The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Jan Henrik Nilsson.

Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Senior lecturer, associate professor

Jan Henrik Nilsson.

Mobility and Regionalisation : Changing patterns of air traffic in the Baltic Sea Region in connection to European Integration

Author

  • Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Summary, in English

The geo-political transition in 1989-91 had long term consequences for the European integration process. The integration and regionalisation processes following the transition resulted in a transformation of territorial borders in and around the region; the functions of the borders changed. Mobility is vital for these processes. This paper is based on a longitudinal study of the development of air traffic from airports in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea Region, 2000-2012. The purpose of the paper is to discuss how the development of infrastructure and transport networks influence regionalisation processes in the Baltic Sea Region. Firstly, the impact of macro-economic development as a driver of internationalisation in the region is analysed, thereafter the relationship between institutional transition and regional system development. There are three periods of large increase in traffic from the Baltic States towards Western Europe, related to institutional change: rapidly after independence, as a result of the enlargement of the European Union, and related to the emergence of low-cost aviation. Aviation from Minsk and Kaliningrad have also shown substantial increase in air traffic, but mainly to other parts of the former Soviet Union. There is thus little evidence of a regionalisation process involving the whole region.

Department/s

  • Department of Service Studies

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

77-93

Publication/Series

Geographia Polonica

Volume

91

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Polska Akademia Nauk

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • geo-political change
  • borders
  • mobility
  • aviation
  • the Baltic Sea Region

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0016-7282