Help me find a topic / question for my bachelor's thesis - Yes, there's GAs

Thanks. I've thought about this and that, as I've written, but I'm indifferent about most. I don't feel that I'm better at writing about the one thing or the other, it's part of what makes this hard. Your suggestion is nice, definitely, and I'll look into the practicability of this :)

As for a poll, I fear that a lot of "unqualified" votes will be cast when doing this. I've now posted up some of my previously thought of favorites for the topic, so feel free to elaborate on those if you would like.

That, as such, would be too much finance, too little geography. But I could, as a result of tax policies, look into urban development and governance there. Nice idea, I'll look further into that :)

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You're not in the wrong here. This was one of my first thoughts about a possible thesis, as I live in Munich, where loads of refugees (apparently) have arrived the past few weeks and I was confronted by the crisis myself when trying to get back into Germany after my holiday in the balkans.

It'd be an interesting topic and I've worked with refugees before in civic planning, but there's a huge but in this one:
Practicability. Even when focusing on just a little bit of the refugee crisis, you'll have to
a) stay neutral in your position, which is nearly impossible even when trying.
b) have to consider so many factors that the professor will have a lot of space and points to poke holes in your work. Like "why didn't you consider this, that, other?" and simultaneously leaves my work vulnerable to criticism in the lines of "politically biased"

The weight of this political debate, leave aside it's actual effects on our economy, space and society, is just too heavy for a bachelor's thesis in terms of length and vulnerability.

This, of course, doesn't apply to the question of "why is Germany the promised land?" which would be relatively easy to put into practice as far as I can see it, but on the other hand isn't much of a geographical topic, because it isn't really a problem about a certain space, but more a sociological question of "why this space?" and doesn't lead to problems having to be solved in a certain space, but rather as a perception of Germany in the heads of the refugees.

I currently just don't see a practical way for a bachelors thesis (I mean, as a doctorate, yeah, why not?) to cover this broadly enough while shining light on the needed depth and broadness of political opinions to this. When considering the town example or the industry example, on a political, personal and financial level, you'll get answers ranging from extremism to extremism, and everything in between, leading to the vulnerability of the work I've already mentioned above.

Also good points, but the chine phenomenon itself is, as far as I can oversee it currently, a too economical topic, without much geographical relation.

Tourism in Europe has unfortunately all been said and done - of course, it's being revaluated every year on a big scale by the major countries, leaving little open for smaller works like a bachelors thesis.

Smuggling is again, more of a sociological and financial question. The question here is less about space itself, but more about the judical structures in each country and pricing structures for the products. Exploring the routes does have a relation to space (terrain shape) but exploring that is more physical geography (so the topic's out of range) and even then, our machined vehicles today don't care much about the terrain, so choosing routes is again more of a political and judical question, in terms of "why controls here" etc.

That's just as far as I can see through with these topics atm, I appreciate your help!

That is my primary idea currently (CSR through the cooperation of grand-scale corporations and NGOs), but the part with the locals is a tad hard, as most of these projects are in lesser developed countries outside of europe and I can't really fly there from here to interview some locals, as such projects aren't needed here in Bavaria.
That reminds me, I should really edit my already found topics in the OT.

In geography, you have space. Space is the basis of all geography. Then you link a topic with a certain space that has to be analyzed and in certain cases compared to another space. And second, in almost every case (there's a few exemptions) you analyze human impact in that space. It's also becoming more and more environmental, as geography is the first science to deal with those problems, but not necessarily.

Anyway, I like your idea, especially as I have the world's second largest public park in my city. Might be worth to explore, as I still haven't decided yet.

You're right on track and I would use all of those thoughts in my thesis and survey. The danger-factor is especially one to explore, as there's various factors to explore in that regard.

Beautiful garden of flowers? I don't think so, when talking about slums, because they mostly look like this:
But it might be a thought to include in the poll, with asking people if they expect a different kind of "beauty" there.

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Thanks, I really need luck with one of the two. Failed three times already >.<

Comparing tourism in country X to country Y is rather pointless, because not every country was created equal. The "problem" with this is that the most obvious factors (like: where is the country and what countries are in it's vicinity? and political relationships) are also the most important factor in answering that question. As you can hardly change those factors, it is a rather pointless analysis.
What is possible (and, in my opinion, interesting) is comparing the tourism of two territories on the same smaller island.
Like compare Haiti to Dom Rap, which are on the same island (Hispaniola) - but the scale is too large.

What interests me, and I'm seriously considering the topic, is comparing the tourism of Saint Martin to Sint Marten.

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Congrats on the degree.
Well, the problem is, I have about an equal interest in all topics and while I specialize in geography, I find it hard to find a favorite in a very specific topic, which is why I still haven't decided on one (I mean, I had two weeks at least to "decide" on a topic, or think). Which is why I'm trying to find some inspiration on "neutral grounds" here, because talking to my fellow students would probably result in getting colored answers.