Territorial Cohesion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Territorial Cohesion and the Urban Dimension

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion

      • Eduardo Medeiros

      Pages 3-22

   3. Civil Society in Urban Areas: A Partner for Territorial Cohesion?

      • Oto Potluka, Martin Špaček

      Pages 23-37

   4. Territorial Cohesion: The Economy and Welfare of Cities

      • Jacek Zaucha, Tomasz Komornicki

      Pages 39-66

3. Territorial Cohesion and Urban Balanced Systems?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Polycentric Urban Systems and Territorial Cohesion

      • Jiří Malý

      Pages 69-89

   3. Cross-Border Functional Regions and Innovation: Cases from Inner Scandinavian Regions

      • Bjørnar Sæther, Bjørn Terje Andersen, Erik Hagen

      Pages 91-109

   4. Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies in the European Union: Added Value and Challenges

      • Arno van der Zwet, Martin Ferry

      Pages 111-129

4. Territorial Cohesion and Urban Development Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. The Urban Dimension of EU Cohesion Policy

      • Giancarlo Cotella

      Pages 133-151

   3. Policy Cycle of the Urban Agenda for EU and Its Effects on Territorial Cohesion

      • Paulo Neto, Maria Manuel Serrano, Anabela Santos

      Pages 153-172

   4. Towards a European Geography of Future Perspectives: A Story of Urban Concentration

      • Kai Böhme, Christian Lüer, Maria Toptsidou

      Pages 173-191

5. Back Matter

   Pages 193-196

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of several urban related aspects that are of central importance to successful territorial cohesion processes. In essence, it sheds new light on issues concerning urban polycentrism, functional urban regions, integrated sustainable urban development, and the EU Urban Agenda; and on how they can help to achieve territorial cohesion policy goals. As an elusive and fairly recent concept, territorial cohesion has to date only been vaguely debated in the available literature, which for the most part focuses on its historical origins and its relevance for EU policymaking. Instead, this book synthesizes, for the first time, a range of perspectives that place urban elements and policies at the core of territorial cohesion analysis. As such, and given the fact that territorial cohesion is a holistic concept, the book will appeal to a broad readership from both the academic and policymaking arenas.

• Territorial Cohesion
• Urban Dimension
• Polycentrism
• Functional Urban Regions
• Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies
• Urban Agenda
• ESPON
• Spatial Inequalities
• Urban Sustainability
• urban geography and urbanism
• world regional geography

“The book offers a multitude of perspectives on territorial cohesion and related policies. … I consider the work as more than welcome contribution and a milestone for all scholars who would like to understand the urban dimension of territorial cohesion, and its manifestation at the EU Policy level and in various European contexts.” (Angelica Stan, Eurasian Geography and Economics, September 30, 2020)

• DINÂMIA’CET-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal

  Eduardo Medeiros

Eduardo Medeiros is a Geography Professor, a Senior Researcher of DINÂMIA'CET-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and a DG REGIO expert.

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