Mapping Versatile Boundaries Understanding the Balkans /

• Main Author: Darques, Regis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Urban geography.; Physical geography.; Human geography.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Human Geography.

This book demonstrates the pivotal role played by state confines in the geography of Balkan countries through powerful GIS and remote sensing analyses. It provides unique mapping perspectives on the Balkan region, with over 140 illustrations. The book is dedicated to applied, historical and economic...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Hidden and showcased boundaries. A field approach
• From Empires to nations, 1800-2014
• Balkan border mapping: building the GIS project
• “Hot points” with a hand lens: the process of local border sedimentation
• From borderlines to borderlands. A holistic perspective of the frontier issue in the Balkans
• Spaces under the microscope: looking closely at border fluctuations through remote sensing
• Broken lands and hurt populations: Eastern Macedonia
• Conclusion.