Europa XXI (2022) vol. 43

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, 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

Abstract

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, 3. 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. 3. 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): 3. 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. 3. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.3

Abstract

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], Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wrocław Kuźnicza 49/55, 50-138 Wrocław: Poland

Citation

APA: Raczyk, A., & Dołzbłasz, S. (2022). Premises and barriers associated with cross-border cooperation – evidence from border regions of Poland. Europa XXI, 43, 4. 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. 4. 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): 4. 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. 4. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.4

Abstract

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air passenger traffic was dramatic with reductions in numbers that have never been seen before since flying became a mass mode for medium and long distance travel in Europe. Air freight transport was less affected. This paper sheds light on these impacts with high temporal and spatial resolutions. The novelty of this analysis compared to other reflections on air transport in COVID-19 times is that it not only looks at total volumes of air transport in Europe, European countries and single airports, but also focuses on the spatial interaction between European regions in terms of air transport flows for passengers and freight.

Keywords: air freight transport, air passenger transport, COVID-19 impacts

Bjorn Schwarze [bs@spiekermann-wegener.de]
Klaus Spiekermann [ks@spiekermann-wegener.de], S&W Urban and Regional Research Lindemannstraße 10, 44137 Dortmund: Germany

Citation

APA: Schwarze, B., & Spiekermann, K. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on air transport flows of European regions. Europa XXI, 43, 5. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.5
MLA: Schwarze, Bjorn, and Spiekermann, Klaus. "COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on air transport flows of European regions". Europa XXI, vol. 43, 2022, pp. 5. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.5
Chicago: Schwarze, Bjorn, and Spiekermann, Klaus. "COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on air transport flows of European regions". Europa XXI 43 (2022): 5. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.5
Harvard: Schwarze, B., & Spiekermann, K. 2022. "COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on air transport flows of European regions". Europa XXI, vol. 43, pp. 5. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2022.43.5