Baltic Region—The Region of Cooperation

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The Baltic macroregion is a platform for the development of different areas of international cooperation, which are an important factor affecting the socioeconomic growth of the region’s states. The deteriorating political relations between Russia and its Baltic neighbours complicate the development of mutual connections. However, economic and sociocultural cooperation and joint environmental projects continue despite all the difficulties. Based on recent studies carried out by Russian and Polish researchers, this book examines current trends in the socioeconomic development of the region’s countries and various forms of transboundary cooperation and provides recommendations for further development. Special attention is paid to sustainable environmental management and environmental protection, transboundary ties among companies and among people, the development of international tourism, opportunities for reinforcing the contact function of the border, and spatial planning. The book addresses theoretical problems that are of crucial significance to economic development and transboundary cooperation, namely, those of path dependence, the emerge. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Self-organization at the Trajectory Turn: Shift to Intensive Development (Vyacheslav A. Shuper)....Pages 3-9 The Notion of Path Dependence in the Regional Economic and Geographical Studies (Anastassia L. Kuznetsova)....Pages 11-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Transboundary Clustering in Russia’s Baltic Coastal Zones Amid Geopolitical Turbulence (Alexander Druzhinin)....Pages 19-26 On the Directions and Prospects of Cross-Border Cooperation Between Russia and the EU Countries in the Baltic Region (Gennady M. Fedorov)....Pages 27-35 The Development of the “Pskov—Pechory—Tartu” Transboundary Tourism and Recreation Region (Andrey G. Manakov)....Pages 37-43 The Universities and Economic Modernisation in the Bordering Regions of Russia and Belarus (Alexander P. Katrovskiy, Tatyana I. Pototskaya, Svetlana A. Sergutina)....Pages 45-51 Russia and the Baltic States: Some Results Interstate Relations (Nikolai M. Mezhevich, Natalia Y. Markushina)....Pages 53-59 Investment and Production Cooperation Between the Countries in the Baltic Region: Current State and Problems (Vladimir I. Chasovsky)....Pages 61-71 Everyday Life in the Russian Borderland (Maria V. Zotova, Anton A. Gritsenko, Alexander B. Sebentsov)....Pages 73-81 The Role of Tourism in Cross-Border Region Formation in the Baltic Region (Elena G. Kropinova)....Pages 83-97 Cross-Border Clustering Across the Baltic Region: Relating Smart Specialization and Cluster Categories (Andrey S. Mikhaylov)....Pages 99-108 Front Matter ....Pages 109-109 From Nature Conservation to Sustainable Development (Eugene V. Krasnov)....Pages 111-119 The Environmental Impact of Shipping in the Baltic Sea Area (Małgorzata Pacuk)....Pages 121-126 The Reconstruction of the Formation of Lakes and Wetlands and the Related Sedimentation Processes in the Russian Segment of the Vištytis Upland (Yuri A. Kublitsky, Dmitry Subetto)....Pages 127-135 On the Issue of the ILC in the South-Western Baltic Sea Region (Victor P. Dedkov)....Pages 137-143 Mistletoe Infestation as a Transboundary Problem (Natalia Y. Chupakhina, Pavel V. Maslennikov, Liubov N. Skrypnik, Pavel V. Feduraev, Galina N. Chupakhina)....Pages 145-152 An Assessment of Landscape Vulnerability in the Kaliningrad Region: Towards Better Municipal Nature Management (Ivan I. Kesoretskikh, Sergeyi I. Zotov, Natalia N. Lazareva)....Pages 153-161 Current Problems in the Analysis of Full-Scale Geoecological Data for the South-Eastern Baltic (Pavel P. Chernyshkov)....Pages 163-168 The Anthropogenic Impact on the Abrasion Coast of the Kaliningrad Region on the Example of the Village of Donskoe (Nikolay S. Belov, Aleksandr R. Danchenkov)....Pages 169-178 Economy of the Communities of the “Forest” Neolithic in the South-Eastern Baltic (Alexander A. Strelkovsky, Gennady V. Kretinin)....Pages 179-189 Front Matter ....Pages 191-191 Polish-Russian Small Border Traffic—A Summary Attempt (Renata Anisiewicz)....Pages 193-198 The Current Situation and the Prospects for Polish Ferry Shipping in the Baltic Sea in the 1st Half of the 21st Century (Marcin Połom)....Pages 199-208 The Kaliningrad Region in the System of Global Transport Corridors: On the Prospects of the Region’s Development as a Transportation Hub (Ivan S. Gumeniuk, Lidia G. Gumeniuk)....Pages 209-215 Forms and the Role of Roadside Memorials in the Gdańsk Agglomeration, Poland (Lucyna Przybylska)....Pages 217-226 The Modern Landscapes of the Baltic Macroregion and the Role of Socioeconomic Factors in Their Development (Elena A. Romanova)....Pages 227-234 The Main Directions in the Landscape-Ecological Planning of Urban Areas (Elena I. Golubeva, Tatiana O. Korol)....Pages 235-241 The Main Ways of Development in Agricultural Environmental Management in the Baltic Sea Region Countries (Historical and Geographical Analysis) (Olga L. Vinogradova)....Pages 243-249 Spatial Development of the Petrodvortsovy District of St Petersburg: Primary Trends and Problems (Vasily L. Martynov, Irina E. Sazonova)....Pages 251-258 Monitoring the Quality of Public Services at the Local Level—Polish Experience (Krzysztof Kopeć)....Pages 259-265 Innovation Security of Russian Borderland: The Case of Kaliningrad Region (Anna A. Mikhaylova)....Pages 267-274 The Migration-Related Risks and Balanced Labour Market Development in the Border Regions of Russia’s Central and Northwestern Federal Districts (Anna V. Lialina)....Pages 275-284 The Potential of the Kaliningrad Region in the Development of Health Tourism (Anna V. Belova, Irina V. Fedina-Zhurbina)....Pages 285-296