Building a cross-border territorial strategy between four countries: wishful thinking?

Decoville, Antoine; Durand, Frédéric

doi:10.1080/09654313.2016.1195796

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“…Based on recent studies and research [1][2][3]18,[38][39][40][41], the activation of cross-border spaces depends on many factors that enhance cross-border interaction: cooperation's across modes of transport and operators as well as the accessibility of public transport services with appropriate scheduling for users in both CBC forming areas [19].…”

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Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland

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Accessibility plays a major role in achieving sustainable transport, and therefore urban and regional sustainability. The urban public transport system promotes mobility and realizes a large part of urban movements. Moreover, improving accessibility in order to promote sustainable transport requires the application of new concepts and indicators as a powerful tool in the process of creating a balanced urban transport system. In this regard, one of the main goals of this research is to present an overview of the relevant accessibility indicators and assessment of accessibility in regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in order to transcendence challenges and obstacles for sustainable transportation in these regions along of Portuguese-Spanish border. This paper focuses on the accessibility of cross-border cooperation scenarios along the border regions of Alto Alentejo (Portugal) and Badajoz (Spain) where the Case Study Research Method (CSR) made it possible to recognize accessibility as a key factor in territorial success. Also, accessibility analysis can assess improvements as well as regional imbalances. In addition, this methodology can be used to identify missing links, which requires new investments enabling long-term sustainability.

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Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland

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“…European integration policy is driven by a hegemonic discourse that promotes the production of a single, uniform European space in which ‘the eradication of barriers is among its central concerns’ (Hajer, 2000: 142), even though other scholars nuance this view and show that different storylines coexist within this hegemonic discourse (Mejuto, 2017). Economic flows are often presented as drivers of stability, prosperity and territorial unity (Decoville and Durand, 2016: 1825). This so-called ‘negative integration’, which implies the elimination of barriers that restrict the movement of people, goods and services, is considered easier to put in place than measures for positive integration, which refer to the creation of a common sovereignty through the modification of existing institutions and the creation of new ones (Scharpf, 1997).…”

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Exploring cross-border integration in Europe: How do populations cross borders and perceive their neighbours?

Decoville

Durand

2018

European Urban and Regional Studies

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Since its creation, the European Union seems to be guided by the idea that an increase in cross-border flows contributes to more European unity. Thus, emphasis has been placed for instance on lowering customs tariffs and encouraging the free movement of goods and people. However, if the opening up of borders creates new opportunities for some residents of border regions, there are others who may not benefit. For this reason, and in a context characterized by the rise of Euroscepticism, it seems crucial to take a more critical look at actual cross-border integration and to unravel its concrete consequences for the people who live in border regions. This paper aims to do so by focusing on two aspects of this process: the functional dimension, through the number of cross-border activities, and the perceptions border residents have of their neighbours, through the level of mutual social trust. The EUROBAROMETER 422 survey is used in order to produce statistical analyses and maps. This enables us to offer a new image of European cross-border integration and to draw the following conclusions. Firstly, cross-border flows are not uniform and vary greatly from one cross-border area to another. Secondly, cross-border regions in which the intensity of flows between neighbouring regions is high do not necessarily show a high level of mutual social trust between borderland populations. Thirdly, there is not always reciprocity with regard to the mutual social trust that people have towards their neighbours within cross-border areas.

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“…However, the majority of cross-border commuting (1.2 million) is accounted for by the "old" EU15 Member States [27]. Luxembourg is the European capital of cross-border commuting [27,30,31], given its economic strength and its role as the economic engine of the whole Greater Region [1,5,32].…”

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Czech–Polish Cross-Border (Non) Cooperation in the Field of the Labor Market: Why Does It Seem to Be Un-De-Bordered?

Hans

Opioła

2019

Sustainability

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The Czech–Polish border is almost 800 kilometres long. Since 1991, 6 Euroregions and two European Groupings of Territorial Co-operation (EGTC) were created and have been conducting cross-border cooperation (CBC) along the entire length of the border. This was probably also the institutionalisation of cross-border co-operation, what has helped to reach and maintain a high level of mutual Czech–Polish relations. What can therefore be considered striking or surprising is a rather low level of cross-border labor mobility between the labor forces of both countries. Authors therefore attempted to identify projects and initiatives in the field of the cross-border labor market along the entire border. Research showed that the CBC stakeholders don’t prioritise co-operation in the field of the labor market, as they don’t see any real cross-border demand. There are some exceptions, driven mainly by the automotive and mining industries in Czechia attracting a Polish workforce. The main reason for the relatively low level of Czech–Polish cross-border co-operation in the field of the labor market is an absence of a major economic engine on either side of the border, rather than any kind of hostile or re-bordering sentiments in mutual relations between subjects from both countries.

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Building a cross-border territorial strategy between four countries: wishful thinking?

Cited by 23 publications

References 36 publications

Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland

Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland

Exploring cross-border integration in Europe: How do populations cross borders and perceive their neighbours?

Czech–Polish Cross-Border (Non) Cooperation in the Field of the Labor Market: Why Does It Seem to Be Un-De-Bordered?

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