Abstract: The term “landlocked” is commonly applied to politico‐territorial entities lacking coastal frontage or direct access to navigable waterways connecting to the sea. While one may argue that interior districts of states have no choice but to transit the territory of another district or province to reach the sea, their condition of “locked‐ness” differs profoundly from that of states. The key difference is “sovereignty” and the capacity of “transit states” (those countries between a noncoastal state and the sea) to tax, impede, curtail, and/or suspend the transport of people, goods, and resources to and from landlocked states. Recognizing the pervasiveness of this trend and the challenge it presents to development of landlocked states, the United Nations has established various international conventions to mediate the negative effects of mobility dependence.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-03-03
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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