Borders as barriers (based on the example of European post-Communist countries)
Borders as barriers (based on the example of European post-Communist countries)
Author(s): Wioletta SzymańskaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: border; barrier; post-Communist countries; Central Europe; Eastern Europe
Summary/Abstract: Functions of political borders as a spatial barriers have been analysed in the paper. A direct and an indirect (through the border region) impact of the borders has been distinguished. It was found that intra-EU borders and one between Belarus and Russia play the least direct role as a spatial barrier. By contrast, the worst situation is on the borders of Ukraine with Transnistria, occupied Crimea and the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic. When it comes to the borderland areas, the worst situation is in the border regions of Ukraine with Russia.
Journal: Journal of Geography, Politics and Society
- Issue Year: 6/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 7-12
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English