A Network-based Approach to Regional Borders: The Case of Belgium.

Strihan A. A network-based approach to regional borders: the case of Belgium, Regional Studies. This article puts forward a network-based representation of border regions. It argues for and then employs a network approach to better understand the relation between socio-economic linkages and ethnic divisions in the Flemish-Walloon border region. A segment of the border region is described through polycentric networks of firms that cluster around multiple axes of solidarity. This article focuses on the ethnic axis of solidarity and shows that ethnicity is more significant than geographical distance for the network formation... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]