Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2024.87.01.03
Geopolitics and the development of transport corridors: a comparative analysis of the Western Balkans and Croatia
Petar Kurečić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7763-6651
; Sveučilište Sjever, Odjel za komunikologiju, medije i novinarstvo, Koprivnica, Hrvatska
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Sažetak
The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of geopolitical actors on the modern development and valorisation of transport corridors in the Western Balkans region and in Croatia, as a country neighbouring the region (of which it was once part) and, thus far, the only that managed to become a member state of the European Union. The historical conditioning of the transport corridors inherited from the former joint states still plays an important role in the Western Balkans and Croatia. The main thesis is that geopolitical conditions are important in the area of the Western Balkans for the development and valorisation of transport corridors. For the exploration of this thesis, the following has been studied: theoretical approach of the transport geopolitics scientific discipline, previous research regarding the development of transport corridors in the study region and Croatia, the most important contemporary geopolitical factors in the Western Balkans region, and the importance and perspective of the development of transport corridors in the future.
Ključne riječi
transport geopolitics; transport corridors; the Pan-European transport network; TEN-T network; Western Balkans; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
333655
URI
Datum izdavanja:
14.7.2025.
Posjeta: 1.212 *