Borders, European Integration and UNESCO World Heritage: A Case Study of the Curonian Spit

The Curonian Spit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, is a unique cultural landscape shaped by human intervention in natural geomorphological processes. This study highlights its significance as an elongated 'finger of sand' stretching 98 kilometers, which separates the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon. The research focuses on the southern part of the Spit, belonging to the Zelenogradsk District of Kaliningradskaya Oblast, examining how European integration and border dynamics influence landscape management and human ecology in this fragile environment.

Kockel, U. Borders, European Integration and UNESCO World Heritage: A Case Study of the Curonian Spit. Heritage Regimes and the State, 227–246. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.gup.389