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Editorial. EU cohesion policy and domestic territorial governance. What chances for cross-fertilization?
Get PDFAbstract. Territorial governance is an extremely heterogeneous activity. Each European country is characterised by a complex system of legal acts, tools, discourses and practices that had consolidated through time, as a consequence of peculiar path-dependent processes. At the same time, since more than 30 years the European Union is developing territorially relevant actions and interventions, ultimately aiming at achieving the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the continent. The mutual relations entangling domestic and supranational territorial governance remain unclear: on the one hand, the European Union is required to produce a framework for delivering its policies that is flexible enough to accommodate domestic differences; on the other hand, domestic territorial governance and spatial planning systems should adapt in order to allow room for cross-fertilization with supranational interventions. This contribution builds on the evidence collected by the research project ESPON COMPASS to frame and explore this issue. In doing so, it serves as an introduction for this special issue that, in the following contributions, presents a number of concrete examples of interaction between EU spatial policies and domestic territorial governance and spatial planning
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No full textreview of GOVERNA F., JANIN RIVOLIN U., SANTANGELO M. (eds) (2009), La costruzione del territorio europeo - sviluppo, coesione, governance (Carocci)
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How Europe hits home? The impact of European Union policies on territorial governance and spatial planning
No full textL'Union européenne (UE) dispose d'un agenda territorial implicite depuis sa création. Depuis la fin des années 1980, la nécessité croissante de prendre en compte les impacts spatiaux des programmes de dépenses sectorielles a favorisé le développement d'un ensemble hétérogène de concepts, d'outils et de processus de planification spatiale à l'échelle continentale. Un cadre de gouvernance territoriale de l'UE, progressivement consolidé, a attiré l'attention des universitaires et des praticiens. Comment l’UE, malgré l’absence de compétences formelles, influence-t-elle les questions de gouvernance territoriale interne et d’aménagement du territoire et pourquoi cela est-il accepté par les pays européens ? Les processus et les pratiques promus au niveau de l'UE ont déclenché un mélange complexe d'effets désirés et non voulus dans les États membres qui ont adapté progressivement leurs systèmes d’aménagement. Cette situation correspond à une complexification croissante de la gouvernance territoriale supranationale. S'appuyant sur les résultats du projet de recherche ESPON COMPASS (Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe), la contribution proposée vise à éclairer ce processus, souvent qualifié d'européanisation de la gouvernance territoriale. Pour ce faire, elle examine le rôle que les politiques aux effets spatiaux, mises en place par l'UE au fil du temps, ont joué dans la transformation de la gouvernance territoriale et de l’aménagement du territoire dans les États membres. Précisément, elle présente et compare les effets des directives sectorielles (dans les domaines de l’environnement, de l’énergie et de la concurrence), des politiques spatiales (politique de cohésion, coopération territoriale et politique urbaine) et des processus discursifs (document d’orientation général, politique spatiale intergouvernementale, agenda urbain, ESPON) développés au niveau de l'UE afin d’établir comment ces différents éléments jouent un rôle dans la gouvernance territoriale et l'aménagement du territoire dans les 32 pays qui composent l'espace ESPON.Despite the lack of competence on the matter, through time the European Union (EU) developed a number of spatially relevant concepts, initiatives and sectoral directives. An EU territorial governance framework progressively consolidated and the Member States gradually adapted in order to reflect its growing complexity. Building on the results of the ESPON COMPASS project, the article sheds light on this process, often referred to as Europeanization of territorial governance. To do so, it presents and compares the perceived impact that a number of sectoral directives, spatial policies and guidance documents developed at the EU level plays in shaping territorial governance and spatial planning in the 32 countries that participate to the ESPON programme
review of DUHR S., NADIN V. and COLOMB C. (2010), European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation (Routledge)
No full textThe Importance of the Operational Dimension in Cross-border Cooperation Initiatives: Italy Looks South-East
No full textTransferring Territorial Governance in the European Union: Why, What, How and through Whom?
No full textThe field of policy transfer is highly complex. This is particularly true when it comes to territorial governance which is a process integrating several context-dependent policy fields rather than a policy per se. The contribution adopts a conceptual framework developed within the project ESPON TANGO to reflect upon this matter. In particular, it conceptualises distinct modes of policy transfer in the EU, explaining many ways through which a certain territorial governance practice in a given domestic context can reach other context(s) that may apply it. The presented framework is expected to help define what to transfer, how and through whom; in other words (i) what territorial governance elements may be effectively transferred, (ii) what interactive resources may favour the transfer and (iii) what ‘receiving' stakeholders' group(s) may constitute the target. Building on this assumption, the contribution reflects upon the potential transferability of territorial governance ‘features', intended as practical manifestation of good territorial governance in real case
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