Publication Details

First Published in 1998. A number of future paths of European spatial evolution are developed and discussed in this book.

Approach and Focus

It applies unconventional economic approaches to spatial policy, and in particular to EU-spatial policies.

Conclusions

It is concluded that a) the answer to spatial development challenges should not be geo-design but rather strategic guidelines for sectorial 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 an institution monitoring and evaluation continuously the functioning of the net.