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Mapping Versatile Boundaries

Understanding the Balkans

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Regis Darques

    1. Université P. Valéry, site St Charles, CNRS-UMR, Montpellier, France

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  • Provides unique mapping perspectives on the Balkan region
  • 140 figures bring light and attention on areas that have been bound to "secrecy" for decades
  • Presents research which stands at the crossroads of applied geography, history, and political science
  • Travel accounts and photographs complement GIS, remote sensing, and statistical analyses
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 1-20

  3. Hidden and Showcased Boundaries: A Field Approach

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 21-49

  4. From Empires to Nations, 1800–2015

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 51-79

  5. Balkan Border Mapping: Building the GIS Project

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 81-117

  6. “Hot Points” with a Hand Lens: The Process of Local Border Sedimentation

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 119-151

  7. From Borderlines to Borderlands: A Perspective of the Frontier Issue in the Balkans

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 153-186

  8. Spaces Under the Microscope: Looking Closely at Border Fluctuations Through Remote Sensing

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 187-236

  9. Broken Lands and Hurt Populations: Eastern Macedonia

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 237-295

  10. Conclusion

    • Régis Darques
    Pages 297-310

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 311-322
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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 geographers, as well as political scientists.Because of its high fragmentation, the Balkan area has not been studied on a systematic transnational basis. The persistence of frozen and/or open conflicts has also turned the border issue into an absolute taboo subject for the scientific community and civil society. This results in an apparent “chaos” that most Western observers fail to understand. 

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“The book provides a wealth of interesting material for any scholar interested in the Balkans. … this is a book that should be in the bag of any self-respecting archival (or micro-historical) researcher of the Balkans.” (Guido Franzinetti, Südosteuropa Journal of Politics and Society, Vol. 67 (3), 2019)

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  • Université P. Valéry, site St Charles, CNRS-UMR, Montpellier, France

    Regis Darques

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