Ethnical diversity and regional development of eastern borderland regions in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
Ethnic community ; European Union ; Frontier ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Poland ; Regional development
The paper deals with the problems of ethnic diversity of the regions (NUTS 3) belonging to Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, situated along the eastern borderland of the European Union. The ethnic factor, namely, influences in an important manner
Management of cultural landscapes : what does this mean in the former Soviet Union ? A case study from Latvia
Cultural landscape ; Land use ; Landscape ; Landscape dynamics ; Latvia ; Nature conservation ; Rural area ; Rural parish
In countries of the former Soviet Union the landscape underwent many changes as a result of agricultural collectivisation and its aftermath. This situation has been analysed for six sample rural municipalities (pagasts) in Latvia. All sampled
[b2] Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, Lettonie
Spaces of encounter-displacement : contemporary labour migrants’ return visits to Latvia
Affect ; Applied geography ; Emotion ; Journey ; Labour migration ; Latvia ; Mobility ; Social geography
The context of this paper is return visits to the Latvia of labour migrants in Guernsey. It explains how actual experience during the return path is influenced by both past trajectories and future anticipation. Return visits are conceptualized
[b1] Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, Univ. of Latvia, Riga, Lettonie
Post-socialist urban trends : new patterns and motivations for migration in the suburban areas of Rīga, Latvia
Income ; Latvia ; Local amenities ; Middle class ; Residential choice ; Riga ; Social geography ; Stock of real estate ; Suburbanization ; Urban migration ; Urbanization
[b1] Department of Human Geography, Univ. of Latvia, Riga, Lettonie
Discussion of the different arts traditions among Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and the problem that craftspeople have in a centrally planned Soviet economy. - (DWG)