<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The articles derives from the research about potential socio-economic and landscape changes EU accession would bring for Slovenia as perceived by the local population in the selected region. The author analyzed which of the predicted changes have been also mirrored in the landscape and how removing the borders improved not just the quality but also the perception of the landscape. Special attention was given to the joined cross-border initiatives which aim at improving the local and regional economic conditions, advancing the agricultural practice and better environment in the region. On one hand, the accession has been along with the opportunities EU initiatives offer accepted as the positive change in the region, on the other it has requested several, sometimes unwanted adaptations in the local communities in order to comply with the EU policies and legislation.</p></abstract>

The articles derives from the research about potential socio-economic and landscape changes EU accession would bring for Slovenia as perceived by the local population in the selected region. The author analyzed which of the predicted changes have been also mirrored in the landscape and how removing the borders improved not just the quality but also the perception of the landscape. Special attention was given to the joined cross-border initiatives which aim at improving the local and regional economic conditions, advancing the agricultural practice and better environment in the region. On one hand, the accession has been along with the opportunities EU initiatives offer accepted as the positive change in the region, on the other it has requested several, sometimes unwanted adaptations in the local communities in order to comply with the EU policies and legislation.

10 Years After: the Impact of EU Accession on the Slovenian-Austrian Cross-Border Area in Pomurje Region

Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Trnovski pristan 2, 1000 Ljubljana

European Countryside

The articles derives from the research about potential socio-economic and landscape changes EU accession would bring for Slovenia as perceived by the local...

10 Years After: the Impact of EU Accession on the Slovenian-Austrian Cross-Border Area in Pomurje Region

Published Online: Jul 02, 2013

Page range: 163 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2013-0011

Keywords
cross-border co-operation, cultural landscape, CBC Slovenia-Austria, regional development, public participation

This content is open access.

10 Years After: the Impact of EU Accession on the Slovenian-Austrian Cross-Border Area in Pomurje Region

Published Online: Jul 02, 2013

Page range: 163 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2013-0011

Keywordscross-border co-operation, cultural landscape, CBC Slovenia-Austria, regional development, public participation

This content is open access.

Keywords
cross-border co-operation, cultural landscape, CBC Slovenia-Austria, regional development, public participation