Vivre la #frontière : les #pratiques_spatiales transfrontalières dans l’#Arc_jurassien franco-suisse
The European integration has been redefining the meaning and functions of national borders. This paper addresses this mutation from the perspective of the inhabitants’ spatial practices in the French-Swiss Jura region. Through a questionnaire survey we have measured the intensity of cross-border spatial practices done in the free time (purchasing, leisure, etc.) and determined the underlying logics. The border effect appears in the form of a price differential (cost of living, exchange rate, taxation of some goods) and a knowledge differential (lack of information on the neighbouring country, habits, etc.) that curb or stimulate border crossing. The border effect is however mitigated in the spatial context under study by a centrality effect involving a supply differential (attraction of residential French municipalities by Swiss urban centres). The combining of these effects explains the intensity and the direction of cross-border spatial practices.
▻https://belgeo.revues.org/6249?lang=en
#Suisse #France #Jura #mobilité #mobilité_transfrontalière
