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%T Motivating the population to cope with the demographic change %A König, Armin %P 65 %D 2009 %K Demographic Change %= 2011-05-11T15:00:00Z %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57518 %X The effects of the demographic challenge will change the nature of politics and the emphasis of political sectors over the next 20 years, especially on a local level. This calls for new ways of thinking, new social skills and a new frame of awareness to allow for sustainable development. The community of Illingen in the Saarland, a town of 18,000 residents, has not denied the demographic change, but has accepted it. It shows how the populace, politics and administration have been confronted with inconvenient truths in a participation process. The process of strategically aimed, participative development planning allows for flexible responses to new situations – even to new suggestions in governmental arrangements. For the first time we can empirically support the claim that demographic change can be controlled using an integrated development concept. %C DEU %C Kaiserslautern %G en %9 Sammelwerksbeitrag %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info