What prospects for urban policy in Europe?

Delladetsima, Pavlos Marinos

doi:10.1080/1360481032000136741

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“…As such, the assistance given by the EC to urban issues will continue to be based on supporting "urban policy experimentation, dissemination of best practice and a gradual raising of urban issues on the policy agenda" (Atkinson, 2001: 399). In a different prism, the future of the EU Urban Policy will depend on specific crisis conditions, the policy integration/disintegration (read Brexit) trends, and the empowerment and resource capacity of urban/regional authorities, amongst other factors (Delladetsima, 2003).…”

Section: The Rising Of the Eu Urban Agendamentioning

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Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion

Medeiros

2018

Territorial Cohesion

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The Territorial Cohesion goal was only included in the EU treaty by 2009, with a view to promote a more balanced and harmonious urban territory. One year earlier ( 2008), the European Commission (EC) published the 'Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion -Turning territorial diversity into strength'. Neither one nor the other document clearly defines the Territorial Cohesion notion. The later, however, proposes three main policy responses towards more balanced and harmonious development: (i) Concentration: overcoming differences in density; (ii) Connecting territories:overcoming distance; and (iii) Cooperation: overcoming division. Although not explicitly, this document identifies several 'urban questions' to be dealt when promoting territorial cohesive policies: avoiding diseconomies of very large agglomerations and urban sprawl processes, combating urban decay and social exclusion, avoiding excessive concentrations of growth, promoting access to integrated transport systems, and creating metropolitan bodies. In this light, this chapter proposed to debate the importance of the urban dimension to achieving the goal of territorial cohesion at several territorial levels.

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Section: The Rising Of the Eu Urban Agendamentioning

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Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion

Medeiros

2018

Territorial Cohesion

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“…The literature provides ample examples indicating that the post-war targets of 'efficiency' and 'equity' are gradually being replaced by 'entrepreneurialism' and 'competitiveness'. The shift is associated with public spending cuts and, in many cases, with the abandonment of 'social cohesion' as a concrete urban policy objective (McGuirk & MacLaran, 2001;Delladetsima, 2003;Hubbard, 2004;Brenner & Theodore, 2005;Raco, 2005). This article considers the transformation of urban development policies in the context of the EU integration process.…”

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The Neoliberal Framework of EU Urban Policy in Action: Supporting Competitiveness and Reaping Disparities

Chorianopoulos

Iosifides

2006

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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This paper concerns the gradual proliferation of the neoliberal rationale in European Union urban policies towards a specific mode of competitivenessoriented ‘policy networking’. Empirical research on the policy network of the EU URBAN Initiative in Portugal and Greece illustrates the ineffectiveness of the current approach in acknowledging the socio-economic and political specificities that influence development prospects in lagging cities. The Commission's proposals on the reform of the Funds (2007–13) suggest the incorporation of EU urban programmes in the mainstream spatial policies framework. The rationale, however, remains unchanged. The context-free emphasis put in these proposals on the ‘competitiveness’ target mitigates the ‘cohesion’ objective and risks perpetuating uneven urban development trends.

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