Overcoming fragmentation in Southeast Europe : spatial development trends and integration potential / edited by Panayiotis Getimis and Grigoris Kafkalas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overcoming the fragmentation of Southeast Europe : an introductory overview of main themes / Grigoris Kafkalas -- Integration and structural change : pre-accession experience in the regions of the European Union new member-states / George Petrakos and Dimitris Kallioras -- Disintegrated (or fragmented) public administration and regional development policy in Eastern Europe / Ilona Palne Kovacs -- Delocalisation of labour intensive activities in a globalized world : can things become better for the countries of Southeast Europe? / Thanassis Kalogeressis and Lois Labrianidis -- Development planning and territorial integration prospects in South Eastern Europe : a foresight exercise in the region of central Macedonia / Dimitris Foutakis and Elisavet Thoidou -- Southeast Europe within changing European geographies : tracing socio-economic disparities and potentials of integration / Peter Schoen and Petra Pelster -- The new generation of European sustainable development documents and strategic development schemes of Serbia and Montenegro : the problem of correspondence / Miodrag Vujosevic -- Settlement patterns in Europe : elements and comparative typology / Alma Zavodnik-Lamovsek -- Transport infrastructure priorities and territorial cohesion prospects in SE Europe / Magda Pitsiava -- Territorial governance, institutional structures and trans-frontier cooperation prospects in South-Eastern Europe / Panayiotis Getimis and Leeda Demetropoulou.

With the need to handle persisting problems and conflicts from the past while coping with new economic and political structures, Southeast Europe proves to be a challenging yet fruitful testing ground for establishing a long-term process of social and economic integration. This volume provides a theoretical and comparative overview which examines the prospects for spatial cohesion in this region.

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