A multidimensional measurement of the integration between European border regions

Durand, Frédéric; Decoville, Antoine

doi:10.1080/07036337.2019.1657857

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“…Our main goal was to identify whether such a sensitive issue as healthcare can be provided in the cross-border Czech-Austrian context as a long-term sustainable solution, as the literature review indicated that the cross-border integration between "old" and "new" EU members tends to be rather weak/fragmented [13] and mental barrier can be very significant [12], not to speak about other obstacles [38]. Afterwards we tried to identify the main obstacles in cross-border healthcare provision at the selected part of Czech-Austrian border, in divided town of Gmünd-České Velenice.…”

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“…In the EU core, defined by the six founding countries, a strong functional cross-border integration with numerous and frequent cross-border flows can be observed [13], including those in healthcare. There are several zones of organised cross-border health-care in this European core, aiming to reduce administrative challenges from EU health care legislation.…”

Section: Special Geographical Zonesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Can Cross-Border Healthcare Be Sustainable? An Example from the Czech-Austrian Borderland

Hans

Kurowska‐Pysz

2019

Sustainability

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Cross-border public services are considered to be one of the possible tools to eliminate the periphery position of border regions. The Czech part of the Gmünd/České Velenice divided twin town faces the problem of very distant healthcare, as the closest hospital on its side of the border is at around a 50 min car-drive, whereas the hospital in Austrian Gmünd is within several minutes reach. This paper analyses whether cross-border healthcare provision could help to eliminate this problem. It describes the EU legislative framework for the cross-border healthcare provision and states that it has been rather underused until now, with a minor exception of the situation between European Communities’ founding members. In the Gmünd/České Velenice context, the functional partnership run by the Lower Austria as the key actor was created. Its ability to use the INTERREG programme has helped to create conditions for a sustainable cross-border healthcare, but only as a partial solution restricted on an outpatient care. The main identified barriers are of administrative nature. To a partial surprise of authors, the mental barrier plays a minor role and could be overcome by systemic measures implemented by partners of this initiative.

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Section: Goals and Methodologymentioning

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Section: Special Geographical Zonesmentioning

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Can Cross-Border Healthcare Be Sustainable? An Example from the Czech-Austrian Borderland

Hans

Kurowska‐Pysz

2019

Sustainability

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“…Finally, cross-border cooperation itself, referring to a network of more or less formalised and flexible cross-border links between different categories of actors, such as public institutions, non-governmental organisations, entrepreneurs, etc., should be considered an important factor determining the contemporary dynamics of cross-border development (Durand & Decoville, 2020). It fosters not only multifaceted strengthening of cross-border ties (Sousa, 2013), but also economic development of border areas (Basboga, 2020;Howaniec & Lis, 2020 This catalogue is of course not exhaustive.…”

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confidence: 99%

Asymmetry of the economic development of cross-border areas in the European Union: assessment and typology

Jakubowski

2020

Eur. XXI

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The article aims to characterise the phenomenon, determine the degree, and analyse the dynamics and directions of change in the level of asymmetry of economic development of cross-border areas in the European Union (EU) based on GDP per capita (PPP). It also aims to propose a typology of cross-border areas in the EU considering the above criteria. The obtained results show that despite a relatively evident reduction of the level of asymmetry of economic development in many cases in the period 1990-2015, and particularly after 2004, many cross-border areas show significant disparities in the economic sphere. Moreover, the dynamics of the observed transformations remain spatially differentiated.

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“…The EU panorama is evolving quickly leading to uncertainty of the patterns and directions of CBB C2C projects [67], and consequently the challenges. Therefore, a close monitoring process should be carried out.…”

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Identifying Processes of Smart Planning, Governance and Management in European Border Cities. Learning from City-to-City Cooperation (C2C)

Castanho

2019

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Nowadays, especially in a European environment, it is almost given that border cities cooperate, or should cooperate. Nevertheless, several obstacles are jeopardizing the cities cooperation prosperity. Therefore, the understanding of most of the factors and processes possible involved in the success or failure of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) strategies and projects are pivotal to seek long-lasting territorial sustainability. Contextually, the study enables to identify three most influential factors and processes that should be considered to achieve territorial sustainability of CBC projects of City-to-City Cooperation (C2C) from a political-strategic perspective, being: Connectivity—movement between cities; political commitment; and the developing of common planning master plans.

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A multidimensional measurement of the integration between European border regions

Cited by 47 publications

References 25 publications

Can Cross-Border Healthcare Be Sustainable? An Example from the Czech-Austrian Borderland

Can Cross-Border Healthcare Be Sustainable? An Example from the Czech-Austrian Borderland

Asymmetry of the economic development of cross-border areas in the European Union: assessment and typology

Identifying Processes of Smart Planning, Governance and Management in European Border Cities. Learning from City-to-City Cooperation (C2C)

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