Overview
- Offers a multifaceted overview of spatial development and governance in the Western Balkans
- Provides multiple national, regional and local insights on territorial cooperation, development and governance in the region
- Adopts a dynamic approach to institutional evolution that allows to highlight the main challenges and drivers of change
Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Main Challenges and Patterns of Change
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Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance in Motion
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Episodes of Territorial Cooperation
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Keywords
- Regional and spatial planning
- Territorial cooperation
- Regional cooperation
- Regional development
- Regional science
- European integration
- Urban planning
- EU cohesion policy
- Western Balkan region
- European regionalism
- Regional governance
- Europeanisation of Spatial Planning
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Serbia
- Kosovo
- Croatia
About this book
This book offers a multifaceted overview of the evolution of spatial development, governance and planning in the Western Balkans from an institutionalist perspective. Written by experts in the field, it features various regional and national studies covering topics such as regional and spatial planning, territorial development and governance, and regional and cross-border cooperation in the Western Balkans. Offering a wealth of national, regional and local insights on territorial cooperation, development and planning, this book will appeal to scholars in regional and spatial sciences and related fields alike.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Erblin Berisha is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His research focuses on territorial development and urbanization in the Western Balkans, and in particular on the roles played by the European Union and other international actors in the evolution of spatial governance and planning in the region.
Giancarlo Cotella is an Associate Professor of spatial planning at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His work focuses on the comparative analysis of spatial governance and planning systems in Europe and beyond, with particular emphasis on the impact of EU policies on domestic contexts, and on the transferability of good practices within and outside the European space.
Alys Solly is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, where she has specialized in the comparative analysis of spatial governance and planning systems. In particular, her research explores the multiple interrelations between spatial governance and planning systems, territorial development and quality of life.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans
Book Subtitle: Challenges and Prospects of Regional Cooperation
Editors: Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, Alys Solly
Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72124-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72123-7Published: 20 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72126-8Published: 21 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72124-4Published: 19 June 2021
Series ISSN: 1430-9602
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 381
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Geography, general, Regionalism, Economic Geography