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Building a cross-border territorial strategy between four countries: wishful thinking?
- Source :
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European Planning Studies . Oct2016, Vol. 24 Issue 10, p1825-1843. 19p. 2 Graphs, 1 Map. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Since 2010 and the launch of the METROBORDER project, funded by ESPON, Luxembourg and the neighbouring regions in Belgium, France and Germany have pursued the objective of creating a cross-border polycentric metropolitan region. In order to achieve this goal, the political actors have decided to elaborate a cross-border territorial strategy to bring more coherence and cohesion to a cross-border region characterized by its strong functional integration, due to the very high number of cross-border commuters. This paper reflects the approach that we have followed, as external advisors, to animate the debate between the stakeholders and to provide evidence for the decision-making process. Its objective is to examine the content of this cross-border territorial strategy and to question whether such a strategy between four countries is at all possible, efficient and able to answer to challenges of cross-border integration. An analytical framework has been designed, taking into consideration different approaches of cross-border integration, in order to examine, in a critical way, the content of the cross-border strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09654313
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Planning Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117649378
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2016.1195796