Cross-border cooperation in the Danube-lined Romanian/Bulgarian border-space: Geographical considerations
Since a number of transnational issues have been cropping up, the need was felt for the existence of a unitary system to tackle them. So, the building of some cross-border cooperation structures both at local level (cross-border zones) and at regional level (Euro regions) appeared as highly necessa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Geographica Pannonica |
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| Online Access: | http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2010/0354-87241002067S.pdf |
| Summary: | Since a number of transnational issues have been cropping up, the need was felt for the existence of a unitary system to tackle them. So, the building of some cross-border cooperation structures both at local level (cross-border zones) and at regional level (Euro regions) appeared as highly necessary and desirable. Their typology depends on the intensity and character of cross-border fluxes, the existence of local convergence cores, and of elements of complementariness and homogeneity between the two frontier spaces. The Danube-lined Romanian-Bulgarian frontier represents an axis of discontinuity between two natural regions, each with its own district traits: the Romanian Plain in the north and the Pre-Balkan Mountain in the south. As a result, the limitrophe border zone shows particular social and economic characteristics. Although the Danube River has favored the emergence of an urban area, yet the respective towns do not form a coherent system, the zone itself being extremely rural as a whole. The Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border zone in the Danubian sector features by a sudden variation in transversal fluxes, concentrating on certain directions imposed by the pattern of communication routes and the layout of doublet towns. Most fluxes pass through the Giurgiu-Ruse sector, a strong argument in favor of establishing a Euro-region based on the cross-border cooperation between the two towns. |
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| ISSN: | 0354-8724 1820-7138 |