In the Adriatic region one could find several contradictory tendencies, as
a result of local accommodation of social structures and systems to the political
organization of space. The persistent planning and spatial divergence prevents the
region from achieving the same potential common development visions, bringing
forward that area as a special ‘development region’ within the EU. The discussed
case shows the need for a more appropriate governance of different horizontal
(spatial and sectorial) as well as vertical (hierarchical) policies in planning cross-
border cooperation or social and spatial (re)integration of borderlands and popu-
lation, especially if we try to create a more sustainable and ‘‘long-lasting’’ devel-
opment plan for our increasingly globalized and co-dependent ‘‘common home’’ on
the European and Mediterranean level.

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• Cross-Border Aspects of Sustainable Development in the Adriatic Region