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.

Tomáš Havlícek 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.