This volume is about border landscapes, with emphasis on the varying impact that political decision-making and ideological differences can have on the environment at border locations, for example. This volume by political-geography experts from across the globe provides important insights specficially into border landscapes and so serves to further our understanding of aspects of cultural landscapes.
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Introduction: The Border Landscape Concept 1. From Conflict to Harmony in Border Landscapes 2. Geographical Investigtations In Boundary Areas of the Basle Region (‘Regio’) 3. Boundary, Values and Identity: The Swiss-Italian Transborder Region 4. Some Developing and Current Problems of the Eastern Border Landscape of the Federal Republic of Germany: The Bavarian Example 5. Geographic Problems of Frontier Regions: The Case of the Italo-Yugoslav Border Landscape 6. The Impact of Sovereignty Transfer on the Settlement Pattern of Sakhalin Island 7. Society, State and Peripherality: The Case of the Thai-Malaysian Border Landscape 8. The Indoneisa-Papua New Guinea Border Landscape 9. Coastal Islands on an International Boundary: Dauan and Parama in the Torres Strait 10. Inter-and Intra-Regional Conflicts in Pakistan’s Border Landscape 11. The Gulf of Aqaba Coastline: An Evolving Border Landscape 12. The Evolution and Concemporary Significance of the Bophuthatswana-Botswana Border Landscape 13. Where the Colorado Flows into Mexico 14. Peacekeeping Missions and Landscapes . Conclusion Border Landscapes: Themes and Directions
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138815582
Publisert
2014-10-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
589 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
332