Public Policies for Territorial Cohesion

This book introduces a comprehensive and updated analysis of the role of public policies to promote territorial cohesion processes and trends in a given territory. By being the first book taking a reflective and holistic approach on how public policies can lead to more cohesive and balanced territories, it advances theoretical avenues for academics and showcases current academic research to policymakers and practitioners by focusing on how public policies, being implemented in different territorial scales (urban, local, regional, national, and European), can actively contribute to foster territorial cohesion trends in a given territory. This reflective approach provides an opportunity for thinking about what lessons can be learned from past and ongoing experiences and how they can improve future implementation of public policies more effectively and efficiently toward territorial cohesion, since all existing analyses show that at the national level, no European country has achieved territorial cohesion trends over the past decades. As such, this book acts as a valid and useful policy manual that effectively contributes to inverting current territorial exclusion trends at the national level, by highlighting best policy practices and a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thinking about how public policies can play a decisive role in boosting territorial cohesion processes in a given territory.

Presents a collection of public policies at all policy domains Provides a mix of theoretical and practical novel knowledge on territorial cohesion processes and policies Embraces a wide set of academic themes in one book: EU, Cohesion, Urban, Rural, Regional Local, and urban policies

Auteur
Eduardo Medeiros is a Geography Professor (got the professionalization in 2002) and an Integrated Research Fellow in DINÂMIA'CET-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal. He has a Ph.D. in Geography-Regional and Urban Planning, and has around 200 publications, including more than 50 published papers in international journals, 11 books, and 16 book chapters. His research interests are focused on EU Cohesion Policy, Territorial Impact Assessment, territorial cohesion, territorial development, territorial cooperation, environmental sustainability, and spatial planning. He is a DG REGIO (European Commission) an ESPON and URBACT III expert and a Horizon 2020 evaluator. He is also a Regional Studies Association Fellow. He has coordinated several international policy evaluation projects and was a member of DG REGIO and ESPON projects. He was invited as a project adviser and to write reports and position papers by DG REGIO and the World Bank. He was already invited to be a keynote speaker by several International Universities and EU institutions (European Commission and Committee of the Regions). He is a Member of the scientific and editorial committee of several journals and a Peer Reviewer of more than 35 international journals.

Contenu
Introduction: A handbook on territorial impact assessment (TIA).- Part 1: EU and national public policies for territorial cohesion.- EU policies and strategies and territorial cohesion.- National policies and territorial cohesion.- Part 2: Socioeconomic development policies for territorial cohesion.- Equal opportunities, fair work and social protection for increasing territorial cohesion: Impacts of COVID-19 for young people in Portuguese low-density territories.- Nonprofit organizations and territorial cohesion: The case of cross-border collaboration.- Part 3: Environmental sustainability policies territorial cohesion.- Environmental sustainability for territorial cohesion via the EU territorial agenda.- Sustainable urbanisation for territorial cohesion.- Part 4: Urban policies for territorial cohesion.- Urban and regional planning for territorial cohesion.- Spatial planning for territorial cohesion.- Part 5: Territorial cooperation and governance policies for territorial cohesion.- EU cohesion policy territorial cooperation for territorial cohesion.- Territorial governance via EGTCs for territorial cohesion.- Conclusions.