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Scandinavian Links: Mega Bridges Linking the Scandinavian Peninsula to the European Continent

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Three of Europe’s fourteen transport links were identified around the cost of the Danish island of Zealand on which the national capital, Copenhagen, is located. One link is within the nation, the other two are between nations. One link connects heavy economic centers, 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 Fermen Belt Link) has been decided up on bilateral government level. They are impressive megabridges/tunnels spanning international waterways. Their lengths are around 20 km (12 mi) each. 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. The three links are described in this chapter and their regional development effect and their environmental impact are analyzed.

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  1. Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Christian Wichmann Matthiessen

  2. Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

    Richard D. Knowles

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Correspondence to Christian Wichmann Matthiessen .

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  1. Dept. Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40506-0027, Kentucky, USA

    Stanley D. Brunn

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Matthiessen, C.W., Knowles, R.D. (2011). Scandinavian Links: Mega Bridges Linking the Scandinavian Peninsula to the European Continent. In: Brunn, S. (eds) Engineering Earth. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9920-4_42

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