1st Edition
Rethinking European Spatial Policy as a Hologram Actions, Institutions, Discourses
Bringing together case studies from several European countries, this book provides an in-depth examination of the evolution of European spatial policy. Contributors focus on changes to the design and implementation of European policies at both national and local levels and examine institutional change, particularly Europeanization, European governance and EU enlargement. Rhetorical, discursive and representational dimensions are also interlinked to explore synergies and conflicts. The volume offers an experimentation of new interpretative approaches to spatial planning which will prove essential to the international debate.
Biography
Luigi Doria holds a PhD in Regional Planning and Public Policy at the University IUAV of Venice, Italy, where he continues to carry out research activities at the Department of Planning. Valeria Fedeli is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Architecture and Planning (DIAP) of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Carla Tedesco carries out research activities at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.
’Rethinking European Spatial Policy as a Hologram provides welcome evidence of an up-and-coming generation of scholars from across Europe keenly pursuing The European Dream invoked by Rifkin in his seminal book looking at the EU through American eyes. This book reflects their struggles in identifying pointers to a challenging future of the European construct and in particular its spatial or territorial facets.’ Andreas Faludi, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ’This book provides a thoughtful and stimulating review of the multiple articulations of European spatial policy at the sub-national levels. It is also an exemplary outcome of collaboration among a group of young academics whose networking activities have been supported by the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).’ Simin Davoudi, President of AESOP, Newcastle University, UK