@inproceedings{5d5029d375bb4fedb2f2442c1e698dec,
title = "Scandinavian links: Mega bridges/tunnels linking the scandinavian peninsula to the european continent",
abstract = "The European Round Table of Industrialists identified in the 1980ies 14 missing links in the transportation network of the continent. Three of them were found around the Danish island of Zealand. One link is within the nation, the other two are between nations. One link connects heavy economic centres, one joins more thinly populated regions, and the last one links peripheral areas. Two of them (The Great Belt Link and the Oresund Link) have been constructed and are in full operation. The third (the Fehmarnbelt Link) has been decided 2008 on bilateral government level. The three links are impressive mega structures spanning international waterways. These waterways between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea have played major roles in history. The length of each of the crossings are around 20 km. The fixed links closes gaps between the Scandinavian and European motorway and rail networks. They concentrate traffic flows and create strong transport corridors. They are the basis of new regional development regimes. “Ferries connect systems, fixed links unite systems”.",
keywords = "Faculty of Science, Scandinavian Links, Regional development, Dynamics, Bridges, Tunnels, Regional geography",
author = "Matthiessen, {Christian Wichmann} and Knowles, {Richard D.}",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "978 87 7674 824 1",
series = "Publications from the National Museum Studies in Archaeology and History",
pages = "395--401",
editor = "Gull{\o}v, {Hans Christian}",
booktitle = "Northern Worlds - Landscapes, interactions and dynamics",
publisher = "National Museum of Denmark",
}