WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 12, 2016
Cross-Boundary Cooperation in Service of Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the Sample of Priority Backward Areas Along the Borderline
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Abstract: The paper discusses the role and pertinence of cross-boundary cooperation within the context of sustainable development of poorly developed (backward) areas (regions) along Bosnia and Herzegovina borderline. We identified and defined extremely backward areas, their development issues, development advantages and limitations, and the specificities of their geo-systems. Fundamental and practical relevance of the paper reflects in the current limelight of the concept of cross-boundary regional development based on the “center-periphery†paradigm, which is here perceived as a prerequisite of a harmonized spatial (regional) development and territorial cohesion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. a rational spatial-functional organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina borderline areas.
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Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Srpska, cross-boundary development, backward areas, sustainable development, periphery, development processes
Pages: 326-331
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5079 / 2224-3496, Volume 12, 2016, Art. #33