Abstract ID: 3.13694 | Not reviewed | Requested as: Talk | TBA | TBA

In alpine regions, permanent settlement areas are only available for a small part of the total area due to the topography. Permanent settlement areas are areas that can be supplied with infrastructure and inhabited all year round. Due to the perception that natural hazards are occurring more frequently, risk-oriented spatial planning is becoming increasingly important, especially in these alpine regions. However, in addition to the natural hazards that threaten the permanent settlement area, socio-political problems arise, which are expressed in social processes. This is particularly evident in tourism development. Tourist investor models, such as buy-to-let models, can influence social relations in tourist communities. This influence has been insufficiently represented so far in the assessment of spatial planning measures. Therefore, this paper proposes to integrate a socio-political risk approach into the decision- making process of spatial planning. For this purpose, a socio-political risk assessment model is developed based on the theory of distributive justice. This theory forms the basis for a political dimension of spatial justice. To integrate the concept of socio-political risk assessment from a social science perspective into the spatial planning process, a theoretical framework is established:
1. Space as an arena of action: In social sciences, space is not viewed as a Euclidean model but as an interaction defined by social action. In this discursive context, spatial sociology and action theory, particularly with regard to the distinction between strategic and tactical action, provide a theoretical approach.
2. Social and distributive justice: Just Culture as a foundation for a “safety” culture within an organization provides a theoretical basis for social science topics of procedural and distributive justice within “Just Spaces”.
3. Socio-scientific risk approach: From a sociological and cultural studies perspective, it is essential to consider the socio-political thought patterns of individuals and institutions. It is necessary to adopt strategies and organizational principles of a socio-scientific risk approach for sustainable spatial planning and to develop assessment criteria such as hazard and social protection goals.