Overcoming Fragmentation in Southeast Europe: Spatial Development Trends and Integration Potential

ISBN-13: 9780815391005 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 353 str.

Panayiotis Getimis

Opis

With the expansion of the European Union, the countries of Southeast Europe have finally been brought together within one socio-political entity. This volume provides a theoretical and comparative overview which examines the prospects for spatial cohesion in this region.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Part 1 Introductory Overview on the Main Themes of the Book: Overcoming the fragmentation of Southeast Europe: an introductory overview of main themes, Grigoris Kafkalas. Part 2 Integration vs. Fragmentation in Southeast Europe: Forces, Structures and Trends: Integration and structural change: pre-accession experience in the regions of the European Union new member-states, George Petrakos and Dimitris Kallioras; Disintegrated (or fragmented) public administration and regional development policy in Eastern Europe, Ilona Páln ovács; Delocalization of labour intensive activities in a globalized world: can things become better for the countries of Southeast Europe?, Thanassis Kalogeressis and Lois Labrianidis; Developmental planning and territorial integration prospects in South Eastern Europe: a foresight exercise in the region of Central Macedonia, Dimitris Foutakis and Elisavet Thoidou. Part 3 Spatial Development Perspectives: Concepts, Facts and Visions: Southeast Europe within changing European geographies - tracing socio-economic disparities and potentials of integration, Peter Schön and Petra Pelster; The new generation of European sustainable development documents and strategic development schemes of Serbia and Montenegro - the problem of correspondence, Miodrag Vujosevic; Settlement patterns in Europe: elements and comparative typology, Alma Zavodnik Lamovsek; Transport infrastructure priorities and territorial cohesion prospects in SE Europe, Magda Pitsiava. Part 4 Concluding on Integration Potential: Territorial governance, institutional structures and trans-frontier cooperation prospects in South-Eastern Europe, Panayiotis Getimis and Leeda Demetropolou; Index.