Grensstudies en politieke aardrijkskunde
Abstract
The study of frontiers and political geography. - In political geography stress is laid on frontiers as the result of geographical influences while the study of frontiers as a factor influencing the shaping of landscapes, is generally neglected. Yet the latter aspect is geographically more important than the first mentioned. Three groups of facts are to be considered when studying the geography of frontiers from the second viewpoint: - facts which are a direct consequence of the existence of political boundaries and which are spatially related to it. In this connection the protective role of the frontier seems to be predominant. - facts which are related to the frontier in an indirect way but which still stand in a spatial connection with it. - facts which stand apart from the frontier proper and which are spatially not related to it. This group of facts are simply split up by the existence of a political frontier, which acts as a rather passive separating force.
How to Cite:
De Smet, L., (1956) “Grensstudies en politieke aardrijkskunde”, Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen 1(4), 347–355. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tvsw.95518
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