemens-Gymnasium (as Teacher-in-Training) and Arndt-Gymnasium in Berlin
University Courses
(recently taught)
Zhongshan University, School of Geography and Planning (Master level)
Nations and Borders in a Globalising World (3x)
Western Planning Theory (2x)
Western Geographical Thought (1x)
Zhongshan University, School of Tourism (Bachelor level)
World Regional Geography (2x)
Tourism Geography of Europe (1x)
University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography (Bachelor level)
Regional Geography of Europe (5x)
Economic and Social Development in an Urbanising World“ (w. James Wang) (1x)
Projects
2007-2012: Border-drawing and spatial differentiation of governance in the Pearl River Delta
Research project funded by the German Research Council (DFG). Investigators: Werner Breitung (Guangzhou), Uwe Altrock, Michael Waibel (both Germany) (definite approval for two years).
2006: Tourism Master Plan for Hunan Province, China [ongoing].
Consultancy project for the Hunan Government. Main investigator: Prof. Bao Jigang [ongoing]
2005: Tourism Master Plan for the Kanas Region in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.
Consultancy project for the Chinese Government. Main investigator: Prof. Bao Jigang [completed]
2004: Tourism Master Plan for the Ganzhou Region in Jiangxi Province, China.
Consultancy project for the Ganzhou Region. Main investigator: Prof. Zhu Hong [completed]
2002-2003: Overcoming Borders – Living with Borders. Macau and the Integration Process.
Research Scholarship of Cultural Institute of Macau (ICM); main investigator: Werner Breitung.
Follow-on grant for publication in 2004-2005 [completed].
论文出版
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[1] BREITUNG, W. (20来自06): Overcoming borders, living with border360百科s. Macao and the integration with China. (forthcoming).
[2] BREITUNG, W. (2001): Hongkong und der Integrationsprozess. R?umliche Strukturen und planerische Konzepte (= Basler Beitr?ge zur Geographie 48), Basel: Wepf & Co., 228 pp.
Book chapters
[1] 切坚直波己BREITUNG, W. & M. GüNTER (2006): Local and social change in a global city – the case of Hong Kong. In: F.L Wu (ed.): Globalisation and the Chinese City. London: Routledge, pp. 85-107.
[2] BREITUNG, W. (2006): Hong Kong, China s global 值高斯止city. In: R. Schneider-Sliwa (ed.): Cities in transition. Globalization, 形快谁永者德晶已破确扬political change and urban 盐谈development (= GeoJournal Library 83). Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 67-94.
[3] BREIT木映围室半但UNG, W. (200磁告亮略着数谁适判创家5): Working, living, partying – The global city takes local spaces. Monitor款字几料ing changes in Hong Kong under globalisation. In: Yuji Murayama & Guoqing Du (eds.): Cities in glo县导百承用装怀bal perspective. Tokyo, Rikkyo U我直变州费陆niversity出来地看应, College of Tourism & IGU Urban Commission, pp. 391-400.
[4] BREITUNG, W. (2004): H利针缺伯序配攻地尔预ongkong. In: Rudolf Marr (ed.): Schweizer Weltatlas - Kommentar. Zürich: Konferenz der kantonalen Erziehungsdirektoren (ED可庆K), pp. 186-187.
[5] BREITUNG, W. (2002): Hongkong, die Globalstadt Chinas. In: Rita Schneider-Sliwa (ed.): St?dte im Umbruch. Berlin: Reimer, pp. 73-100.
Journal articles
居货环境往前齐直致师消 [1] BREITUNG, W. (2006): Anecdo细一降措字器苏稳宣利式te at the bord阿更路获而杆正重急卷见er of two regi兵ons (in Chinese). In: Review of Culture (Chinese Edition), no. 59, pp. 83-102.
[2] WILLIS, M., S. ZERBE & W. BREITUNG (2006): Habitat survey, mapping, and assessment in the Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (China). In: Archiv für Naturschutz und Landschafts-forschung 45(1), pp. 53-69.
[3] BREITUNG, W. (2004): Living with borders - overcoming borders. In: Revista de Cultura 9,
pp. 18-29.
[4] BREITUNG, W. (2004): A tale of two borders. Separation and exchange: Macao s and Hong Kong s borders with the Mainland. In: Revista de Cultura 9, pp. 6-17.
[5] BREITUNG, W. (2003): Hongkong, Shanghai, Peking - ein Land, drei Weltst?dte .
In: Geographie heute 211/212, pp. 36-45.
[6] BREITUNG, W. (2003): Emerging patterns of cross-boundary commuting between Hong Kong and Mainland China. In: Occasional Papers (Centre for China Urban & Regional Studies) 31.
[7] BREITUNG, W. (2003): Gaining advantage from open borders (book review). In: The Professional Geographer 55(3), pp. 411-412.
[8] BREITUNG, W. (2002): Hongkong - eine Weltstadt auf der Suche nach einer neuen Identit?t.
In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie 46(3-4), pp. 246-259.
[9] BREITUNG, W. (2002): Transformation of a boundary regime: the Hong Kong and Mainland China case. In: Environment and Planning A 34, pp. 1749-1762.
[10] BREITUNG, W. (2001): Globalstadt Hongkong - Lokale Konsequenzen der globalen Vernetzung. In: Asiatische Studien 3, pp. 611-648.
[11] CHAN, R., C.L. GU & W. BREITUNG (2000): Immigration, neue Armut und Segregation in Peking. In: Geographica Helvetica 55(1), pp. 13-22.
[12] BREITUNG, W. & R. SCHNEIDER-SLIWA (2000): Das Neue Berlin - vereinigte Stadt, gespaltene Stadt. In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 144(5), pp. 6-17.
[13] BREITUNG, W. (1999): The End of "Made in Hong Kong"? – De-industrialisation and Industrial Promotion Policy in Hong Kong. In: Geographica Helvetica 54(4), pp. 242-251.
[14] BREITUNG, W. & R. SCHNEIDER-SLIWA (1997): Hongkong vor neuen Herausforderungen - Eine Global City im Wandel. In: Geographische Rundschau 49(7-8), pp. 441-449.
[15] BREITUNG, W. & P. KNEIP (1993): Was tut sich im Speckgürtel von Berlin? - Strukturwandel in der Industriestadt Teltow. In: Geographie heute 110, pp. 35-43.
reports
[1] Lake Kanas in the Altai Mountains: a world-class destination? (Project report) 2005, 15 pp.
[2] Field trip reader Rhine Valley, 2005, 158 pp.
[3] The Land of Hakka at the Trans China Railway – Study on the prospects of developing Ganzhou area of Jiangxi Province (China) as a destination for international tourism.
In: Ganzhou Tourism Master Plan 2005-2020, concept planning special subject research. Guangzhou: Sun Yatsen University, School of Tourism, 2005, pp. 249-268 (in Chinese).
[4] Overcoming borders – living with borders, Macao and the integration process.
(Final project report for Cultural Institute of Macau) 2004, 103 pp.
Recent papers presented at conferences and public lectures
[1] Globalisation and the City - Observations from Hong Kong. Public lecture, Inter-University Institute, Macau (China), 14.11.2006
[2] World city people and the use of space in Hong Kong. Fudan University International Urban Forum, Shanghai (China), 4.11.2006
[3] The integration of Macau with the Pearl River Delta. First Sino-Japan-Korea Symposium of Young Geographers, Beijing (China), 16.9.2006
[4] The Pearl River Delta: On the function of boundaries and bounding in a mega city region. IGU Commission on Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 1.8.2006
[5] International tourism to China s borderland: Lake Kanas in the Altai Mountains. Jinan University, Department of Business, Guangzhou (China), 7.6.2006
[6] Urban regeneration and globalisation. The case of SoHo, Hong Kong. Symposium Changing Geography in a Diversified World, Baptist University, Hong Kong (China), 2.6.2006
[7] Macao: Living in China, Living with the Border. Public lecture, Ricci institute, Macau (China), 25.4.2006
[8] Formation of a transborder metropolitan region: Cross-border commuting in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. 2006 International Forum on Metropolitan Regions Development, Shanghai (China), 12.4.2006
[9] Borders and border regions in transition - Hong Kong and Macau as Chinese border regions (in German). 55. Deutscher Geographentag, Trier (Germany), 6.10.2005
[10] Working, living, partying – the global city takes local spaces. IGU Commission on Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow, Tokyo (Japan), 22.8.2005
[11] Mainland tourism to Hong Kong and Macau. International Conference on Border Tourism and Community Development, Xishuangbanna (China), 7.7.2005
[12] Macao and Hong Kong: Living with borders, overcoming borders. Public lecture, Cultural Institute of Macao, Macao (China), 18.1.2005
[13] The socio-spatial effects of globalisation in Hong Kong. Annual Meeting of the Geographical Society of China, Guangzhou (China), 5.12.2004
[14] Mainland tourism to Hong Kong and Macau. Jinan University, Department of Business, Guangzhou (China), 29.11.2004
[15] Border people – A study from Hong Kong and Macau. 30th International Geographical Congress, Glasgow (UK), 18.8.2004
[16] The perception of place – Macau in foreigner’s eyes. International Conference on Event Tourism & Destination Management, Yichang (China), 28.11.2003
