Title: The Rise of Territorial Governance in European Policy
Abstract: AbstractAbstractThe notion of territorial governance has relatively recently emerged onto the European policy agenda, and often used in relation to the concept of territorial cohesion. To date, the notion has been understood and conceptualized in various ways and has been defined rather loosely when invoked. This paper examines how the notion is used and understood in European policy debates. It questions whether the notion is different to general concepts of governance and multi-level governance. Three specific characteristics are suggested that might distinguish territorial governance from other types of governance: (i) managing territorial dynamics, (ii) assessing territorial impacts and (iii) delineating policy boundaries. AcknowledgementsThis paper is based on research carried out as part of the ESPON TANGO project (Territorial Approaches for New Governance). Opinions expressed in this paper are the author's own and do not represent the views of the ESPON Coordination Unit or the project consortium as a whole. The author is grateful to the other members of the project team (from Nordregio—the Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, Delft University of Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Newcastle University, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Regional Studies and the University of Ljubljana) for comments and discussions that have helped to shape the manuscript. The author would also like to thank two anonymous referees for their kind reviews of the manuscript.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-04-08
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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