Europa XXI (2022) vol. 43

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 [stefan.hippe@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
Dominik Bertram [dominik.db.bertram@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
Tobias Chilla [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, 29-50. 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. 29-50. 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): 29-50. 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. 29-50. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.1

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Information regarding remittances flows across European space is scarce, and available only at the national level. Such a scarcity limits the capacity to undertake the required analyses and to derive the corresponding conclusions on the interrelations among European regions. The paper uncovers regional typologies in Europe in terms of interregional (NUTS 2 level) remittances flows in year 2018, the year prior to the eruption of the COVID19 pandemic. To this end, the paper compiles and utilizes O-D matrices for interregional remittances flows in Europe, compiles and utilizes tailor-made clustering indicators and employs the k-means clustering technique.

Keywords: Europe, interregional remittances flows, k-means clustering, O-D matrices, regional typologies

Panos Manetos [pmanetos@uth.gr], University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development Pedion Areos, PO 38334, Volos: Greece
Dimitris Kallioras [dkallior@uth.gr], University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development Pedion Areos, PO 38334, Volos: Greece / University of Toulon, Faculty of Economics and Management 70 Avenue Roger Devoucoux, PO 83000, Toulon: France
Lefteris Topaloglou [etopaloglou@uowm.gr], University of Western Macedonia, Department of Regional and Cross-Border Studies Koila, PO 50100, Kozani: Greece
Maria Adamakou [madamakou@uth.gr], University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development Pedion Areos, PO 38334, Volos: Greece

Citation

APA: Manetos, P., Kallioras, D., Topaloglou, L., & Adamakou, M. (2022). Uncovering Regional Typologies in Europe in Terms of Interregional Remittances Flows. Europa XXI, 43, 51-72. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.3
MLA: Manetos, Panos, et al. "Uncovering Regional Typologies in Europe in Terms of Interregional Remittances Flows". Europa XXI, vol. 43, 2022, pp. 51-72. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.3
Chicago: Manetos, Panos, Kallioras, Dimitris, Topaloglou, Lefteris, and Adamakou, Maria. "Uncovering Regional Typologies in Europe in Terms of Interregional Remittances Flows". Europa XXI 43 (2022): 51-72. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.3
Harvard: Manetos, P., Kallioras, D., Topaloglou, L., & Adamakou, M. 2022. "Uncovering Regional Typologies in Europe in Terms of Interregional Remittances Flows". Europa XXI, vol. 43, pp. 51-72. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.3

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The aim of the work detailed here has been to identify the most important premises upon which cross-border cooperation can be established, the conditions for its further continuation or lack of continuation; and the key barriers to and benefits from the cooperation in question. Also examined was the intensity of cooperation in the periods before, during and after the implementation of individual cross-border cooperation projects – the aim being to assess the extent to which joint projects generate mutual relations of greater intensity. Analysis drew on a questionnaire survey run among all organisations involved in the implementation of Poland’s EU-funded cross-border cooperation projects in the 2007–2020 period.

Keywords: border areas, cross-border cooperation, stability of cooperation, Poland

Andrzej Raczyk [andrzej.raczyk@ uwr.edu.pl], Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wrocław Kuźnicza 49/55, 50-138 Wrocław: Poland
Sylwia Dołzbłasz [sylwia.dolzblasz@ uwr.edu.pl], Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Instytut Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego

Citation

APA: Raczyk, A., & Dołzbłasz, S. (2022). Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation – evidence from border regions of Poland. Europa XXI, 43, 73-90. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.4
MLA: Raczyk, Andrzej, and Dołzbłasz, Sylwia. "Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation – evidence from border regions of Poland". Europa XXI, vol. 43, 2022, pp. 73-90. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.4
Chicago: Raczyk, Andrzej, and Dołzbłasz, Sylwia. "Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation – evidence from border regions of Poland". Europa XXI 43 (2022): 73-90. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.4
Harvard: Raczyk, A., & Dołzbłasz, S. 2022. "Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation – evidence from border regions of Poland". Europa XXI, vol. 43, pp. 73-90. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.4

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 [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 [tobias.chilla@fau.de], Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen: Germany
Stefan Hippe [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, 91-110. 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. 91-110. 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): 91-110. 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. 91-110. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.2

Abstract

This article examines how the circumstance of being located in a left-behind regionof the EU’s eastern deep periphery shapes people’s perceptions of migration flows (emigration,immigration and internal migration), and how inhabitants are affected. We have used semi-structuredinterviews with local-government representatives and inhabitants of a sending region – the county(powiat) of Łuków in eastern Poland. We illustrate how long-term depopulation mainly due to migrationoutflows is able to encourage perceptions of the situation in the region that are described mainlyin negative terms, especially when it comes to social capital and the lack of prospects for young people.The results also highlight the importance of place-based migration policies being introduced to overcomethe negative effects of depopulation.

Keywords: migrations, perception of emigration, peripheral region, Poland

Barbara Szejgiec-Kolenda [b.szejgiec@twarda.pan.pl], Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation, Polish Academy of Sciences Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw: Poland
Tomasz Komornicki [t.komorn@twarda.pan.pl], Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation, Polish Academy of Sciences Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw: Poland

Citation

APA: Szejgiec-Kolenda, B., & Komornicki, T. (2022). Understanding Migration’s Effects: Inhabitants’ Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development in Deep Peripheries of the EU. Europa XXI, 43, 111-130. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.6
MLA: Szejgiec-Kolenda, Barbara, and Komornicki, Tomasz. "Understanding Migration’s Effects: Inhabitants’ Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development in Deep Peripheries of the EU". Europa XXI, vol. 43, 2022, pp. 111-130. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.6
Chicago: Szejgiec-Kolenda, Barbara, and Komornicki, Tomasz. "Understanding Migration’s Effects: Inhabitants’ Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development in Deep Peripheries of the EU". Europa XXI 43 (2022): 111-130. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.6
Harvard: Szejgiec-Kolenda, B., & Komornicki, T. 2022. "Understanding Migration’s Effects: Inhabitants’ Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development in Deep Peripheries of the EU". Europa XXI, vol. 43, pp. 111-130. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.6