1st Edition
Spatial Planning and the European Union Europeanisation from Within
1. Introduction: spatial planning and the European Union PART I Basics about the EU and European spatial planning 2. The European Union in a nutshell 3. The realm of European spatial planning 4. Europeanisation of spatial planning: planning systems, planning cultures and learning PART II Discursive, regulatory and remunerative policies: European Union strategies, initiatives, regulations, directives and funding programmes with relevance for spatial planning 5. EU strategies and initiatives with spatial relevance 6. EU sectoral regulations and directives with spatial relevance 7. EU funding programmes with spatial relevance PART III Domestic responses to EU policies: interpretations, implementations and instrumentalisations 8. Austria: EU policies as an opportunity for planning in a federal system 9. Finland: is there space for EU policies in strong municipalities and weak regions? 10. Conclusion: what do planners need to know about the European Union? Epilogue: Three cheers for academic migrants
Biography
Eva Purkarthofer is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Built Environment, Aalto University, Finland.
