Croatia ; Frontier ; Impact ; National minority ; Political geography ; Slovenia ; Trans-border cooperation
The paper discusses the impact of the international border established in 1991 on cross-border cooperation. It focusses on the impact of the Agreement between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Croatia on Border Traffic and Cooperation
(SOPS) and introduction of the Schengen Agreement as a result of Slovene accession to the EU. The paper highlights the effect of the border on local population. It uses a number of interviews to present the people's attitude to the new realities
of the border while at the same time determining the impact of the border on local development and the organisation of Italian national minority in Istria. In conclusion, the paper outlines the three areas formed along the border with regard to the changes
in the intensity of cross-border cooperation and the related local development. Finally, the paper attempts to indicate the future development of the area in the context of cross-border cooperation along the EU's external border. - (IKR)
Free zones on the EU borders as the response on reduction of daily commuting through the southern EU border
migration in Slovenia and very low population territorial mobility across the Southern border, which got the Characteristics of Schengen border. The paper gives the forecast of daily commuting across the border and migrations of population on the border also
of waiting lines on the border crossings is used for forecasts of migrations and daily commuting. - (BJ).
Territorial cohesion and transboundary governance : insights from the Polish-German and the Czech-German borders
Territorial cohesion as a challenge for transboundary governance and concerning policies with a spatial impact, empirical lenses on the Polish-German and the Czech-German borders, Görlitz/Zgorzelec (Polish-German border) for transboundary co
New versus old cross-border cooperation programmes in the example of Polish-Czech and Polish-German border areas
Comparative study ; Czech Republic ; Economic development ; European Union ; Germany ; International cooperation ; Poland ; Policy ; Trans-border cooperation
the aim of this paper is to assess the Polish-Czech border cooperation and to compare it to the Polish-German border. The studies have been based on the analysis of the projects qualified for implementation under the INTERREG IIIA programmes
International Cooperation represents one of the main pillar of European development policy. Neighbouring countries engaged in the development of cross-border regions undertake institutional engineering operations to set up the necessary procedures
Legal framework and general conventions of cross-border co-operation, the regulation of European Groupings Territorial Co-operation, experience and deficits concerning cross-border co-operation, requirements and tasks for an EGTC, integrated coastal
Rural areas along the eastern border of the European Union - problems and perspectives of development with special consideration of tourism (on the example of three Polish municipalities
Local development of rural ares situated at the eastern EU border constitutes the main problem that the paper focuses on. The study area consists of three primarily agricultural communes. The socio-economic condition of the area is weak (like
Land use changes in Czech border regions (1845-2000)
In this study, we examine land use changes in border regions of Czechia during last 160 years. We focused on five most important and interesting land use categories - arable land, meadows and pastures, forested areas and built-up areas. Border
The A. has traveled mostly along the Burma-Thailand border, as well as in the Shan and Wa States, from Mongla (Chinese border) to Mae Sot and Kawthaung. In the introduction he gives a short history of these border areas and proceeds to a series
of 25 vignettes describing lengthily the daily life of the Karen peoples who inhabit both sides of the border, in the Karen States of Burma and in the contiguous Thaïs provinces. With the help and information provided by many NGOs, he was able to grasp
The paper examines the origins of border disputes and potentialities of exchange across borders. The colonial heritage of the Great Game in the eastern part of High Asia confronted independent India and the PR of China with unsolved boundary issues
. In addition India has shaped its outer and inner borders further and new territorial entities are the result or the indicator for disputes, regionalism and segregation. The listed disputes have attenuated regional development and cross-border exchange
Europe ; European Union ; Frontier ; Network ; Trans-border cooperation
European regions are territorial units of different size and character. There is a wide variety, ranging from urban and small rural regions to large European cross-border regions. All are undergoing rapid changes. The changes of the European
political landscape in wake of 1989/1990 initiated a redefinition process of the border between Eastern and Western Europe. The enlargement of the European Union in 2004 created a new framework for policy options and restructured the development of border
regions on both sides. In this paper an attempt is made to outline the conditions and tasks of crossborder cooperation at the EU internal borders between Austria and the new EU member countries (A, CZ, SK, H) and the twin-cities Görlitz (D) and Zgorzelec
(PL). Examples from the external borders are the twin-cities Narva (EST) and Iwangorod (RF) and the “Euroregion Carpathia” (H, PL, SK, RO, UA). - (IfL)
. This book examines the EU's internal and external borders, and the processes of rebordering and social change currently taking place. Such issues as security, immigration, economic development, and changing social and political attitudes are examined
, as well as the EU's relations with the Islamic world and with other world powers. The book offers detailed case studies of border regions and the concerns of local inhabitants, as well as engaging in broader discussions of developments accross Europe
and the EU's relations with bordering states. - (HC)
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