Border and border region : theoretical aspects, identification and determination
The influence of border on the regional development of a border region. Criteria how to determine a border region. The regional research must respect several differential aspects when studying borders and borders region. - (MS)
Europe ; European Union ; Frontier ; Nation-state ; Political geography ; Regional identity ; Trans-border cooperation
The article deals with cross-border cooperation, the border regions, the European Union, the Nation state, the linear border and the regional identity. This paper describes the leave from the border line and the leave from mental homogenization
and about the actual European regional policy of close to the border bonding” of member states. - (IfL)
Binding aross-border regions : an analysis of cross-border governance in Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis
Belgium ; Flanders ; France ; Frontier ; Governance ; Lille ; Nord-Pas-de-Calais ; Public transport ; Railway ; Trans-border cooperation ; Transport ; Transport policy ; Wallonie
This paper investigates the governance of the cross-border transit system in Eurometropolis of Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai between France and Belgium. It relies on a qualitative analysis of actors and institutions as well as social network analysis
to more precisely fix the positions and roles of actors on either side of the border. The new cross-border institution, the EGTC agency, is a central actor in public transit policy networks and its function is more complex than the institutional analysis
implies. Evaluating these roles in evolving cross-border public transit policy enables an assessment of the effectiveness of this new governance institution and the challenges faced by general-purpose cross-border governance structures in affecting policy
The article discusses the topic of borders in geographical research, the author focusing primarily on the defining of borders, as well as on the various classifications thereof. The notion of a border is used here in a broad sense, with account
taken of its significance in physical as well as economic geography. The paper makes use of the extensive scientific literature, which forms a basis for presenting proposals regarding the classification of borders. It also deals with issues like
morphology and forms of the courses borders take, their stability and genesis, while also discussing the role of borders as spatial barriers. – (BJ)
Problematika pracovnich sil v nekterych pohranicnich oblastech Ceské socialistické republiky. (Labour problems in some border regions of the Czech Socialist Republic)
The lack of manpower arose in the Czech border regions after World War Two. Besides immigration of Slovakia and other regions, the situation was solved by employment of Polish workers living in some Polish border regions. Most of them were employed
Boundary ; Cultural geography ; Economic geography ; Mexico ; Political geography ; Trans-border area ; United States
Complemented by photos taken in 1990 from El Paso in the east to the Gulf of Mexico, the AA. describe the human geographical patterns on both the U.S. and Mexican sides of the border. Economic differences are greater than cultural ones. - (DWG)