Metropolitan and strategic planning processes in Southern Europe: a territorial governance approach

Authors

  • Moneyba González Medina

Keywords:

Strategic planning, cohesion policy, territorial governance, metropolitan area of Barcelona, metropolitan area of Vigo

Abstract

In recent years, some southern European countries, such as Spain and Italy, are
carrying out new processes of institutionalization of metropolitan realities. This recent activity
is unusual considering the continuous blockages experimented by this kind of processes over
nearly thirty years. This leads to raise some questions: Why do these processes have been so
difficult? What are the conditions that favor the metropolitan institutionalization? The classic
approach followed to address the metropolitan issue is based in a legal and institutional
perspective. This means that the law “creates” (not “recognizes”) the metropolitan reality.
However, the changes in contemporary context suggest that it is necessary to address these
processes from a governance approach to succeed. With this aim, we explore the relationship
between metropolitan processes and a specific instrument of territorial governance: the
strategic planning. The institutionalization of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (2010) illustrates
this relationship and shows the influence of governance issues in achieving its success.

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Published

2013-09-30

How to Cite

González Medina, M. (2013). Metropolitan and strategic planning processes in Southern Europe: a territorial governance approach. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 45(177), 487–499. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76227

Issue

Vol. XLV, núm. 177 (2013)

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Copyright (c) 2013 Moneyba González Medina

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