Mediterranean borderscapes: contested territories at the geopolitical edge. The case of Evros-Meriç river
This thesis investigates the Mediterranean borderlands as dynamic territorial systems rather than static lines on maps. It begins from an interest in contested, marginal, and transitional spaces where politics becomes spatially visible. Borders, once seen as remote edges, have moved to the center of...
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| Formato: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/448558 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/448558 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Landscape architecture -- Europe Europe -- Boundaries Maritsa River Borderscapes Territorial systems Arquitectura del paisatge -- Europa Europa -- Fronteres Maritsa (Curs d'aigua) Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme::Arquitectura del paisatge |
| Resumo: | This thesis investigates the Mediterranean borderlands as dynamic territorial systems rather than static lines on maps. It begins from an interest in contested, marginal, and transitional spaces where politics becomes spatially visible. Borders, once seen as remote edges, have moved to the center of geopolitical debates, especially within the EU, where external frontiers are framed as “Fortress Europe.” Here, migration, sovereignty, and security intersect, transforming peripheral landscapes into strategic nodes. The research develops a framework that integrates critical, infrastructural, and ecological perspectives. It studies borders through three dimensions: objects (fences, surveillance, corridors, facilities), territories (landscapes, settlements, hydrology), and mechanisms (legal regimes, connectivity, organizational logics). Methodologically, it combines comparative cartography of 25 Mediterranean border fragments with an in-depth case study of the Evros/Meriç River. This approach exposes how infrastructures, governance, and everyday practices together produce borderscapes, making visible the spatial logics that regulate flows, shape territories, and structure life at the edge. |
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