1st Edition

Cross-Border Mobility in Eastern European Union Countries External Shocks and Regional Resilience

302 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how cross-border mobility across the eastern border of Poland with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, driven by external shocks, influences different territorial units. It offers a new understanding of the determinants, dynamics, spatial distribution and impact on such mobility in times of upheaval and uncertainty. It provides answers to the following questions: how do the... Read more

Introduction 1. Cross-border mobility under external shocks. A theoretical debate 2. Determinants of mobility across the Polish section of the EU’s external border 3. The labour, educational and tourist markets in Poland 5. Cross-border mobility before 2019 5. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross-border mobility 6. The impact of the war in Ukraine on cross-border mobility 7. Summary

Biography

Tomasz Komornicki is Professor at the Stanisław Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland and Professor at the Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland.

Rafał Wiśniewski is Professor at the Stanisław Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Andrzej Jakubowski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland.

Barbara Szejgiec-Kolenda is Researcher at the Stanisław Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Eugenia Maruniak is Chief Researcher and Director of the Institute of Geography, and a corresponding member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.