Problem
Fortified frontiers
Other Names:
Frontier barriersFenced frontiers
Nature:
Ditches, barbed wire fences, brick and stone walls are all means of building obstacles between two peoples, sometimes to keep one group in and sometimes to keep the other group out. The Great Wall of China, the Maginot Line, and the Berlin Wall are examples.
Incidence:
The USA is currently digging a ditch 1.5 metres deep and 4 metres wide near the main border crossing with Mexico at Tijuana to "address a security and safety concern".
Broader Problems:
Divided countriesIntra-continental divisionsDisturbance to wildlife patterns of movement Aggravates:
Divided geographic allegiance Strategies:
Reuniting countriesManaging divided citiesFortifying frontier linesEstablishing frontier barriers Values:
Barrier Subject(s):
Government → FrontiersSocietal Problems → Impediments
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
29.05.2019 – 18:00 CEST