The 3rd Conference of the Adriatic Forum took place September 23-25,
2010, in Vienna and was devoted to the general theme Regional
Development and Regionalisation which corresponds to global and European
challenges as well as to demands for research in the wider Adriatic
region. These proceedings comprise just a smaller selection of papers
presented at the conference, i.e. the papers closest to the conference
theme in regional and thematic terms. They start with transnational
views followed by focuses on individual countries in the Adriatic space.
While Milan BUFON (Koper/Capodistria) and Damir JOSIPOVIC (Ljubljana)
present surveys over the development of trans-border relations and
ethno-demographic situations, resp., in the wider region of the Upper
Adriatic, Maria Paola PAGNINI (Rome) and Andre SANGUIN (Paris) draw a
comparison between the development of border regions in the Southern
Alps and the Pyrenees. Peter JORDAN (Vienna) closes this transnational
part by an analysis of administrative decentralisation processes in all
Adriatic countries. Contributions on individual countries start with
Slovenia, of which Lucka LORBER (Maribor) discusses the development of
spatial disparities in recent decades followed by Anton GOSAR
(Koper/Capodistria), who presents the various attempts of regionalising
Slovenia for purposes of tourism branding. Simon KERMA
(Koper/Capodistria) then plunges into the Slovenian coastal region
Primorska, when he describes efforts to promote wine tourism. Jelena
LONCAR and Zoran STIPERSKI (both Zagreb) deal with a Croatian topic,
when they highlight the relative socio-economic role and development of
Central Croatia within the country. Jan WENDT (Gdansk) throws finally a
glance on Polish tourism to Croatia and Slovenia.
