International Border Regions: The Case of Two Border Regions

A border in a city or an area restrains the growth of that region due to security and militancy purposes by restricting the flow of goods, services and passengers e. g. India - Pakistan, East and West Berlin. Cities on either side combine into one organisation at the other end, where the border is open, e. g., Budapest. This article tries to understand the development programmes and guidelines along the contrasting international border regions by comparing the cases of two countries i. e. India and Northern Ireland. Indeed, the similarities and dissimilarities compared, a direct application of a border from one part of the world to another may not be easy as it is subjective to country's principles and priorities.