Vivre la frontière : les pratiques spatiales transfrontalières dans l’Arc jurassien franco-suisse
The European integration has been redefining the meaning and functions of national borders. This paper addresses this mutation from the perspective of the inhabitants’ spatial practices in the French-Swiss Jura region. Through a questionnaire survey we have measured the intensity of cross-border spa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/6249 |
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| Summary: | The European integration has been redefining the meaning and functions of national borders. This paper addresses this mutation from the perspective of the inhabitants’ spatial practices in the French-Swiss Jura region. Through a questionnaire survey we have measured the intensity of cross-border spatial practices done in the free time (purchasing, leisure, etc.) and determined the underlying logics. The border effect appears in the form of a price differential (cost of living, exchange rate, taxation of some goods) and a knowledge differential (lack of information on the neighbouring country, habits, etc.) that curb or stimulate border crossing. The border effect is however mitigated in the spatial context under study by a centrality effect involving a supply differential (attraction of residential French municipalities by Swiss urban centres). The combining of these effects explains the intensity and the direction of cross-border spatial practices. |
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| ISSN: | 1377-2368 2294-9135 |