Towards New Scenarios for the Integration of Europe and the Mediterranean: Prospects and Strategies for Trieste and the Upper Adriatic Region

Globalna gospodarska dinamika bistveno vpliva na ozemeljske spremembe inodnose med mesti, ki bolje opredeljujejo svoje naloge ter izboljšujejo svojopodobo za poveˇcanje mednarodne konkurenˇcnosti. Obalna obmoˇcja so sprivezi za morska plovila okrepila strateški pomen zahvaljujoˇc postopnemuzmanjševanju stroškov pomorskega prometa v primerjavi s stroški kopenskegaprometa. Od zgodnjih 90. let se vloga Sredozemlja krepi v smislu glavnihpoti in po kritiˇcnem obdobju danes kaže znake okrevanja, predvsem vodnosu do rasti razvijajoˇcih se gospodarstev Severne Afrike in držav Daljnegavzhoda. Po tem scenariju ima zgornja jadranska regija s svojimi pristaniškimimesti, med katerimi Trst izstopa po svoji zgodovinski nagnjenosti kinternacionalizaciji in s sodobno infrastrukturo, možnost ustvariti sistem, dauveljavi svojo strateško vlogo v evro-sredozemskem prostoru.

Global economic dynamics crucially affect territorial transformations and the relations between towns, leading them to better define their functions and to internationalize their image to enhance international competitiveness. Coastal areas equipped with berths for ocean-going vessels have gained a strategic importance thanks to the progressive reduction of maritime transport costs, compared to those of land transport. Since the early ‘90s, the role of the Mediterranean has been increasingly strengthening within the context of the main routes and today, after a critical period, signs of recovery, above all in relation to the growth of the emerging economies of North African and Far Eastern Countries, may be foreseen. In this scenario, the Upper Adriatic region and its port cities, among which Trieste stands out for its historical vocation to internationalization and for its modern infrastructures, have the opportunity to create a system to reassert their strategic role within the Euro-Mediterranean area.