National Policy Responses to Urban Challenges in Europe

Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun and Jan van der Meer

Van den Berg, Braun & van der Meer

This book presents a unique overview of urban policy conducted by national authorities in the fifteen 'old' member states of the EU. Focussing on recent changes in the development of the larger cities and changes in policymaking by national authorities with respect to urban development, the book is structured around 15 'country chapters', written by national experts in the field of urban development. The book provides an up-to-date source of information, and will be of importance to anyone involved in the role and development of European cities as well as the formulation and delivery of associated national policies.

About the Author/Editor
Leo van den Berg is Director of EURICUR and Professor of Urban Economics and Urban Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Erik Braun is a Senior Researcher in EURICUR and Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Jan van der Meer is Associate Director of EURICUR and Associate Professor of Urban Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The editors have initiated, carried out and contributed to many comparative urban research projects through EURICUR in cities across and beyond Europe. The results of these investigations have been published internationally in the EURICUR-series with Ashgate and in academic journals. Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun and Jan van der Meer have also edited the first volume concerning national urban policies in the EU-countries that was published by Ashgate in 1998 (National Urban Policies in the European Union). More information about their activities and publications can be found on www.euricur.nl.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction and Research Framework
2 National Urban Policies: The Situation in the Mid-1990s
3 The Urban Dimension in European Policy: History, Actors and Programmes
4 Austria: No National Urban Policies - Friedrich Schindegger
5 Urban Policies in Belgium: A Puff-pastry with a Bittersweet Aftertaste? - Maarten Loopmans, Sarah Luyten and Christian Kesteloot
6 Denmark’s National Urban Showcase: The Öresund Area Regional Development - Christian Wichmann Matthiessen
7 Finland: Towards Urban Innovation Policy - Eero Holstila
8 France: Metropolitan Areas as New ‘Reference Territories’ for Public Policies - Christian Lefèvre
9 Urban Germany: The Future Will Be Different - Klaus R. Kunzmann
10 National Urban Policy in Greece Dimitris Economou - George Petrakos and Yannis Psycharis
11 Ireland: Metropolitan Dominance – the Challenge in Achieving Balanced Territorial Development - Michael J. Bannon
12 Italy: Towards the Recognition of the Strategic Relevance of Metropolitan Cities - Ilaria Bramezza
13 Luxembourg: National Local Partnerships - Ariane Chouly and Jan van der Meer
14 The Netherlands: Empowering Large Cities to Meet Their Challenges - Erik Braun, Ariane Chouly and Jan van der Meer
15 Portugal: Urban Policies or Policies with an Urban Incidence? - Álvaro Domingues, Nuno Portas and Teresa Sá Marques
16 Spain: Changing Century, Changing Cycle? Large Spanish Cities on the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century - Oriol Nel.lo 17 Sweden: The Emergence of a National Urban Policy - Jan-Evert Nilsson
18 United Kingdom: The Changing Landscape of English Urban Policy - Michael Parkinson
19 Synthesis
Annexes
1 The Basics of EU Regional Policy
2 List of National Government Representatives

More Information
Homepage Leo van den Berg
Homepage Erik Braun
Jan van der Meer