GI2011-X-border-SDI/GDI-Symposium, 23..5.2011: Bad Schandau (SAX) [ 11. Sächsisches GIS-Forum ] 24.5.2011: Decin (CZE) [ 1. Bohemian#Saxonian GIS-Forum ]

1. CROSS-
CROSS-BORDER
INTERWEAVEMENT
ANALYSING DATA AVAILABILITY DESCRIBING CROSS-
BORDER INTERWEAVING OF SAXONYS BORDER REGIONS

2.  diploma-thesis - result of a project at the western
border of Germany
◦ goals of this project:
 supporting cross-border networking
 pushing interconnected cross-border regions to be part of
the land use planning of Germany
 developing common fields of action for a coherent
regional cross-border development
◦ how to reach:
 a group of scientists made one of the first steps by
exploring the data availability discribing cross-border
interweaving
short backround information

3. Interconnected cross-border regions in Saxony?
 the diploma-thesis made the first step replying
the issue by working out the data availability
discribing cross-border interweaving at the
border regions of saxony
 further backround information are provided with
the abstract as well as with the summary
short backround information

4. Which indicators were used?
Indicators

5. Which indicators were used?
 seven indicator groups
1. structural disparities
2. labour market, education, universities
3. economy, services sector, health care
4. traffic
5. residential population
6. culture, leisure behaviour, recreation
7. regional development, land use
 all in all 25 indicators
Indicators

6. structural disparities
Indicators

7.  price level
◦ Consumer price index for Saxony
 NUTS level: 1
 Year of publication: 2008
 Transnational : no
◦ Special consumer price index euroregion Neisse-Nisa-
Nysa
 Special index for food products, commodities, services
 No comprehensive data coverage for Saxony
 NUTS level: 3
 Year of publication: 2009
 Transnational: CZ-DE-PL
selected results

8. labour market,
education,
universities
selected
results

9.  cooperation between universities
◦ incomplete data acquisition
 Atlas Euroregion Elbe/Labe as one example
◦ STHI (Saxon-Czech university initiative)
 strengthening intercultural competence
 knowledge transfer
 research suppporting
selected results

10. economy,
services sector,
health care
selected
results

11.  customers flow in the retail-sector
◦ a study by the chamber of commerce and industry
 also no comprehensive data coverage
 NUTS Level: 4
 year of publication: 2009
 transnational: CZ-DE
 evidence of spatial interweaving
selected results

12. traffic
selected results

13.  cross-border public transport
◦ each connection was determined
◦ almost all connections can be substantiated by
passenger numbers
◦ no detailed spatial interweavment because
departure and destination are unknown
 RE 100 Dresden – Wroclaw : 40.293 passengers used
this connection in 2009
selected results

14.  in addition: cross-border public transport
◦ the questioning of the airport dresden delivered
following results:
 NUTS Level: 3
 year of publication: 2009
 transnational: CZ-DE-PL
 evidence of spatial interweaving
◦ e.g.: 2.800 passengers of Ustecky kraj used the airport
in dresden
selected results

15. extract of the result matrix
summary of the global results

16.  all in all low data availability
◦ differences between the indicator groups
◦ „traffic“, „residential population“ and „regional development, land use“ are
satisfying
◦ the other groups are much more complicated
 poor data quality
◦ most of the datas are not able to give any evidence for cross-border
interweavment
◦ 30% of the datas have a good starting position for a future presentation of cross-
border interweavment (NUTS-3)
 three ways of result interpretation
◦ procedure of data research has faild
◦ lack of cross-border interweavment caused low data availability
◦ cross-border interweavment are generally left unrecorded
summary of the global results

17. 1. further development of the statistic offers
2. development of analytical methods
3. setup and maintenance of an statistic platform
4. setup of an cross-border statistic hub
5. partnership with a „MORO“-Region
6. learning from history
recommendations for action

18. initiating a trilateral research project (ESPON 2013)
 priority 2: targetgroup-oriented analysis
What are the advantages for the border area?
 incorporated studies & thematic examinations
 scientific support from experimental approaches
 bundling other structural fonds
recommendations for action

19. Which conditions must be fulfilled?
 The reaserch project must fit into the european
context and pick up a spatial theme.
 a reproduceable and simply transfarable
approach
 the research results should include proposals to
implement the outcomes in other areas
 demonstrative character
recommendations for action

20. Thank you for your attention.
Frank Bendel
Dipl.-Geogr.
0177 974 1557
bendel.frank@yahoo.de
contact details