Leo Van Den Berg, Erik Braun

National Policy Responses to Urban Challenges in Europe (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a unique overview of urban policy conducted by national authorities in the fifteen 'old' member states of the EU. It focuses on recent changes in the development of the larger cities and changes in policymaking by national authorities with respect to urban development. The book provides an up-to-date source of information, and will be of importance to anyone involved in the role and development of European cities as well as the formulation and delivery of associated national policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317090038
• Artikelnr.: 45522804

Autorenporträt

Leo van den Berg is Director of EURICUR and Professor of Urban Economics and Urban Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Erik Braun is a Senior Researcher in EURICUR and Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Jan van der Meer is Associate Director of EURICUR and Associate Professor of Urban Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The editors have initiated, carried out and contributed to many comparative urban research projects through EURICUR in cities across and beyond Europe. The results of these investigations have been published internationally in the EURICUR-series with Ashgate and in academic journals. Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun and Jan van der Meer have also edited the first volume concerning national urban policies in the EU-countries that was published by Ashgate in 1998 (National Urban Policies in the European Union). More information about their activities and publications can be found on www.euricur.nl.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction and Research Framework
2: National Urban Policies: The Situation in the Mid-1990s 1
3: The Urban Dimension in European Policy: History, Actors and Programmes 1
4: Austria: No National Urban Policies
5: Urban Policies in Belgium: A Puff-pastry with a Bittersweet Aftertaste?
6: Denmark's National Urban Showcase: The Öresund Area Regional Development
7: Finland: Towards Urban Innovation Policy
8: France: Metropolitan Areas as New 'Reference Territories' for Public Policies
9: Urban Germany: The Future Will Be Different
10: National Urban Policy in Greece
11: Ireland: Metropolitan Dominance - the Challenge in Achieving Balanced Territorial Development
12: Italy: Towards the Recognition of the Strategic Relevance of Metropolitan Cities
13: Luxembourg: National Local Partnerships
14: The Netherlands: Empowering Large Cities to Meet Their Challenges
15: Portugal: Urban Policies or Policies with an Urban Incidence?
16: Spain: Changing Century, Changing Cycle? Large Spanish Cities on the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century
17: Sweden: The Emergence of a National Urban Policy
18: United Kingdom: The Changing Landscape of English Urban Policy
19: Synthesis