Cross-border Governance and Sustainable Spatial Development - Mind the Gaps!

Preface

Contents

Contributing authors

Exploring the gaps Sustainability as a challenge for cross-border governance in Central Europe

I External influences and framework conditions

Implications of spatial development policies at European and national levels for border regions The case of Germany

Implementation of the EU Community Initiative INTERREG III A at the Polish-German border An attempt at evaluation

II Cross-border governance at regional level

Cross-border co-operation in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta The long road of institution building

Social capital and other main influences on governance processes in cross-border micro-regions The case of the Austrian-German Euregio ‘Via Salina’

III Cross-border co-operation between cities and metropolitan regions

Cross-border cooperation challenges: Positioning the Vienna-Bratislava region

Inter-urban cooperation in the German-Polish-Czech triangle

Functional complementarity as basis for inter-metropolitan collaboration and networking A case study on cultural activities in Berlin and Warsaw

IV Sectoral perspectives on border regions

Transborder transport The case of Poland’s present and future Schengen area boundaries

Sustainable tourism development in cross-border biosphere reserves of Central and Eastern Europe

Environmental dimension of transboundary spatial development — driving forces in environmental regionalism A case study on the Polish-German borderland

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

V Conclusions

Bridging the gaps? Cross-border governance between top-down policies and local needs and limitations