Tobias Chilla
Articles
Europa XXI (2022) vol. 43, pp. 1 | 
Full text
doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.1
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a suspension of the Schengen Agreement within the European Union: national borders were partially controlled or closed. Especially in European border regions, where the idea of European integration is most evident, this led to limitations of cross-border linkages, putting the question of border-regional resilience into the focus of border studies. Based on the case study of German border regions, we operationalize the various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic alongside the German border. Particularly interesting with regard to the concept of border-regional resilience are the results of a two-stage Delphi survey with border-regional experts. Even if the border closures as such were a political crisis, some of the long-term effects might be considered positive.
Keywords: border regions, border-regional resilience, COVID-19 pandemic, crises, cross-border cooperation, resilience
[stefan.hippe@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
[dominik.db.bertram@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
[tobias.chilla@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
Citation
APA: Hippe, S., Bertram, D., & Chilla, T. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst for cross-border cooperation? Lessons learnt for border-regional resilience. Europa XXI, 43, 1. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.1
MLA: Hippe, Stefan, et al. "The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst for cross-border cooperation? Lessons learnt for border-regional resilience". Europa XXI, vol. 43, 2022, pp. 1. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.1
Chicago: Hippe, Stefan, Bertram, Dominik, and Chilla, Tobias. "The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst for cross-border cooperation? Lessons learnt for border-regional resilience". Europa XXI 43 (2022): 1. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.1
Harvard: Hippe, S., Bertram, D., & Chilla, T. 2022. "The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst for cross-border cooperation? Lessons learnt for border-regional resilience". Europa XXI, vol. 43, pp. 1. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.1
Recommended
German stakeholder perspectives on the provision of cross-border public services
Europa XXI (2021) vol. 40
Asymmetry of the economic development of cross-border areas in the European Union: assessment and typology
Europa XXI (2020) vol. 39
Debating real integrated territorial cooperation approaches to post-2020 EU policies: the challenges arising from COVID-19 from the perspective of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
Europa XXI (2020) vol. 38
Europa XXI (2022) vol. 43, pp. 2 | Full text
doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.2
Abstract
Cross-border integration is assumed to promote European cohesion. Yet the relationships between different forms of integration and the social and political outcomes they supposedly promotevary. In this paper, we investigate forms of cross-border integration in the Upper Rhine, comparing patterns of functional integration (socioeconomic indicators) with patterns of organizational integration (network ties between economic development organizations). Using network analysis techniques and qualitative interview data, we find that both forms of integration are driven by the presence of economic differentials between countries, but that spatial patterns of functional integration differ from those of organizational integration. We propose a typology of potential relationships between regions that explains these differing patterns of integration, and highlights how economic development actors respond to the effects of economic differentials on their regional economies. In addition, we highlight complex relationships between organizational and functional integration, institutional integration, and structural contexts.
Keywords: border regions, cohesion, cross-border integration, economic development, network analysis
[clara.turner@berkeley.edu], Institute of Geography, University of Bern Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern: Switzerland / Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley 230 Bauer Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720: United States
[tobias.chilla@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
[stefan.hippe@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
Citation
APA: Turner, C., Chilla, T., & Hippe, S. (2022). Cross-border integration patterns in the context of domestic economic development: A case study of the Upper Rhine. Europa XXI, 43, 2. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.2
MLA: Turner, Clara, et al. "Cross-border integration patterns in the context of domestic economic development: A case study of the Upper Rhine". Europa XXI, vol. 43, 2022, pp. 2. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.2
Chicago: Turner, Clara, Chilla, Tobias, and Hippe, Stefan. "Cross-border integration patterns in the context of domestic economic development: A case study of the Upper Rhine". Europa XXI 43 (2022): 2. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.2
Harvard: Turner, C., Chilla, T., & Hippe, S. 2022. "Cross-border integration patterns in the context of domestic economic development: A case study of the Upper Rhine". Europa XXI, vol. 43, pp. 2. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.2