Boundary ; Economy ; Germany ; National territory ; Political geography ; Population ; Population distribution
Brief exposition of the meaning of German unification for population distribution, political reorganization, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, transport, environment and life styles. - (DWG)
Observations on the reorganization of the Russian oil industry
Compagnie pétrolière ; Complexe territorial de production ; Energie ; Formation des prix ; Industrie pétrolière ; Organisation industrielle ; Politique économique ; Privatisation ; Pétrole ; Russie
Economic policy ; Energy ; Industrial organization ; Oil ; Oil company ; Oil industry ; Price fixing ; Privatisation ; Russia ; Territorial production complex
Europe ; Frontier ; Geopolitics ; Political geography ; Sovereignty ; Territoriality
The A. examines the reorganization of border controls associated with the Schengen process in the European Union and some of its close neighbours. He interprets Schengen as a political moment for genealogical reflection and analysis. It is analyzed
Soziale Aspekte des Generalplans zur Besiedlung des Territoriums der UDSSR (Social aspects of the Generalplan towards the settlement system on territory of the USSR)
The authors inform about a new document ratified by the State Planning Board of USSR in 1983. There will be a restriction for further growth of large towns, a complex planning of towns in connection with their hinterlands, a reorganization of rural
Administrative reform ; Berlin ; Brandenburg ; Competitiveness ; Economic integration ; Frankfurt am Main ; Germany ; Hessen ; Region ; Spatial competition ; Territorial planning ; Territorial structure ; Urban region
The article examines the way in which the regulatory problems of city regions have been discussed in recent debates about a territorialreorganization of the German states (Länder). During the 1990's, the effectiveness of the Länder has been
increasingly redefined in terms of the economic competitiveness of major city regions in response to the dual challenges of European integration and economic globalization. Following a brief historical outline of the debate about the territorial structure
of the Länder during the post-war period, this thesis is considered with reference to two contemporary cases : the debate about the fusion of Berlin and Brandenburg and the discussion about a territorial reform in the Rhine-Main region of southern Hesse. - (L'A.).
Territorial cohesion - Between expectations, disparities and contradictions
Europe ; Governance ; Regional disparities ; Territory ; Theory
The spatial development process and Territorial Cohesion Concept, quality of the territorial structure, quality of the processes in the territorial systems, territorial subjects of the societal development process, Territorial Cohesion and EU
The state as container: territoriality in the modern world-system
Behaviour ; Democracy ; Historical geography ; Political geography ; Power ; State ; Territorial strategy ; Territoriality
Across the whole of our modern world, territory is directly linked to sovereignty to mould politics into a fundamentally state-centric social process: the state'scapture of politics is premissed upon territoriality. The domination of political
practice by territoriality is a consequence of the territorial link between sovereign territory and national homeland.
Concepts, Strategies and Guiding Principles for Europe´s Territorial Development
Cohésion sociale ; Concept ; Développement territorial ; Economie ; Europe ; Gouvernance ; Territoire ; Union Européenne
Concept ; Economy ; Europe ; European Union ; Governance ; Social cohesion ; Territorial Development ; Territory
“Territorial cohesion”, in addition to economic and social cohesion, is the new goal of the European Union. The paper deals with a short review of the genesis of a European spatial development policy, the knowledge-based identification
of territorial challenges, the new concepts of territorial governance and the dialogue with corporations as a part of the stake holder process. - (IfL)
Territorial dimensions of Hungarian ethnic identity
Ethnic community ; Ethnic group ; Geopolitics ; Hungary ; National territory ; Political geography ; Territorial identity
A review of Hungary's foreign policy draws out the special character of Hungarian political and cultural identity to explain why Hungarians living in neighboring states will continue to be a source of territorial tension. - (DWG)
Conflict ; National territory ; Political geography ; Sovereignty ; State
During the past forty years, territorial claims against neighboring states have almost always been justified as attempts to recover land that had been « wrongfully » taken away. Examples of territorial conflicts between Ecuador and Peru, India
and Pakistan, and Togo and Ghana reveal the influences of the discourse of territorial conflict justification.
Status and perspectives of territorial cohesion with respect to European Spatial Development Policy (ESDP)
Europe ; Governance ; Space ; Territory
Main sources of information, the European treaties and the European constitution as a primary basis for Territorial Cohesion (TC), terminology applied, expanding Territorial Cohesion in the constitutional debates, main facets of the TC-Issue
, governance aspects of Territorial Cohesion, achieving TC through the results of scientific research, normative and governance perspectives of TC, going back to the roots of TC ? - (IfL)
The A. examines the claim of the decreased relevance of existing structures of multipurpose territorial government. He points to configurations of governance that usually lead to situations of diffused accountability and limit the field
of democratic accountability. A change in the existing structures through which territorial self-government and administration are organized is not necessary in order to cope with the pressures and uncertainties of globalization.
Unlike countries, cities and regions compete on the basis of an absolute advantage principle and not a comparative advantage principle. The competitiveness of territories emerges as a central issue, in order to secure employment stability, benefits
for external integration, continuing growth of local well-being and wealth. The arguments put forward by P. Krugman, defining the concept of competitiveness, are wrong and misleading, and cannot be accepted in a territorial regional and urban context.
In the territory of knowledge : state-centred discourses and the construction of society
Social sciences ; Social theory ; Society ; State ; Territoriality
The article seeks to make a contribution to ongoing work which focuses explicitly on the interrelationships between governmental practice, bodies of knowledge, and territory.