European Territorial Cooperation

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

Auteur
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.

Contenu

The INTERREG Experience in Bridging European Territories: A 30 Year Summary.- The Added Value of European Territorial Cooperation. Drawing from Case-Studies.- European Territorial Cooperation at the Core of EU Cohesion Policy.- Border Regions and Cross-Border Cooperation in Europe: A Theoretical and Historical Approach.- Persisting Border Obstacles in the EU.- The Role and Rise of European Cross-Border Entities.- The Rise of the Macro-Regions in Europe.- Transnational Cooperation and European Spatial Planning.- The Main Impacts of the INTERREG-B in Achieving Territorial Cohesion in the EU.- The EGTCs and the New Institutional Cooperation Paradigm.- Establishing Cross-Border Planning.- Focusing on Cross-Border Territorial Impacts.