Cross-border Governance and Sustainable Spatial Development (eBook)

Preface 5
Contents 7
Contributing authors 9
Exploring the gaps Sustainability as a challenge for cross-border governance in Central Europe 11
I External influences and framework conditions 23
Implications of spatial development policies at European and national levels for border regions The case of Germany 25
Implementation of the EU Community Initiative INTERREG III A at the Polish-German border An attempt at evaluation 43
II Cross-border governance at regional level 59
Cross-border co-operation in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta The long road of institution building 61
Social capital and other main influences on governance processes in cross-border micro-regions The case of the Austrian-German Euregio ‘Via Salina’ 77
III Cross-border co-operation between cities and metropolitan regions 95
Cross-border cooperation challenges: Positioning the Vienna-Bratislava region 97
Inter-urban cooperation in the German-Polish-Czech triangle 111
Functional complementarity as basis for inter-metropolitan collaboration and networking A case study on cultural activities in Berlin and Warsaw 127
IV Sectoral perspectives on border regions 142
Transborder transport The case of Poland’s present and future Schengen area boundaries 143
Sustainable tourism development in cross-border biosphere reserves of Central and Eastern Europe 157
Environmental dimension of transboundary spatial development — driving forces in environmental regionalism A case study on the Polish-German borderland 171
The role of special economic zones in the socio-economic development of Poland’s border regions The case of the Kostrzyn-Slubice Special Economic Zone 185
V Conclusions 195
Bridging the gaps? Cross-border governance between top-down policies and local needs and limitations 197