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Baltic Sea - & Nordic and Northern Peripheries Region. Dense web of co-operative relationships and interlocking institutions with various memberships, scopes of activity, loci of power, resources and agendas. Also trade and migration. Main territorial dynamics.
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Baltic Sea - & Nordic and Northern Peripheries Region Dense web of co-operative relationships and interlocking institutions with various memberships, scopes of activity, loci of power, resources and agendas. Also trade and migration
Main territorial dynamics • The north-south divide: climate conditions, settlement pattern, transport infrastructure. • The east-west divide: administrative borders, socio-economic development aspects, transport infrastructure. • The urban-rural divide: challenges for the regional cohesion. • partly striking differences bw the metropolitan areas and hinterlands (ageing, outward migration, infrastructure). • Differences and diversity in the physical urban structures across the Region (land use, polycentricity) • Internal and external cross-border linkages vary: focus
Region of People • VASAB LTP: Territorial development perspective 2030: Policy sectors, where the transnational cooperation in spatial planning provides a substantial added value. • Promoting urban networking and urban-rural cooperation: development centres, cross-border clusters, regional variations • Improving internal and external accessibility: transnational connections, enhancement of cross-border links • maritime spatial planning and management: both territorial waters and EEZ
Region of resources?Existing and potential oil & gas reserves and mining sites in the Arctic
Region of resources?Marine potentials of the Arctic:- Minerals- Oil and gas- Transport- Tourism
Trends of the Region • Varying labour force replacement potential • Small economies • Investments • Private – Public relations • Natural resources: untouched nature , renewable energy, oil and minerals • the poor status of the Baltic Sea environment • Well-educated population and considerable R&D capacity • Climate change impacts • Peripheral geographical location, Poor accessibility/physical proximity • vs. Potential maritime transport services (Russia, far East), ICT • Large disparities • Transnational Co-operation; but lack of political commitment • New position in the global system?