Значај трансграничног планирања Подриња за просторну интеграцију на западу Балкана
Meaning of cross border planning in western Balkan countries

Summary/Abstract: The cross border cooperation takes very important place in integration processes in Europe. Establishing the cross border regions is one of prerequisites for more efficient cooperation. Many examples prove the whole spectar of positive effects generated by such cooperation. Based on sound methodological foundations, cross border spatial planning is the first step towards successful spatial integration and a prerequisites for other forms of cooperation, economic and political in particular. The territory of Serbia is characterized by a large number of border regions with different features and potentials. The Drina area, with its very specific physical, social, economic and historic features and above all, with natural resources and potentials, asks for a creative methodology to enable adequate spatial integration of this cross border region. The paper is elaborating the idea of forming a cross border region as indispensable for the future, compared with sectoral planning up to date. The example of cross border region “Drina-Sava-Majevica” offers positive initiatives in functional integrating communes alongside the river Drina.

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