The Nebi Yearbook 1999: North European and Baltic Sea Integration

by Hedegaard, Lars; Lindstrom, B.; Joenniemi, P.; Osthol, A.; Peschel, K.; Stalvant, C. E.

• ISBN13: 9783540664079
• ISBN10: 3540664076
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2000, held in Cancun, Mexico in May 2000 as a satelite meeting of IPDPS 2000. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed during an iterated evaluation process and present the state of the art in the area.

Table of Contents

List of Partners
Editorial Advisory Board
Foreword
The Northern Dimension, Russia and the Prospects for NEBI Integration	p. 3
Economic Integration
The Accession of Finland and the Non-Accession of Other NEBI States to EMU: Implications for Economic Integration in the NEBI Area	p. 35
Effects of Globalisation on Production, Trade and Factor Prices in the Northern Countries	p. 49
Globalisation and the Welfare State	p. 63
Northern Europe in the Global Economy	p. 75
Core Problems Facing Poland and Estonia Prior to EU Membership	p. 87
Spatial Planning and the Environment
Defining Integrated Coastal Management for the Baltic Sea Region	p. 101
Urban Waterfront Regeneration in the Baltic States: The Case of Tallinn	p. 121
Secure Development of the St. Petersburg Region: An Imperative, Not an Option	p. 135
The Oder 'Flood of the Century': Consequences for a Transboundary Flood Protection Concept	p. 151
Radioactive Sources in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region: Are there Reasons to Be Concerned?	p. 171
Transborder Regional Co-Operation
Between 'In' and 'Out': EU Integration and Regional Policy-making in North-eastern Europe	p. 193
The Nordic Countries and Russia: Prospects for Co-operation	p. 209
The Finnish-Russian Border in a World of De-territorialisation	p. 215
The Barents Region in European Spatial Planning	p. 229
Building the Oresund Region	p. 239
Political Integration, Territorial Governance and Security
High Politics in Northern Europe: Recent Developments and their Interpretation	p. 259
National Integration in Estonia: Ethnic and Regional Problems in a Transitional Society	p. 277
Kaliningrad: Recent Changes in Russia's Exclave on the Baltic Sea	p. 293
The Inflation of Crime in Russia: Paradoxes of a Threat Around the Baltic Sea	p. 313
The Conversion of Military Areas in the Baltic States	p. 327
Borders, Orders and Identities in the New European North	p. 335
North European and Baltic Statistics	p. 349
List of Abbreviations	p. 473
List of Figures	p. 475
List of Tables	p. 477
Index	p. 479
About the Authors and Editors	p. 493
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