This study aims to explore the steering structures as well as the existing spatial aesthetics of the border region of the Rhine Valley and their effects on cross-border spatial development. For this purpose, the study distinguishes top-down spatial aesthetics on the one hand (political documents, policymakers in the fields of administration and territorial development in Austria and Switzerland) and bottom-up aesthetics on the other hand (life realities of residents). In conclusion, the author describes to what extent its research findings have been applied with regard to territorial development in the border region.
