Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter

Human Dimensions of Coastal Areas

Head of Department

Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-1527

Vita
Research interests
Publications
Projects

Prof. Dr. Beate M.W. Ratter, Professor of Geography at the University of Hamburg and Head of the Department Human Dimensions in Coastal Areas at the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon

Beate Ratter studied geography, political science and ethnology at the Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg and received her doctorate on the subject of globalisation and regional culture in Caribbean islands. Her habilitation thesis dealt with complexity theory and adaptive resource management in Southern Ontario, Canada. Ms. Ratter was a visiting researcher at McGill University, Montreal/Canada, and a visiting professor at the Institute of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg/Austria, at the Universidad Nacional, Sede San Andrés/Colombia and at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei/Taiwan. She worked as project manager for the WWF for the protection of the trilateral Wadden Sea in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. From 2002 to 2007 she was professor for intercultural studies at the Institute of Geography of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and since 2007 she is responsible for Integrative Geography at the Institute of Geography of the University of Hamburg. She is Vice President of the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA) and on the Steering Committee of the Study Group Islands, International Geographical Union (IGU).

Beate Ratter's research focuses on resource analysis. Regional development and management strategies in different regional cultures. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of perception and awareness of nature, natural events and risks in different regional cultures and their consideration as well as the participation of the affected population in the development of adapted sustainable management concepts. Beate Ratter gained regional research experience in industrialised and non-industrialised countries, including Canada, Colombia, the Caribbean Islands, Cuba, Guyana, Maldives, Taiwan and the European Wadden Sea region. Current research focuses on integrated coastal zone management and the socio-economic aspects of climate change as well as adaptation strategies and risk management in coastal areas and small islands. The aim is to use innovative research approaches to develop answers to questions of resilience, vulnerability and adaptability of coastal systems. The coastal zone as a space of interaction between land, coast and sea comprises, varying according to the issue at hand, a space that considers the entire "land-water continuum" including its social components. The background is formed by the advancing global climate changes and the increasing economic and cultural globalisation.

Memberships

Vicepresident ISISA (International Small Islands Studies Association)
Member of the Steering Committee of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Study Group Islands
Member International Geographical Union (IGU) Study Group Geomorphology and Society
Member of International Editorial Board: Journal of Geographical Research, eds. Department of Geography, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

socio-economic coastal research
climate change and society
complexity theory
human/nature-interaction and resource management
cultural relevance in sustainable spatial planning

Karrasch, L., Schoppe, A., Wessels, A., Schulte-Güstenberg, E., Döring, M., & Ratter, B. (2024): Rather with than About - Reshaping Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Times of Physical Distancing. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23, doi:10.1177/16094069241266191
Ratter, B., Anke Wessels, A., Bormann, H., & Weisse, R. (2024): Risikoregion hinter den Deichen - Umgang mit Extremereignisbündeln als transdisziplinäre Herausforderung an der Küste. In: RaumPlanung 227 / 3/4-2024, S. 13-18
Breckwoldt, A., Ratter, B., Wang, W.-C., & von Storch, H. (2023): Editorial: Fishing for human perceptions in coastal and island marine resource use systems, volume II. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1334086. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1334086
Jordan, P., Döring, M., Fröhle, P., & Ratter, B.M.W. (2023): Exploring past and present dynamics of coastal protection as possible signposts for the future? J Coast Conserv 27, 2, doi:10.1007/s11852-022-00921-z
Petzold, J., Joe, E.T., Kelman, I., Magnan, A.K., Mirbach, C., Nagle Alverio, G., Nunn, P.D., Ratter, B.M.W., & The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team (2023): Between tinkering and transformation: A contemporary appraisal of climate change adaptation research on the world's islands. Front. Clim., 4:1072231, doi:10.3389/fclim.2022.1072231
Bouwer, L.M., Cheong, S.-M., Jacot Des Combes, H., Frölicher, T.L., McInnes, K.L., Ratter, B.M.W., & Rivera-Arriaga, E. (2022): Risk Management and Adaptation for Extremes and Abrupt Changes in Climate and Oceans: Current Knowledge Gaps. Front. Clim. 3:785641, doi:10.3389/fclim.2021.785641
Collins M., Sutherland, M., Bouwer, L., Cheong, S.-M., Frölicher, T., Jacot Des Combes, H., Koll Roxy, M., Losada, I., McInnes, K., Ratter, B., Rivera-Arriaga, E., Susanto, R.D., Swingedouw, D., & Tibig, L. (2022): 2019: Extremes, Abrupt Changes and Managing Risk. In: Pörtner, H.-O., Roberts, D.C., Masson-Delmotte, V., Zhai, P., Tignor, M., Poloczanska, E., Mintenbeck, K., Alegría, A., Nicolai, M., Okem, A., Petzold, J., Rama, B., & Weyer, N.M. (eds.) 2022: IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 589–655, doi:10.1017/9781009157964.008
de Guttry, C., & Ratter, B. (2022): Expiry date of a disaster: Memory anchoring and the storm surge 1962 in Hamburg, Germany. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 70, 102719, ISSN 2212-4209, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102719
David, C.G., Hennig, A., Ratter, B.M.W., Roeber, V., Zahid, & Schlurmann, T. (2021): Considering socio-political framings when analyzing coastal climate change effects can prevent maldevelopment on small islands. Nat Commun 12, 5882, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26082-5
Döring, M., & Ratter, B. (2021): “I show you my coast…” - a relational study of coastscapes in the North Frisian Wadden Sea. Maritime Studies 20, 317–327, doi:10.1007/s40152-021-00239-w
Ratter, B., & Leyshon, C. (2021): Perceptions of and Resilience to Coastal Climate Risks. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.819
von Storch, H., Fennel, K., Jensen, J., Lewis, K., Ratter, B., Schlurmann, T., Wahl, T., & Zhang, W. (2021): Climate and Coast: Overview and Introduction. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.816
Bomhauer-Beins, L., Guttry, C. de, & Ratter, B.M.W. (2019): When Culture Materializes: Societal Dynamics in Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems in the Case of Conch Management on Abaco, The Bahamas. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1080, doi:10.3390/su11041080
Petzold, J., & Ratter, B.M.W. (2019): More than just SIDS: local solutions for global problems on small islands. In: Island Studies Journal, Vol. 14 (2019) 1, pp 3-8, doi:10.24043/isj.77
Ratter, B., Döring, M., & Gee, K. (2019): Risikoraum Heimat – Die Wattenmeerregion und eine ortsbezogene Anpassung an den Klimawandel. In: Petersen, N.A. (Hrsg.): Was ist friesische Kultur heute? Friesenkongress 2018 vom 1.-3. Juni 2018 in Aurich – eine Dokumentation, Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Aurich, ISBN 978-3-940601-50-6, S. 52-58
Ratter, B., & Schaper, J. (2019): Risiko-Management in der Badewanne - Wenn in Ostfriesland bei Sturmflut das Wasser von allen Seiten kommt. Geographische Rundschau, 2019, pp 28-33
Ratter, B., & Walsh, C. (2019): Küstenlandschaften. In: Kühne, O., Weber, F., Berr, K., & Jenal, C. (eds): Handbuch Landschaft. RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden
Süsser, D., Weig, B., Döring, M., & Ratter, B.M.W. (2019): Entrepreneurs for Renewables -Emergence of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Complex Social Systems. In: Dehmer, M., Emmert-Streib, F., & Jodlbauer, H. (eds.): Entrepreneurial Complexity Methods and Applications. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 1-47, doi:10.1201/9781351250849
Breckwoldt, A., Ratter, B.M.W., & Wang, W.-C. (2018): Editorial: Fishing for Human Perceptions in Coastal and Island Marine Resource Use Systems. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:62, doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00062
Breckwoldt, A., Wang, W.-C., Storch, H. von, & Ratter, B.M.W., eds. (2018): Fishing for Human Perceptions in Coastal and Island Marine Resource Use Systems. Lausanne: Frontiers Media, doi:10.3389/978-2-88945-459-4
Döring, M., & Ratter, B.M.W (2018): The regional framing of climate change: towards a place-based perspective on regional climate change perception in north Frisia. Journal of Coastal Conservation, February 2018, Volume 22, pp 131–143, doi:10.1007/s11852-016-0478-0
Gerkensmeier, B., & Ratter, B.M.W. (2018): Governing coastal risks as a social process - Facilitating integrative risk management by enhanced multi-stakeholder collaboration. Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 80, February 2018, Pages 144-151, ISSN 1462-9011, doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2017.11.011
Gerkensmeier, B., Ratter, B.M.W., Vollmer, M., & Walsh, C. (2018): Managing coastal risks at the Wadden Sea: a societal perspective. Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 27 (2018) 1, 15-27, doi:10.1108/DPM-04-2017-0074
Njoroge, J.M., Ratter, B.M.W., Atieno, L. & Mugabe, I.M. (2018): Employing the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework with a case study of climate change vulnerability in Mombasa, Kenya. Tourism and Hospitality Research, August 29, pp 1–16, doi:10.1177/1467358418791353
Petzold, J., Ratter, B., & Holdschlag, A. (2018): Competing knowledge systems and adaptability to sea level rise in the Bahamas. Area, 50, pp 91-100, doi:10.1111/area.12355
Ratter, B.M.W. (2018): Geography of Small Islands - Outposts of Globalisation. Springer, Cham, Springer International Publishing AG 2018, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63869-0
Ratter, B. (2018): Voice from the Field: The dykes are safe - surely? In: Bruce, M. (2018): Resource and Environmental Management, 3rd edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 120-122. ISBN: 9780190885823
Franke, N., & Ratter, B.M.W. (2017): Projektionen und Stereotype - Heimat und regionale Identität. In: Kultur prägt. Region und Identität in Rheinland-Pfalz. Mainz. ZIRP Zukunftsinitiative Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., S. 12-14. https://www.zirp.de/inhalt/kultur-pr%C3%A4gt-region-und-identit%C3%A4t-in-rheinland-pfalz
Ratter, B.M.W. (2017): Wahrnehmung des Klimawandels in der Metropolregion Hamburg. In: Meinke, I., Storch, H. von, & Claußen, M. (eds.) 2. Hamburger Klimabericht - Wissen über Klima, Klimawandel und Auswirkungen in Hamburg und Norddeutschland. Springer Verlag, S. 255-264
de Guttry, C., Döring, M., Ratter, B. (2016) Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring migrants’ perceptions of climate change in the hosting country. Die Erde 147 (2), 109-118.
Gerkensmeier, Birgit, Beate Ratter, Manfred Vollmer (2016): Trilateral (flood) risk management in the Wadden Sea Region; In: ENHANCE (2016). Novel Multi-Sector Partnerships in Disaster Risk Management. Results of the ENHANCE project. Jeroen Aerts and Jaroslav Mysiak (eds). EU FP7 project ENHANCE. pp. 346, Brussels, chapter 11, pp. 210-231.
Gerkensmeier B, Ratter B M W (2016) Multi-risk, multi-scale and multi-stakeholder – Contribution of the bow-tie analysis in risk management processes in the trilateral Wadden Sea Region, Journal of Coastal Conservation.
Grosfeld, K.; Lemke, P.; Braesicke, P.; Brauer, A.; Dethloff, K.; Kunz, M.; Latif, M.; Ratter, B.M.W.; Sachs, T.; Schmid, H.P.; Treffeisen, R.; Schwarze, R. (2016). The Helmholtz Regional Climate Initiative REKLIM from a Polar Perspective – a Preface. Polarforschung, 85, 2, 65-68.
Holdschlag, Arnd, Lisa Krause & Beate M.W. Ratter (2016). Bioinvasion des Pazifischen Rotfeuerfisches (Pterois volitans) und sozial-ökologische Anpassung in den Bahamas. Geographische Rundschau. Heft 10, Oktober 2016, pp. 44-50.
Holdschlag, Arnd & Beate M.W. Ratter (2016). Sozial-ökologische Systemdynamik in der Panarchie – Adaptivität und Umweltwissen am Beispiel karibischer Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Geographische Zeitschrift Vol. 104, Nr.3, 145-174.
Döring, M; Ratter, B.M.W. (2015): ’Heimat’ as a boundary object? Exploring the potentialities of a boundary object to instigate productive science-stakeholder interaction in North Frisia (Germany). In: Environmental Science & Policy Volume 54, (2015), 448–455.
Holdschlag, Arnd & Ratter, Beate (2016). Caribbean Island States in a Social-Ecological Panarchy? Complexity Theory, Adaptability and Environmental Knowledge Systems. Anthropocene, Vol. 13, March 2016, pp. 80-93.
Ratter, Beate, Petzold, Jan & Sinane, Kamardine (2016). Considering the locals: Coastal construction and destruction in times of climate change on Anjouan, Comoros. Natural Resources Forum 40 (2016) 112–126.
Süsser, Diana; Döring, Martin; Ratter, Beate (2016): Harvesting energy: Place and local entrepreneurship in community-based renewable energy transition, Energy Policy.
Ratter Beate M.W., Philipp K., Weig B. (2014): Heimat Küste. Wahrnehmung durch die Bevölkerung und nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung an Nordsee und Tideelbe. In: Geographische Rundschau 66(3): S. 22–29.
González-Riancho, Pino; Gerkensmeier, Birgit; Ratter, Beate M.W.; González, Mauricio; Medina, Raúl (2015): Storm surge risk perception and resilience. A pilot study in the German North Sea coast. Ocean & Coastal Management, 112 (2015) 44-60.
Kannen, A., Ratter B.M. W. (2015): Adaptation to change in the North Sea area: Maritime spatial planning as a new planning challenge in times of climate change. In: Glavovic, B. / Kelly, M. / Kay, R. / Travers, A. (Eds.) (2015): Climate Change and the Coast – Building Resilient Communities, chapter 19, pp. 435-447. CRC Press, ISBN 978-1-4822-8858-2.
Petzold, J.; B. Ratter (2015): Social capital and adaptation to climate change on small islands - an analytical framework for small islands. Ocean and Coastal Management 112 (2015) 36-43.
Ratter, Beate M.W.; Philipp, Katharina (2015): Küstenheimat – Heimat Küste. Kulturelle Identität in der Trilateralen Wattenmeer Region. In: Bund Heimat und Umwelt (BHU) (Hg.): Küstenkultur-landschaften – Kultur- und Naturerbe an europäischen Küsten, BHU. Bonn. S. 25-31. ISBN: 978-3-92537-38-8.
Ratter, B.M.W. (2015): Ist der Meeresspiegelanstieg wirklich das größte Problem kleiner Inseln? In: National Geographic Deutschland, 11 (2015).
Hans von Storch, Kay Emeis, Insa Meinke, Andreas Kannen, Volker Matthias, Beate M. W. Ratter, Emil Stanev, Ralf Weisse, Kai Wirtz (2015): Making coastal research useful - Cases from practice. Vol. 57, Iss. 1, pp. 3-16.
Al-Jenaid, Sabah; Chiu, Anthony; Dahl, Arthur; Fleischmann, Karl; Garcia, Keisha; Graham, Mark; Ratter, Beate M.W. et al. (2014): GEO Small Island Developing States Outlook. Hg. v. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Nairobi.
Billot, Matthew; Burkett, Virginia; Briguglio, Lino; Bynoe, David; Cashman, Adrian; Corbin, Christopher; Ratter, Beate M.W. et al. (2014): Emerging issues for Small Island Developing States. Results of the UNEP/UN DESA Foresight Process. Hg. v. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Nairobi.
Beate M.W. Ratter, Katharina Philipp, Barbara Weig (2014): Heimat Küste - Wahrnehmung durch die Bevölkerung und nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung an Nordseeküste und Tideelbe. Geographische Rundschau, Westermann Verlag Braunschweig, Heft 3 (Themenheft Küstenschutz in Deutschland), S. 22-28.
Weig, Barbara & Ratter, Beate M.W. (2014): Die Elbe - Heimat und Regionalentwicklung aus Sicht der Bevölkerung. In: Ratter, Beate M.W. & Holdschlag, Arnd (Hrsg.): Das Elbe-Ästuar - Natur-, Kultur- und Wirtschaftsraum unter Nutzungsdruck. Hamburg 2014 (Hamburger Symposium Geographie, Band 6), S. 71-92.
Ratter, Beate M.W. & Holdschlag, Arnd (Eds.): Das Elbe-Ästuar - Natur-, Kultur- und Wirtschaftsraum unter Nutzungsdruck. Hamburg 2014 . (Hamburger Symposium Geographie, Band 6).
Ratter, Beate M.W. (2014): Hamburger fürchten Sturmfluten mehr als Klimawandel. In: Exzellenzcluster CLISAP (Hg.): Hören, wie die Erde knirscht. Zehn Klimaforscher berichten, S. 24–29.
Ratter, Beate M.W. (2013): Veränderung der Wahrnehmung.
Kremer, H.; Nicholls, R.; Ratter, B.M.W.; Weisse, R. (eds.) (2013): Risk and Management of Current and Future Storm Surges. Heidelberg. Springer. ISBN: 978-94-007-6712-6.
Holdschlag, A.; Ratter, B.M.W. (2013): Multiscale system dynamics of humans and nature in The Bahamas: perturbation, knowledge, panarchy and resilience. In: Sustainability Science, DOI 10.1007/s11625-013-0216-6.
Ratter, Beate M.W. (2013): Surprise and Uncertainty — Framing Regional Geohazards in the Theory of Complexity. In: Humanities, 2(1), S. 1-19.
Ratter, B. (2012): Rock crab - knieper of Helgoland. In: Baldacchino, A. & G. (Eds.). A Taste of Islands - 60 Recipes and Stories from Our World of Islands. Island Studies Press: Charlottetown. p. 186-189.
Ratter, Beate M.W; Gee, Kira (2012): Heimat – A German concept of regional perception and identity as a basis for coastal management in the Wadden Sea. In: Ocean & Coastal Management 68, S. 127–137.
Glaser, Marion; Krause, Gesche; Ratter, Beate M.W.; Welp, Martin (Hg.) (2012): Human-nature interactions in the anthropocene. Potentials of social-ecological systems analysis. New York: Routledge.
Ratter, Beate M.W.; Weig, Barbara (2012): Die Tide-Elbe – ein Kultur-, Natur- und Wirtschaftsraum aus Sicht der Bevölkerung. Hg. v. Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon. Institut für Küstenforschung. Geesthacht.
Glaser, M. / Ratter, B. / Krause, G. / Welp, M. (2012): New Approaches to the Analysis of Human-Nature Relations. In: Glaser, M. / Krause, G. / Ratter, B. / Welp, M. (Eds.). Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene - Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis (Routledge Studies in Environment, Culture, And Science, Vol. 1). Routledge: New York / London. p. 3-12.
Ratter, B. / Petzold, J. (2012): From Ecological Footprint To Ecological Fingerprint - sustainable development on Helgoland. In: Topsø Larsen, K. (Ed.). From One Island To Another - A Celebration of Island Connections. Centre For Regional And Tourism Research: Bornholm (DK). p. 191-203.
Ratter, B. / Philipp, K. / von Storch, H. (2012): Between hype and decline: recent trends in public perception of climate change. In: Environmental Science & Policy. No. 18. p. 3-8.
Ratter, B. (2012): Complexity and emergence – key concepts in non-linear dynamic systems. In: Glaser, M. / Krause, G. / Ratter, B. / Welp, M. (Eds.). Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis (Routledge Studies in Environment, Culture and Science, Vol.1). Routledge: New York / London. p. 90-104.
Knieling, J. / Fröhlich, J, / Greiving, S./ Kannen, A. / Morgenstern, N. / Moss, T. / Ratter, B. / Wickel, M. (2011). Planerisch-organisatorische Anpassungspotenziale an den Klimawandel. In: von Storch, H. / Claussen, M. (Eds). Klimabericht für die Metropolregion Hamburg. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 231–270.
Ratter, B. / Müller, M. (2011): Krabbe, Küste, Wirtschaftswandel - Die deutsche Krabbenfischerei im Spannungsfeld von Ökologie und Marktwirtschaft. In: Geographie und Schule. Vol. 33. No. 190. p. 18ff.
Ratter, B. / Sobiech, C. (2011): Heimat, Umwelt und Gefahren - Wahrnehmungen der Bevölkerung an der deutschen Nordseeküste. In: Fischer, L. / Reise, K. (Eds.). Küstenmentalität und Klimawandel - Küstenwandel als kulturelle und soziale Herausforderung. Ökom: München. p. 181-196.
von Storch, H. / Meinke, I. / Stehr, N. / Ratter, B. / Krauss, W. / Pielke jr., R. / Grundmann, R. / Reckermann, M. / Weisse, R. (2011): Regional Climate Services - illustrated with experiences from Northern Europe. In: Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik. Vol. 34. No. 1. p. 1-15.
Böhner, J./ Ratter, B. (Eds.) (2010). Klimawandel und Klimawirkung. (Hamburger Symposium Geographie, Band 2). Institut für Geographie: Hamburg.
Possekel, A. / Ratter, B. / Fischer, T. (2010). Küstenbilder. Was Menschen an der Nordseeküste über Heimat, Umwelt und Gefahren denken. GKSS-Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht.
Ratter, B. / Kruse, N. (2010): Klimawandel und Wahrnehmung - Risiko und Risikobewusstsein in Hamburg. In: Böhner, J. / Ratter, B. (Eds.). Klimawandel und Klimawirkung. (Hamburger Symposium Geographie, Band 2). p. 119-137.
Ratter, B.M.W., M. Lange & C. Sobiech (2009): Heimat, Umwelt und Risiko an der deutschen Nordseeküste – Die Küstenregion aus Sicht der Bevölkerung. GKSS-Bericht 2009/10. GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht.
Ratter, B. / Rettberg, S. (2009). Naturgefahren in der Karibik - zwischen Klimawandel und sozialer Verwundbarkeit. In: Ethnoscripts. Special Issue: Caribbean. Vol. 11. No. 1. p. 46-72.
Ratter, B. (Ed.) (2009). Küste und Klima (Hamburger Symposium Geographie, Band 1). Institut für Geographie: Hamburg.
Franke, Nils, Beate Ratter und Thomas Treiling (2009): Heimat und Regionalentwicklung an Mosel, Rhein und Nahe - empirische Studien zur Regionalen Identität in Rheinland-Pfalz. Mainzer Geographische Studien Sonderband 5, ISBN 978-3-88250-060-8.
Ratter, Beate M.W. und Annika B. Dröge (2008): Guyana. WAYASBAH Verlag Hamburg. ISBN-13: 978-3-925682-63-6.
Egner, H., B. Ratter und R. Dikau (Hrsg.) (2008): Umwelt als System - System als Umwelt? Systemtheorien auf dem Prüfstand. München: Ökom. 172 S., 15 Abb., ISBN 978-3-86581-112-7.
Ratter, B. und T. Treiling (2008): Heimat und Naturschutz im Nahetal. (Mainzer Geographische Studien, Sonderband 4) Geographisches Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 2008. 64 S. 25 Abb. Karten und Fotos, ISBN 078-3-88250-058-5.
Forschung zur Sozioökonomie des Küstenraums in Zeiten des Klimawandels (Mitteilungen der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft) In: GAIA 17/3 (2008): 315–317.
Ratter, B. (2008). From window of vulnerability to window of opportunity – Global Change and its Implication for Small Islands. In: INSULA - International Journal of Island Affairs. Vol. 17. No. 1. p.36
Ratter, B. M. W. und M. Welp: Mensch/Natur-Interaktion im Anthropozän - Potenziale der sozial-ökologischen Systemanalyse. In: GAIA 17/3 (2008): 334 – 336.
Egner, H. und B. Ratter (2008): Wozu Systemtheorie(n)? In: Egner, H., B. Ratter und R. Dikau (Hrsg.): Umwelt als System - System als Umwelt? Systemtheorien auf dem Prüfstand. München: Ökom. 9-22.
Ratter, B. M. W. und T. Treiling (2008): Komplexität oder was bedeuten die Pfeile zwischen den Kästchen? In: Egner, H., B. Ratter und R. Dikau (Hrsg.): Umwelt als System - System als Umwelt? Systemtheorien auf dem Prüfstand. München: Ökom. 23-38.
From window of vulnerability to window of opportunity – Global Change and its Implication for Small Islands. In: Insula- International Journal of Island Affairs. UNESCO, 17 (1), 36-46.
Glaser, M., G. Krause, B. Ratter und Martin Welp (2008): Human/Nature Interaction in the Anthropocene - Potential of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis. In: GAIA 17/1(2008): 77–80.
Ratter B. (2007). The Uniqueness of Islands and the Economies of Place. In: Baldacchino G (Ed). A World Of Islands. An Island Studies Reader. Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Malta, pp 522–523.
Ratter, Beate M. W. (Hrsg.) (2006): Mensch/Natur-Beziehungen in Lateinamerika. Geographisches Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 2006. 137 S. 46 Abbildungen, 16 Tabellen, ISBN 3-88250-210-X.
Komplexitätstheorie und Geographie – ein Beitrag zur Begründung einer anderen Sicht auf Systeme. In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, Band 148, 2006, S.109-124.
Ratter, Beate M. W. (Hrsg.) (2005): Heimat und Naturschutz im Mittelrheintal. (Mainzer Geographische Studien, Sonderband 2) Geographisches Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 2005. 61 S. 39 Abb. Karten und Tabellen, ISBN 3-88250-054-9.
Ratter, B. M. W. & A.B. Dröge (2005): Vom Compañero zum Camarero – Der stille Niedergang der kubanischen Zuckerwirtschaft. Geographische Rundschau, Jg.57, Heft 9, 2005, S.58-64.
Possekel, A. & B. Ratter (2005): Partizipation beim grenzüberschreitenden Umweltschutz - oder: Was denken die Bürger vom Wattenmeer? In: Glaeser, B. (Hrsg.): Küste, Ökologie, Mensch: Integriertes Küstenmanagement als Instrument nachhaltiger Entwicklung. (Edition Humanökologie Band 2) Oekom: München 2005, S. 99-116.
Bevölkerungsbeteiligung und Umweltschutz im Wattenmeer - Herausforderungen an ein Integriertes Küstenzonenmanagement. Geographische Rundschau, Jg.54, Heft 12, 2002, S.16-21.
Guest Statement: The Significance of Culture for Resource and Environmental Management. In: Mitchell, B.: Resource and Environmental Management, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Ltd., Harlow, Neuausgabe Second Edition, 2002, S.7-8.
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CLICCS – C3 - Sustainable Adaptation Scenarios for Coastal Systems

In the project "Sustainable Adaptation Scenarios for Coastal Systems" regional aspects of social climate adaptation are investigated. Social and natural scientists are investigating, among other things, how to deal with extreme events such as storm surges and storms on small islands and along the coast.
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EXTREMENESS

Extreme North Sea storm surges and their possible effects. In the project, the interaction of the individual factors such as storm surge, storms, heavy rain and other findings will be investigated. The aim is to find out to what extent extraordinary constellations, which have not occurred so far, are conceivable, which could lead to storm surges with corresponding effects that have not occurred so far.
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WAKOS - Water at the east frisian coast

Water and the associated natural hazards pose major challenges in the project region, both in the short term in risk management and in the long term in precautionary measures for adaptation to climate change. Processes such as the expected sea level rise, storm surges, heavy rainfall events, drainage or groundwater recharge and saltwater intrusion are decisive factors, the knowledge of which is a prerequisite for building up decision-relevant knowledge on climate change in the region.
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REKLIM Project climate-fit

With the education and learning offer developed, the project aims to strengthen the participants of the courses in their role as important multipliers in municipal climate protection and for the change of our society and to network them. Different levels of actors and knowledge as well as different expertise will be specifically linked. The project makes an important contribution to strengthening the decision-making, participation, action and design competence in important questions of climate protection and climate adaptation.
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