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Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans

Challenges and Prospects of Regional Cooperation

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Editors:
  1. Erblin Berisha

    1. Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

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  2. Giancarlo Cotella

    1. Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

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  3. Alys Solly

    1. Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

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  • 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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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.


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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Introduction: The Western Balkans Between Continuity and Change

    • Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, Alys Solly
    Pages 1-19

  3. Main Challenges and Patterns of Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Territorial Development and Governance in the Western Balkans

      • Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella
      Pages 23-42

    3. New European Regionalism: Regional Planning in the Ex-Yugoslavian Countries

      • Marjan Marjanović, Dušan Ristić, Mario Miličević
      Pages 43-66

    4. The Challenge of Public Participation: Evidences from Albania and Kosovo

      • Eliza Hoxha, Dea Buza, Ledio Allkja
      Pages 67-86

  4. Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance in Motion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. The Evolution and Consolidation of the Serbian Spatial Planning System

      • Zora Zivanovic, Dragica Gataric
      Pages 89-105

    3. Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance in North Macedonia: From Socialist Yugoslavia to European Integration

      • Marko Ivanišević, Marjan Marjanović, Dejan Iliev
      Pages 107-129

    4. The Volatile Policy Framework of Spatial Planning in Montenegro: Will the Centre Hold?

      • Sonja Dragović
      Pages 131-151

    5. The Impact of the European Discourse on National Spatial Planning in Bulgaria and Serbia

      • Velislava Simeonova, Ivaylo Stamenkov
      Pages 153-171

    6. The Europeanisation of Spatial Planning in Albania: Opportunity or Threat?

      • Ledio Allkja
      Pages 173-193

    7. Untangling Territorial Governance in Albania: Towards a Place-Based Approach?

      • Rudina Toto, Dritan Shutina
      Pages 195-219

    8. Integrating Coastal Zone Management into National Development Policies: The Case of Croatia

      • Željka Kordej-De Villa, Ivana Rašić
      Pages 221-238

    9. Urban Agglomeration Zagreb—Scenarios for the Future

      • Irena Đokić, Ivana Rašić, Marijana Sumpor
      Pages 239-262

  5. Episodes of Territorial Cooperation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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    2. Supranational Frameworks for Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning in the Western Balkans

      • Siniša Trkulja, Tijana Dabović
      Pages 265-287

    3. Cross-Border Cooperation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Western Balkans Danube Area

      • Ana Vulevic, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Sérgio Lausada, Luís Loures, José Cabezas et al.
      Pages 289-308

    4. The Role of Cross-Border Territorial Development. Evidences from Albania

      • Luca Pinnavaia, Erblin Berisha
      Pages 309-332

    5. Towards the Territorialisation of EU Cohesion Policy? The Case of EUSAIR

      • Alys Solly, Erblin Berisha
      Pages 333-355
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, Alys Solly

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

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