Schlagwort-Archiv: Border Studies

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Money, cities, distances? Why people become cross-border commuters

A new publication from our team was released a few days ago in the Journal of Borderland Studies:  The paper discusses the question what the main structural driving forces for cross-border commuter dynamics are. It does so at the example of the Alpine region, referring to results of the ARPAF cross border project. We tested several hypotheses and we found out: "The results show that cross-border commuting has several driving forces. A statistical causality in the strict sense cannot be ...

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Cross-border mobility in the Alpine Region – ARPAF Cross-border final report

Cross-border commuting is of growing importance due to the ongoing efforts of political liberalisation and the growing cross-border integration of economic activities. In the Alpine region (EUSALP) cross-border commuting shows much higher values than the European average: 0,9% cross-border share amongst the employees on the EU level, and 1,6% within the Alpine region, i.e. almost the double value. This is one of the main insights of our final report of the ARPAF cross border project. The map ...

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New publication online: Measuring cross-border accessibility

A new paper of our working group is now online, reflecting on cross-border accessiblity. We present a rather innovative way of capturing qualities and gaps in cross-border infrastructure in two case study regions, namely the Greater Region around Luxembourg and the Bavarian-Czech case. The analyses are based on the involvement in the projects Entwicklungsgutachten Bayern-Tschechien and the MORO Raumbeobachtung Deutschland und angrenzende Regionen (for more details see the site of the cross-borde...

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Dr. Estelle Evrard als Visiting Professor zu Gast

Dr. Estelle Evrard vom Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning der Universität Luxemburg ist als FAU-Visiting Professor in der Zeit vom 8.-20. November zu Gast an unserem Institut. Estelle Evrard arbeitet vor allem zu den Themen 'Europäische Raumentwicklung', 'EU-Kohäsionspolitik' sowie 'Border Studies'. Hier bestehen zahlreiche Überlappungen mit den Arbeitsschwerpunkten unserer Arbeitsgruppe, die wir nutzen wollen, um kooperative Publikations- und Forschungsarbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Raume...

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