Borders in Central Europe After the Schengen Agreement

This book is the result of research into the considerable impacts the signing of the Schengen Agreement has had on the border regions of the signatory, in particular the Central European internal borders. The analysis provides an in-depth look at European integration, development and perception at the state level as well as in the selected border regions of Central Europe. The book discusses results from population questionnaires in this region, and presents the most important features of development of border regions within Central European internal borders/borderlands after the Schengen Agreement. This book is suitable for students and researchers dealing with the borderlands, but also outlines sufficient information to be of interest to regional planners and policy makers.

Toma? Havlicek is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science at the Charles University in Prague, Czechia. His research is concerned with the geography of border and peripheral regions, geography of religion and cultural geography. He is member of the main committee of Czech Geographic Society. He is also collaborator of the workgroup on geography of religion by the German Geographical Society. He is interested also in border areas in Europe and in particular the Czech-Austrian borderland. He has published many articles concerning cross-border cooperation in Central Europe.

Milan Jerabek is Associated Professor at the Department of Geography at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia. The scope of his research lies in Geography of Population and Settlement, Regional Planning, Regional Development and policy, especially Geography of Border Studies. He has led many projects dealing with the study of border and cross-border cooperation. He is also a member of the editorial board of the book series “Geographica” published by the Czech Geographic Society and a co-chair of professional working group for regional development of the Elbe/Labe Euroregion.

Jaroslav Dokoupil is Associated Professor at the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Economics at the University of West Bohemia in Plzen. He is a member of the Centre for Regional Development Research. He deals with regional geography and regional planning. In terms of his research activities, he focuses on the borderland of Czechia, specifically on the Czech-Bavarian borderland and on peripheral areas and Euroregions in the context of European regional policy.