How is the cultural landscape of the border region changing?

Boundaries mark the edges or the periphery of all kinds of territories. Restricted to the political perspective, they represent the end of a state's or a government's sphere of direct influence: all public efforts take place within the state's territory, but in some cases, the border is the place where specific measures become effective towards the neighboring countries (e. g. immigration control). In such cases, boundaries are a means of defense and segregation, the centripetal role prevailing over the centrifugal one. In this way, politics can be distinguished from the economy