International Geographical UnionInternational Geographical Union  (IGU)( )

Commission on the Dynamics 

of Economic Spaces

Vechta Mini‐conference Globalizing Rural Places 20 – 21 May 2011

Field Trip Agribusiness Field Trip company: Big Dutchman

Poultryslaughterhouse

Schockemoehle Company: horses

Hog‐house: 1890s

Concentration of animal houses

Trad. Land use: Eschland

Dümmer Lake: Land‐use‐conflicts

P f Fi ld T i th

Trad. Farmhouse

Trad. Land‐use on low‐peat‐soils

Corn on low‐peat‐soils

Concentration of animal housesPre‐conference Field Trip ‐ theOldenburger Münsterland, 19 May 2011

Field Trip

Field Trip

Agribusiness Company: Big Dutchman, Calveslage

Field Trip

PoultrySlaughterhouseSlaughterhouse

Field Trip

ConferenceConferenceUniversity of Vechta, ISPA

Conference

At work…

Conference

… coffee break

Conference

Conference DinnerConference Dinner

Conference Dinner, Kalaboush ‐ Lüsche

Conference Dinner

Conference Dinner

Conference Dinner

Conference Dinner