Publisher's Synopsis
In this book a number of possible future paths of European spatial evolution are developed and discussed. It breaks new ground by applying unconventional economic approaches to spatial policy and in particular to EU spatial policies. It is concluded that a) the answer to spatial development challenges should not be geo-design but rather strategic guidelines for sectoral policy measures; b) regional policy on the EU?s external border has to involve the cities as regional centres in a cross-border network; c) the new perspective on European spatial policy requires a network approach to regional cooperation, which in turn needs a institution monitoring and evaluating continuously the functioning of the net. The market for the book includes economists, regional planners, experts on spatial policy in EU institutions, governments and research organizations.
