European Territorial Cooperation
Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to the Process and Impacts of Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation in Europe
Editors: Medeiros, Eduardo (Ed.)
Free Preview- Is the only book that focuses entirely on the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) process in Europe
- Shows that the interest in border studies is increasing in Europe, and in many other parts of the world
- Outlines that in the EU, 60% of the territories (NUTS3) are border areas, and 40% of its inhabitants live there
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- About this book
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This book fills an existing academic literature gap by providing a sound and synthetic analysis on the process of European Territorial Cooperation over the last 30 years. This follows from the support from the former EU INTERREG Community Initiative, since 1989, later transformed into the second main goal of EU Cohesion Policy, by 2007: European Territorial Cooperation - ECT. In order to present the ECT process in a more comprehensive manner, and to be the main literature reference regarding this process in the decades to come, this book is divided into four different sections and 12 chapters. The first section summarizes the main impacts and added-value from ETC experiences while proposing the elevation of the ETC goals within EU Cohesion Policies. The second section addresses the process of cross-border cooperation, and namely its impact in reducing border obstacles and supporting ever growing number of cross-border entities. The third section elaborates on the second most important ETC process (transnational cooperation) with a similar approach. Finally, a last section debates the future scenarios for this process in Europe.
- About the authors
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Eduardo Medeiros is a Geography Professor and a Senior Researcher of the Centre for Geographical Studies (CEG) – Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – Lisbon University.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-3
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The INTERREG Experience in Bridging European Territories. A 30-Year Summary
Pages 7-23
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The Added Value of European Territorial Cooperation. Drawing from Case Studies
Pages 25-47
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Twenty Years of Territorial Cooperation in Inner Scandinavia
Pages 49-68
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The Role of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) in EU Cohesion Policy
Pages 69-93
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- European Territorial Cooperation
- Book Subtitle
- Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to the Process and Impacts of Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation in Europe
- Editors
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- Eduardo Medeiros
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-74887-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-74887-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-74886-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-09097-5
- Series ISSN
- 2365-757X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 269
- Number of Illustrations
- 11 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
- Topics