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.

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

Inhalt
Introduction.- Part 1: Territorial Cohesion and the Urban Dimension.- Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion.- Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Inequalities: A New Approach on Spatial Injustice.- Territorial Cohesion: the Economy and Welfare of Cities.- Part 2: Territorial Cohesion and Urban Balanced Systems.- Polycentric Urban Systems and Territorial Cohesion.- Cross-border Functional Regions; Towards Territorial Cohesion? The Case of Swedish-Norwegian Border Regions.- Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies in the European Union: Added Value and Challenges.- Part 3: Territorial Cohesion and Urban Development Policies.- EU Territorial Cohesion and Domestic Urban Development.- Policy Cycle of the Urban Agenda for EU and its Effects on Territorial Cohesion.- What Role Plays Europe's Urban Diversity for Territorial Cohesion?.