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For all interested I inform that this scientific article is published and that 50 free copies can be downloaded via this link: 

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EQTSYG2CRNWWNIZKIRQT/full?target=10.1080/09654313.2019.1687654

ABSTRACT:

This article debates the concept of border area and identifies a number of  factors which should be considered when delimiting cross-border areas for policy implementation (CBAPI). These include historical, spatial, demographic, cultural, data, institutional, economic, infrastructural and environmental factors. The relevance of this debate for the border studies is twofold. Firstly, it covers a void in existing literatures, thus adding a valuable conceptual contribution to the delimitation of cross-border areas. Secondly, it provides a concrete theoretical platform for interested entities such as the European Commission to appropriately delimit CBAPI, for programmes like the INTERREG-A.