It was defined by Robinson in the 50s, and again by Catudal in the 70s as a
piece of territory, which while connected to its country, is most convenient
to access, especially by motor vehicles, via theterritory of another. Ie
Klein Wasertal, which is part of mainland Austria, but only really
accessible from Germany.
Other dictionaries of geography and political geography texts have followed
Robinson's definition (eg Melamid's article on enclaves in the Encyclopedia
of social Sciences, and M.I. Glasner's Politicial Geography tome.
BW

>From: "granthutchison" <granthutchison@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] "Pene-enclave"
>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:53:45 -0000
>
>The word "pene-enclave" has on occasion been bandied within this
>group. It's a nice term and it does a job of work, but before I use it
>in the Wide World, can I ask: is it a BoundaryPoint coining, or does
>it enjoy wider currency?
>
>Grant
>

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