摘要:The proposed study aims at highlight the existing selective experiments in literature and in authors' practice in the study of borders and border areas, and at the identification of common elements for defining the present and future potential. There are highlighted a series of theoretical experiences and practical researches, carried out by the geographers on border space, definitions and spatial determinations of the border and transboundary areas. For concrete examples there are presented and analyzed situations of border and cross-border areas in Central Europe and the examples are centered on the cases of Slovenia and Romania. In the same context there are presented the elements and mechanism generating border and cross-border territorial systems, with high degree of functionality by combining principles as that of uniformity, the functionality or integration, as well as their typology related to the cultural and economic components.
关键词:border; cross-border regions; Central Europe; Slovenia; Romania