Juan-Manuel Trillo-Santamaría
Biographic Data
| ID | 763595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juan-Manuel Trillo-Santamaría |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juan-Manuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Trillo-Santamaría |
| SIGNATURE | TRILLO-SANTAMARÍA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3842-3079 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Spatial planning to overcome border obstacles: Experiences between Galicia and Portugal
Across the Galicia–Northern Portugal border, recent efforts to advance cross-border spatial planning (CBSP) provide insight into its practical functioning and inherent limits. This paper examines two CBSP processes developed between 2023 and 2024 within the framework of the Rio Minho EGTC and the future Raia Seca Gerês/Xurés EGTC, adopting a reflexive approach inspired by Action Research and grounded in the direct involvement of the authors in th…
Quality food productions beyond borders: Examining cross-border geographical indications
Covid Effect on Sales, Size, and Industry in the Minho Border Area
This paper analyses the effect that the COVID pandemic had on border areas due to international border closures, specifically on the ‘Galician wet border’ of the international Spanish‐Portuguese border. This research focuses on how the pandemic affects sales, and the factors that condition sales in border areas. The results show that, although COVID had a significant impact on sales in all the municipalities analysed, there are no significant dif…
Hacia una cartografía de la cooperación transfronteriza en América Latina: La experiencia de la Arfe en mapas
Las experiencias de cooperación territorial entre entidades subestatales que comparten una frontera internacional, lo que conocemos como cooperación transfronteriza, existen, en mayor o menor medida, en todas las regiones mundiales. Sin duda, el caso europeo es el que ha concentrado el número de experiencias de mayor éxito, debido particularmente a que se enmarca en la política de cohesión territorial financiada por la UE. Existen, no obstante, o…
Cross-Border Institutional Trust in Post-Pandemic Times. The Role of EU b-solutions Initiative
Mutual trust is an important element in starting cross-border processes, and institutional trust is vital to forging sound and effective cross-border cooperation. It is widely debated that the recent covidfencing process in Europe chipped away existing long and medium-term cross-border institutional ties, in most European borders, at least for some time. The fundamental point is that the sudden closing of national borders also revealed how import…
La dimensión transfronteriza de los planes territoriales y urbanísticos en el ámbito vasco (España-Francia)
La cooperación transfronteriza se ha erigido como uno de los elementos clave de la llamada "desfronterización". La función tradicional de las fronteras en tanto que límites infranqueables del territorio estatal se ha ido diluyendo, entre otros motivos, por las políticas de cooperación territorial impulsadas por la Unión Europea desde la década de 1990. Sin embargo, en lo que se refiere a la ordenación del territorio, la lógica estado nacional pre…
“The n°1 country”? A critical investigation of the booming designation of biosphere reserves in Spain
Spain is the country with the most biosphere reserves (BRs) in the world. The aim of this paper is to investigate why BRs have come to proliferate to such a degree in Spain and why there is a gap between UNESCO’s framework and the practicalities observed in Spain. After outlining how a BR is conceived according to UNESCO and reviewing the large volume of research published to date in this respect, Spain’s BRs are characterised. The study here is …
The Economic Impact of Closing the Boundaries: The Lower Minho Valley Cross-Border Region in Times of Covid-19
The COVID-19 crisis experienced since early 2020 has been the first time in decades that all the boundaries between European Union member-states have been systematically re-set. This paper examines the economic impact derived from re-establishing the boundary on a particular cross-border region located between Galicia (Spain) and Portugal. The paper begins by outlining the theoretical considerations on the interplay between borders and economy. A…
Desafíos de la cooperación transfronteriza para el desarrollo en contextos de transformación regional latinoamericana
El presente artículo, elaborado por dos miembros del equipo de la Asociación de Regiones Fronterizas Europeas (ARFE), con el apoyo de dos investigadores de las universidades Complutense de Madrid y Santiago de Compostela, expone y analiza los desafíos a los que se enfrenta la cooperación transfronteriza para el desarrollo en América Latina. Lo hace a luz de la experiencia de la Asociación mediante el análisis comparativo de los procesos de integr…
The Emerging Mountain Imaginary of the Galician Highlands: A New National Landscape in an Era of Globalization
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Geographical Review on 2021-04-15, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2021.1897812
The Persistent Catalan-Spanish Turmoil: A Geopolitical Reading of the First Weeks of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Catalonia and Spain
Critical geopolitics conceives of the internal organization of the state as a relevant geopolitical subfield. In this context, this paper aims to develop a geopolitical interpretation of the covid-19 crisis management in Catalonia and Spain from March 2020 to mid-April 2020. The paper begins by providing an overview of internal geopolitics literature by Spanish geographers, focusing on the Catalonia/Spain conflict, followed by a thorough analysis…
Hacia una comunidad autónoma leonesa? Una interpretación urgente del Lexit de inicios de 2020 desde la perspectiva de la nueva geografía regional
Desde finales de 2019 se ha venido planteando un proceso denominado Lexit. En efecto, en base a mociones presentadas en ayuntamientos, se pretende conseguir una comunidad autónoma leonesa separada de la actual Castilla y León. Se interpreta dicho proceso dando voz a sus protagonistas y utilizando el marco teórico de la Nueva Geografía Regional (NGR). Las entrevistas realizadas a tal efecto apuntan a una lectura muy pesimista sobre León y su inser…
Hacia una geografía histórica del Gerês/Xurés: La conformación de una región transfronteriza = Towards a historical geography of Gerês / Xurés: the making of a cross-border region
En el espacio central de la raya entre Galicia y el Norte de Portugal se extiende el Gerês/Xurés. Este ámbito territorial está conformado por dos Parques, uno Nacional en Portugal y otro Natural en Galicia. El presente artículo aporta los mimbres para una geografía histórica de este ámbito, en clave de región transfronteriza. La metodología aúna trabajo de campo (entrevistas semiestructuradas) y análisis de diversas fuentes de información: libros…
The invention of a mountain tourism destination: An exploration of Trevinca-A Veiga (Galicia, Spain)
The literature on the development of tourism destinations neglects to question their precise origins. Thus, it makes sense to research the when, how and why a particular place attracts tourists to the point of being considered an up-and-coming destination. The case of Trevinca-A Veiga (Galicia, Spain), a mountain area which is emerging as a tourism destination, is analysed through 28 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders regarding the init…
Transboundary protected areas as ideal tools? Analyzing the Gerês-Xurés transboundary biosphere reserve
La recomposition des échelles territoriales en Galice (Espagne): Enjeu économique ou alibi idéologique
Dans l’actuel contexte de crise économique, des changements profonds d’organisation territoriale sont envisagés dans de nombreux États, dont l’Espagne, avec des arguments d’efficacité. Notre étude de cas sur la Galice, « nationalité » historique marquée par une forte autonomie, montre que l’idéologie territoriale joue un rôle aussi important que les raisons économiques. Après avoir présenté les collectivités territoriales galiciennes, nous analys…
Discussing the Couto Mixto (Galicia, Spain): Transcending the Territorial Trap Through Borderscapes and Border Poetics Analyses
The assumption that the border between Spain and Portugal is a stable one since medieval times is commonplace. Thus, the territorial trap conception, as defined by John Agnew, dominates understanding of this border. This paper will focus on a specific border area, the Couto Mixto, in an effort to contest this territorial trap. Furthermore, using some of the emerging border studies concepts, mainly borderscapes and border poetics, this research wi…
Cross-Border Regions: The Gap Between the Elite's Projects and People's Awareness. Reflections from the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion
In the last 20 years, numerous cross-border regions have been launched across Europe. Many studies have been carried out dealing with the analysis of regional building processes. Most of them focus on the work developed by local elites profiting from economic, political and institutional factors to build up cross-border regions. Studies focusing on people's knowledge of these cross-border projects and regions have also been developed. The gap tha…
The Oldest Boundary in Europe? A Critical Approach to the Spanish-Portuguese Border: The Raia Between Galicia and Portugal
The boundary between Spain and Portugal is supposed to be one of the most – if not the most – fixed and stable borders in the world, with some authors stating that it has a history of almost a thousand years. However, this paper demonstrates that this is not the case by arguing that it has a mobile nature. After formulating a theoretical framework on borders and border studies, this contribution focuses on the raia between Galicia and Portugal as…
Representing Spain: Cultural image and geographic knowledge in National Geographic’s articles on Spain (1888–1936)
Between Regional Spaces and Spaces of Regionalism: Cross-border Region Building in the Spanish ‘State of the Autonomies’
García-Álvarez J. and Trillo-Santamaría J.-M. Between regional spaces and spaces of regionalism: cross-border region building in the Spanish ‘State of the Autonomies’, Regional Studies. The intense development of cross-border cooperation in the European Union in the last two decades offers a privileged laboratory to reflect upon the changing nature of regions and processes of regional construction in the context of globalization. Focusing on Euro…
La frontera como motivo de atracción: Una breve mirada a las relaciones Galicia-Região Norte
Spain and Portugal’s entrance into the EEC in 1986 propelled their bilateral relations. This landmark event fostered contact among territorial collectivities on both sides of the Spanish-Portuguese border, which for the last decades had acted as an insurmountable barrier. In the context of a full integration in Europe, and due to the cooperation policies promoted within the communitarian frame, the meaning of the border varied from dislike and cl…
Comentario. La visión de Galicia de Plácido Castro: La interrelación entre la (geo)política interna y la externa
Between Regional Spaces and Spaces of Regionalism: Cross-border Region Building in the Spanish ‘State of the Autonomies’
García-Álvarez J. and Trillo-Santamaría J.-M. Between regional spaces and spaces of regionalism: cross-border region building in the Spanish ‘State of the Autonomies’, Regional Studies. The intense development of cross-border cooperation in the European Union in the last two decades offers a privileged laboratory to reflect upon the changing nature of regions and processes of regional construction in the context of globalization. Focusing on Euro…
Discussing the Couto Mixto (Galicia, Spain): Transcending the Territorial Trap Through Borderscapes and Border Poetics Analyses
The assumption that the border between Spain and Portugal is a stable one since medieval times is commonplace. Thus, the territorial trap conception, as defined by John Agnew, dominates understanding of this border. This paper will focus on a specific border area, the Couto Mixto, in an effort to contest this territorial trap. Furthermore, using some of the emerging border studies concepts, mainly borderscapes and border poetics, this research wi…
The Economic Impact of Closing the Boundaries: The Lower Minho Valley Cross-Border Region in Times of Covid-19
The COVID-19 crisis experienced since early 2020 has been the first time in decades that all the boundaries between European Union member-states have been systematically re-set. This paper examines the economic impact derived from re-establishing the boundary on a particular cross-border region located between Galicia (Spain) and Portugal. The paper begins by outlining the theoretical considerations on the interplay between borders and economy. A…
The Oldest Boundary in Europe? A Critical Approach to the Spanish-Portuguese Border: The Raia Between Galicia and Portugal
The boundary between Spain and Portugal is supposed to be one of the most – if not the most – fixed and stable borders in the world, with some authors stating that it has a history of almost a thousand years. However, this paper demonstrates that this is not the case by arguing that it has a mobile nature. After formulating a theoretical framework on borders and border studies, this contribution focuses on the raia between Galicia and Portugal as…
Cross-Border Regions: The Gap Between the Elite's Projects and People's Awareness. Reflections from the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion
In the last 20 years, numerous cross-border regions have been launched across Europe. Many studies have been carried out dealing with the analysis of regional building processes. Most of them focus on the work developed by local elites profiting from economic, political and institutional factors to build up cross-border regions. Studies focusing on people's knowledge of these cross-border projects and regions have also been developed. The gap tha…
Cross-Border Institutional Trust in Post-Pandemic Times. The Role of EU b-solutions Initiative
Mutual trust is an important element in starting cross-border processes, and institutional trust is vital to forging sound and effective cross-border cooperation. It is widely debated that the recent covidfencing process in Europe chipped away existing long and medium-term cross-border institutional ties, in most European borders, at least for some time. The fundamental point is that the sudden closing of national borders also revealed how import…
Transboundary protected areas as ideal tools? Analyzing the Gerês-Xurés transboundary biosphere reserve
La frontera como motivo de atracción: Una breve mirada a las relaciones Galicia-Região Norte
Spain and Portugal’s entrance into the EEC in 1986 propelled their bilateral relations. This landmark event fostered contact among territorial collectivities on both sides of the Spanish-Portuguese border, which for the last decades had acted as an insurmountable barrier. In the context of a full integration in Europe, and due to the cooperation policies promoted within the communitarian frame, the meaning of the border varied from dislike and cl…
La dimensión transfronteriza de los planes territoriales y urbanísticos en el ámbito vasco (España-Francia)
La cooperación transfronteriza se ha erigido como uno de los elementos clave de la llamada "desfronterización". La función tradicional de las fronteras en tanto que límites infranqueables del territorio estatal se ha ido diluyendo, entre otros motivos, por las políticas de cooperación territorial impulsadas por la Unión Europea desde la década de 1990. Sin embargo, en lo que se refiere a la ordenación del territorio, la lógica estado nacional pre…
The Emerging Mountain Imaginary of the Galician Highlands: A New National Landscape in an Era of Globalization
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Geographical Review on 2021-04-15, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2021.1897812
Desafíos de la cooperación transfronteriza para el desarrollo en contextos de transformación regional latinoamericana
El presente artículo, elaborado por dos miembros del equipo de la Asociación de Regiones Fronterizas Europeas (ARFE), con el apoyo de dos investigadores de las universidades Complutense de Madrid y Santiago de Compostela, expone y analiza los desafíos a los que se enfrenta la cooperación transfronteriza para el desarrollo en América Latina. Lo hace a luz de la experiencia de la Asociación mediante el análisis comparativo de los procesos de integr…
The Persistent Catalan-Spanish Turmoil: A Geopolitical Reading of the First Weeks of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Catalonia and Spain
Critical geopolitics conceives of the internal organization of the state as a relevant geopolitical subfield. In this context, this paper aims to develop a geopolitical interpretation of the covid-19 crisis management in Catalonia and Spain from March 2020 to mid-April 2020. The paper begins by providing an overview of internal geopolitics literature by Spanish geographers, focusing on the Catalonia/Spain conflict, followed by a thorough analysis…
The invention of a mountain tourism destination: An exploration of Trevinca-A Veiga (Galicia, Spain)
The literature on the development of tourism destinations neglects to question their precise origins. Thus, it makes sense to research the when, how and why a particular place attracts tourists to the point of being considered an up-and-coming destination. The case of Trevinca-A Veiga (Galicia, Spain), a mountain area which is emerging as a tourism destination, is analysed through 28 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders regarding the init…
Comentario. La visión de Galicia de Plácido Castro: La interrelación entre la (geo)política interna y la externa
Between Regional Spaces and Spaces of Regionalism: Cross-border Region Building in the Spanish ‘State of the Autonomies’
García-Álvarez J. and Trillo-Santamaría J.-M. Between regional spaces and spaces of regionalism: cross-border region building in the Spanish ‘State of the Autonomies’, Regional Studies. The intense development of cross-border cooperation in the European Union in the last two decades offers a privileged laboratory to reflect upon the changing nature of regions and processes of regional construction in the context of globalization. Focusing on Euro…
La frontera como motivo de atracción: Una breve mirada a las relaciones Galicia-Região Norte
Spain and Portugal’s entrance into the EEC in 1986 propelled their bilateral relations. This landmark event fostered contact among territorial collectivities on both sides of the Spanish-Portuguese border, which for the last decades had acted as an insurmountable barrier. In the context of a full integration in Europe, and due to the cooperation policies promoted within the communitarian frame, the meaning of the border varied from dislike and cl…
Representing Spain: Cultural image and geographic knowledge in National Geographic’s articles on Spain (1888–1936)
Cross-Border Regions: The Gap Between the Elite's Projects and People's Awareness. Reflections from the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion
In the last 20 years, numerous cross-border regions have been launched across Europe. Many studies have been carried out dealing with the analysis of regional building processes. Most of them focus on the work developed by local elites profiting from economic, political and institutional factors to build up cross-border regions. Studies focusing on people's knowledge of these cross-border projects and regions have also been developed. The gap tha…
The Oldest Boundary in Europe? A Critical Approach to the Spanish-Portuguese Border: The Raia Between Galicia and Portugal
The boundary between Spain and Portugal is supposed to be one of the most – if not the most – fixed and stable borders in the world, with some authors stating that it has a history of almost a thousand years. However, this paper demonstrates that this is not the case by arguing that it has a mobile nature. After formulating a theoretical framework on borders and border studies, this contribution focuses on the raia between Galicia and Portugal as…
La recomposition des échelles territoriales en Galice (Espagne): Enjeu économique ou alibi idéologique
Dans l’actuel contexte de crise économique, des changements profonds d’organisation territoriale sont envisagés dans de nombreux États, dont l’Espagne, avec des arguments d’efficacité. Notre étude de cas sur la Galice, « nationalité » historique marquée par une forte autonomie, montre que l’idéologie territoriale joue un rôle aussi important que les raisons économiques. Après avoir présenté les collectivités territoriales galiciennes, nous analys…
Discussing the Couto Mixto (Galicia, Spain): Transcending the Territorial Trap Through Borderscapes and Border Poetics Analyses
The assumption that the border between Spain and Portugal is a stable one since medieval times is commonplace. Thus, the territorial trap conception, as defined by John Agnew, dominates understanding of this border. This paper will focus on a specific border area, the Couto Mixto, in an effort to contest this territorial trap. Furthermore, using some of the emerging border studies concepts, mainly borderscapes and border poetics, this research wi…
Transboundary protected areas as ideal tools? Analyzing the Gerês-Xurés transboundary biosphere reserve
Hacia una geografía histórica del Gerês/Xurés: La conformación de una región transfronteriza = Towards a historical geography of Gerês / Xurés: the making of a cross-border region
En el espacio central de la raya entre Galicia y el Norte de Portugal se extiende el Gerês/Xurés. Este ámbito territorial está conformado por dos Parques, uno Nacional en Portugal y otro Natural en Galicia. El presente artículo aporta los mimbres para una geografía histórica de este ámbito, en clave de región transfronteriza. La metodología aúna trabajo de campo (entrevistas semiestructuradas) y análisis de diversas fuentes de información: libros…
The invention of a mountain tourism destination: An exploration of Trevinca-A Veiga (Galicia, Spain)
The literature on the development of tourism destinations neglects to question their precise origins. Thus, it makes sense to research the when, how and why a particular place attracts tourists to the point of being considered an up-and-coming destination. The case of Trevinca-A Veiga (Galicia, Spain), a mountain area which is emerging as a tourism destination, is analysed through 28 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders regarding the init…
Hacia una comunidad autónoma leonesa? Una interpretación urgente del Lexit de inicios de 2020 desde la perspectiva de la nueva geografía regional
Desde finales de 2019 se ha venido planteando un proceso denominado Lexit. En efecto, en base a mociones presentadas en ayuntamientos, se pretende conseguir una comunidad autónoma leonesa separada de la actual Castilla y León. Se interpreta dicho proceso dando voz a sus protagonistas y utilizando el marco teórico de la Nueva Geografía Regional (NGR). Las entrevistas realizadas a tal efecto apuntan a una lectura muy pesimista sobre León y su inser…
“The n°1 country”? A critical investigation of the booming designation of biosphere reserves in Spain
Spain is the country with the most biosphere reserves (BRs) in the world. The aim of this paper is to investigate why BRs have come to proliferate to such a degree in Spain and why there is a gap between UNESCO’s framework and the practicalities observed in Spain. After outlining how a BR is conceived according to UNESCO and reviewing the large volume of research published to date in this respect, Spain’s BRs are characterised. The study here is …
The Economic Impact of Closing the Boundaries: The Lower Minho Valley Cross-Border Region in Times of Covid-19
The COVID-19 crisis experienced since early 2020 has been the first time in decades that all the boundaries between European Union member-states have been systematically re-set. This paper examines the economic impact derived from re-establishing the boundary on a particular cross-border region located between Galicia (Spain) and Portugal. The paper begins by outlining the theoretical considerations on the interplay between borders and economy. A…
Desafíos de la cooperación transfronteriza para el desarrollo en contextos de transformación regional latinoamericana
El presente artículo, elaborado por dos miembros del equipo de la Asociación de Regiones Fronterizas Europeas (ARFE), con el apoyo de dos investigadores de las universidades Complutense de Madrid y Santiago de Compostela, expone y analiza los desafíos a los que se enfrenta la cooperación transfronteriza para el desarrollo en América Latina. Lo hace a luz de la experiencia de la Asociación mediante el análisis comparativo de los procesos de integr…
The Emerging Mountain Imaginary of the Galician Highlands: A New National Landscape in an Era of Globalization
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Geographical Review on 2021-04-15, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2021.1897812
The Persistent Catalan-Spanish Turmoil: A Geopolitical Reading of the First Weeks of the Covid-19 Crisis Management in Catalonia and Spain
Critical geopolitics conceives of the internal organization of the state as a relevant geopolitical subfield. In this context, this paper aims to develop a geopolitical interpretation of the covid-19 crisis management in Catalonia and Spain from March 2020 to mid-April 2020. The paper begins by providing an overview of internal geopolitics literature by Spanish geographers, focusing on the Catalonia/Spain conflict, followed by a thorough analysis…
Cross-Border Institutional Trust in Post-Pandemic Times. The Role of EU b-solutions Initiative
Mutual trust is an important element in starting cross-border processes, and institutional trust is vital to forging sound and effective cross-border cooperation. It is widely debated that the recent covidfencing process in Europe chipped away existing long and medium-term cross-border institutional ties, in most European borders, at least for some time. The fundamental point is that the sudden closing of national borders also revealed how import…
La dimensión transfronteriza de los planes territoriales y urbanísticos en el ámbito vasco (España-Francia)
La cooperación transfronteriza se ha erigido como uno de los elementos clave de la llamada "desfronterización". La función tradicional de las fronteras en tanto que límites infranqueables del territorio estatal se ha ido diluyendo, entre otros motivos, por las políticas de cooperación territorial impulsadas por la Unión Europea desde la década de 1990. Sin embargo, en lo que se refiere a la ordenación del territorio, la lógica estado nacional pre…
Quality food productions beyond borders: Examining cross-border geographical indications
Covid Effect on Sales, Size, and Industry in the Minho Border Area
This paper analyses the effect that the COVID pandemic had on border areas due to international border closures, specifically on the ‘Galician wet border’ of the international Spanish‐Portuguese border. This research focuses on how the pandemic affects sales, and the factors that condition sales in border areas. The results show that, although COVID had a significant impact on sales in all the municipalities analysed, there are no significant dif…
Hacia una cartografía de la cooperación transfronteriza en América Latina: La experiencia de la Arfe en mapas
Las experiencias de cooperación territorial entre entidades subestatales que comparten una frontera internacional, lo que conocemos como cooperación transfronteriza, existen, en mayor o menor medida, en todas las regiones mundiales. Sin duda, el caso europeo es el que ha concentrado el número de experiencias de mayor éxito, debido particularmente a que se enmarca en la política de cohesión territorial financiada por la UE. Existen, no obstante, o…
Spatial planning to overcome border obstacles: Experiences between Galicia and Portugal
Across the Galicia–Northern Portugal border, recent efforts to advance cross-border spatial planning (CBSP) provide insight into its practical functioning and inherent limits. This paper examines two CBSP processes developed between 2023 and 2024 within the framework of the Rio Minho EGTC and the future Raia Seca Gerês/Xurés EGTC, adopting a reflexive approach inspired by Action Research and grounded in the direct involvement of the authors in th…
Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Geography (12 works) · Humanities (11 works) · Galician and Iberian cultural studies (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Economic geography (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Regional science (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works)