Chapter 1: EU Cohesion Policy and European spatial governance: an introduction to territorial, economic and social challenges
Franziska Sielker
,
Daniel Rauhut
, and
Alois Humer
Category:
Monograph Chapter
Published:
13 Jul 2021
Page Range:
1–16
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839103582.00008
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This introductory chapter presents the main development in the EUs Cohesion Policy and its objectives, and the rise of evermore spatially relevant EU policies and funds raising questions on the combined effects. The chapter outlines nine major narratives, that provide explanatory force to the development of the EUs Cohesion Policy: changing narrative to economic support schemes, a weak urban focus, changing demands with changing EU membership, the retainment of decision-making power with the Council, reduction of DG Regio to an administrative, less political DG; increase of topics and policies at the EU level, disintegration and nationalism and new global challenges.
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EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance
Edited by
Daniel Rauhut
,
Franziska Sielker
, and
Alois Humer
Monograph Book
Published:
13 Jul 2021
Print ISBN:
9781839103575
eISBN:
9781839103582
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839103582
Pages:
320
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
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