1st Edition

Green Cities, Governance and the Law Impact of the European Green Deal and the Next Generation EU

Edited By Andrés Boix Palop, Giorgia Pavani Copyright 2025
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This book focusses on the developing role that the city currently plays in dealing with the effects of climate change and the instruments that can be utilised to make them truly green. Cities are at the centre of European directives aimed at tackling climate change, representing a key part of the European Green Deal and the National Recovery and Resilience Plans. As such, they provide valuable... Read more

Introduction

GIORGIA PAVANI AND ANDRÉS BOIX PALOP

PART I

Cities and the European Union

1 Green cities and local governments in the European framework

GIORGIA PAVANI

2 Green urban planning across Europe: Legal instruments, goals settled, and implementation throughout the National Recovery and Resilience Plans

ANDRÉS BOIX PALOP AND CLÀUDIA GIMENO FERNÁNDEZ

PART II

Right to the city and NRRPs

1 The path towards green and inclusive cities: Points of reference on the case of France

JEAN-BERNARD AUBY AND CAMILLE MIALOT

2 The city and its law: A Spanish perspective on solidarity and sustainability

TOMÀS FONT I LLOVET

3 The role of cities in the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan

CLAUDIA TUBERTINI

4 Law of the city, spatial justice and participatory democracy: Against the “Hostile City

MARZIA DE DONNO

PART III

European green and climate-neutral cities: Case studies

1 The role of the University of Bologna in contributing to the Climate City Contract process for Bologna

ANGELA SANTANGELO, SIMONA TONDELLI, GIAN LUCA MORINI AND GIACOMO BERGAMINI

2 Climate governance and climate planning: The case of Paris

CAMILLE MIALOT

3 Toward a new model of the city: The superblock program in Barcelona

MARC VILALTA REIXACH

4 València selected European Green City 2024

CLÀUDIA GIMENO FERNÁNDEZ

5 Smart cities, landscape and urban regeneration: ranking methods

GIUSEPPE FRANCO FERRARI

Biography

Andrés Boix Palop is Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Valencia, Spain.

Giorgia Pavani is Professor of Comparative Public Law at the University of Bologna, Italy.