Borders - identities - home: Theory-based approaches to constructs and concepts in a cross-border context

Buchbeitrag

Life in the border regions within the European Union has become normal for many people, especially for younger generations. Crossing the borders is part of everyday life. In recent years, until the refugee crisis, national borders had lost significance due to their increased permeability, although neither borders nor border demarcations have ever become meaningless. National policies and frameworks determine fundamental orientations that have specific implications on both sides of borders. This is associated with processes of inclusion and exclusion, (regional) identities, feelings of belonging and issues concerning a sense of home. Against this background, this paper provides a theory-based introduction to the central constructs and concepts that gain significance in the cross-border context: border(s) and border demarcations, (spatial and regional) identities and home. Identification processes are illuminated and categorised using the example of the Greater Region.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: hdl:10419/258994

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
• Subject: Cross-border context ; theory ; identities ; home ; Greater Region

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schönwald, Antje ; Spellerberg, Annette ; Weber, Florian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Verlag der ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
• (where): Hannover
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/259413
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0156-40970927
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET