The role of border areas for dendrochronological investigations on catastrophic snow avalanches : a case study from the Italian Alps
In this work tree rings were used to investigate a disruptive snow avalanche which occurred in 2001 in Val Mala in the Italian Alps. Comparison of tree reaction in surviving plants along the flow path and vegetation on the border showed i
) the production of reaction wood even in apparently undisturbed trees and ii) the usefulness of border plants for dating past events. Different dendroecological indicators were investigated. The results confirm the possibility of applying dendrochronological
techniques to trees adjacent to the flow path, even if they appear morphologically undisturbed, and proposes to use only border areas in cases of an absence of sufficient trees along the avalanche track.
Retail competitiveness in a middle sized border town (Komárno, Slovakia)
The study deals with the rapid transformation of the Slovak retail network as well as it analyzes the changes in shopping habits in Komárno, a medium sized border town in Slovakia. The first part of the paper, which is based on a desk research
. The investigation was aimed at finding out the peculiarities arising from the economic recession and from the fact that Komárno lies on the border. - (AM)
Cross-border regionalization, the INTERREG III A initiative, and local cooperation at the Finnish – Swedish border
Economic activity ; Economic development ; Economic geography ; Finland ; Frontier ; Frontier region ; Local population ; Political geography ; Regional analysis ; Regionalization ; Sweden ; Territoriality ; Trans-border cooperation
Asia ; Burma ; Economic sector ; Greater Mekong Sub-region ; Informal sector ; Labour migration ; Thailand ; Trade ; Trans-border area ; Underground economy
Book in two parts : 1 - Myanmar’s cross-border trade ; 2- Cross-border mobility and human smuggling from Myanmar. Causes of informal and illegal exchanges are identified and described without commenting on their origins. Not knowing their effects
, costs and benefits, it is difficult to come up with restrictive policies to control them. The A focus on two cross-border areas. Informal flow of migrants from Myanmar to Thailand is the most important (2 millions) : Bamar are crossing in Myawaddy area
Territorial (dis)continuity dynamics between Ceuta and Morocco : conflictual fortification vis-à-vis co-operative interaction at the EU border in Africa
The map of human mobility on the borders of European Union shows that the Turkey became one of the most significant territories, also because of a migratory scenario in which out-flows, in flows and transit flows coexist. The last ones – maybe
the most complex and interesting ones – often cross irregularly the Turkish borders, so they show the porosity of a pivot-area for the geopolitical balances at Eurasian scale. - (NF)
Frontier region ; Germany ; Model ; Poland ; Regional development ; Regional planning ; Rural development ; Trans-border area ; Urban hierarchy
The article presents models of rural development in the German-Polish border area. Special attention was paid to the planning instruments and the mechanisms of the influence of EU, the state of Germany and the Bundesland Brandenburg. Moreover, cross
-border cooperation of NGOs was discussed. In the framework of the joint planning of the two federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg, a model of spatial development based on a system of central cities was introduced. This model assumes that the central
The international border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland came into being in 1922, but there are many important historical antecedents to the notion and expression of spatial separation in this borderland. The A. identifies
and its border areas. Every landscape is described physically and historically. The borderlines and the location on historical and new topographic maps are given. All informations about the location and the spatial division of the landscapes are drawn