Local co-operation, ethnic diversity and state territoriality - The case of Haparanda and Tornio on the Sweden - Finland border

GeoJournal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Lundén, Thomas ^a   Zalamans, Dennis ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Boundary co operation; Ethnicity; Finland; Haparanda; Language; Sweden; Tornio

Indexed keywords

LAND FILL; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

ETHNIC DIVERSITY;

GEOLOGY;

BORDER REGION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; LANGUAGE;

FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035784729     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021184430515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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