Abstract Cross-border regions are the laboratories of European integration. Daily interactions across borders let citizens experience benefits Union (EU) internal market. Still, many border barriers continue to prevent individuals and organisations from exploiting full-potential a more integrated territory. Amongst these absence or inappropriate supply cross-border public transport services. In...

China is of great geostrategic significance not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but also in the wider world. The population distribution in China’s border regions is of significance for the development of China and neighboring countries. Based on the LandScan Population Distribution Database, this study used GIS spatial analysis and statistics to investigate national trends in the population d...

The 1990s have seen a strong surge in the number of cross-border regions all over Western and Eastern Europe. The article analyses the emergence of these local cross-border institutions in public governance by addressing their context, dimensions and causal underpinnings. First, it offers a brief background on the history of cross-border regions in Europe and related EU policies to support them...