Essays about: "Border twin city"

Found 3 essays containing the words Border twin city.

  1. 1. One City in Two Countries : regional identity and cultural heritage on the HaparandaTornio border during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Moa Landstedt; Carin Ollinen; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19 pandemic; cross-border region; identity; participation; tangible and intangible cultural heritage; transnational integration;

    Abstract : The collaborative cross-border region HaparandaTornio has been recognised as the most peaceful border in the world due to its shared history, which can be examined through the common tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The tangible cultural heritage can be investigated through four phases of HaparandaTornio's institutionalisation; (1) the motion of single projects, (2) joint local policy agreements, (3) creating a joint body and (4) continued responsibility of being defined as a Twin City. READ MORE

  2. 2. Towards more resilient border twin cities? The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic induced (im)mobility shock on two European border twin cities

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Vera Schwab; [2021]
    Keywords : Border twin city; cross-border cooperation; regional resilience; border regional resilience; pandemic; European integration;

    Abstract : When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe in the beginning of 2020, a majority of countries reacted by closing their state borders. By drawing on concepts of border studies and border regional resilience, this thesis aims to examine the impact of the (im)mobility shock caused by the pandemic on two border twin cities in Europe. READ MORE

  3. 3. Talsinki

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tatu-Matti Pekkarinen; [2019]
    Keywords : Regionalization; Cross-border cooperation; Megaproject; Finland; Estonia; Twin-city;

    Abstract : Finland and Estonia, the two peripheral states of the European Union’s north-eastern corner have steadily converged since the fall of the Soviet Union, both bilaterally and in a multilateral European context. The co-operation is significant and covers multiple sectors of society. READ MORE