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Case Study Report: Spain France Cross-Border……………………………………… 59 COMPASS – Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe Applied Research 2016-2018 Final Report - Additional Volume 6 Case Studies Report Final Report - Additional Volume 6 – Case Studies Report This applied research activity is conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme. The ESPON EGTC is the Single Beneficiary of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme. The Single Operation within the programme is implemented by the ESPON EGTC and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the EU Member States and the Partner States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. This delivery does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the ESPON 2020 Monitoring Committee. Authors Tomasz Komornicki, Maria Bednarek-Szczepańska, Bożena Degórska, Katarzyna Goch, Barbara Szejgiec-Kolenda, Przemysław Śleszyński, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSO PAS) (Poland) Silke Haarich, Clément Corbineau, Spatial Foresight (Luxembourg) Cers Has, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Regional Studies (RKI)(Hungary) Johanna Varghese, Deirdre Joyce, University College Dublin (UCD)(Ireland) Lukas Smas, Johannes Lidmo, Nordregio (Sweden) Information on ESPON and its projects can be found on www.espon.eu. The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects. © ESPON, 2018 Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorised provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON EGTC in Luxembourg. Contact: [email protected] ISBN: 978-99959-55-55-7 Final Report - Additional Volume 6 - Case Studies Report COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe Version 10/10/2018 Disclaimer: This document is an additional volume of a final report. The information contained herein is subject to change and does not commit the ESPON EGTC and the countries participating in the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme. The final version of the report will be published as soon as approved. Volume 6: Case studies report Table of contents 1. Case Studies Summary Report ………………………………………………………… 1 2. Case Study Report: Spain France Cross-Border……………………………………… 59 3. Case Study Report: Hungary……………………………………………………………. 94 4. Case Study Report: Ireland……………………………………………………………… 145 5. Case Study Report: Poland……………………………………………………………… 213 6. Case Study Report: Sweden…………………………………………………................ 275 ESPON / COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe / Volume 6 of Final Report Volume 6: Case studies report COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe Case Studies Summary Report ESPON / COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe / Volume 6 of Final Report Volume 6: Case studies report Table of contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 2 Policentricy and suburbanisation ....................................................................................... 6 2.1 Matters arising from the thematic issues................................................................... 6 2.2 Relationship between CP, spatial planning systems and territorial governance in practice ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Recommendation ...................................................................................................... 7 3 Peripheries and other specific regions .............................................................................. 9 3.1 Matters arising from thematic issues......................................................................... 9 3.2 Relationship between CP, spatial planning systems and territorial governance in practice .................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Recommendation .................................................................................................... 10 4 Cross-border regions ....................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Matters arising from the thematic issues................................................................. 12 4.2 Relationship between CP, spatial planning systems and territorial governance in practice .................................................................................................................... 13 4.3 Recommendation .................................................................................................... 14 5 Support for the local economy ......................................................................................... 15 5.1 Matters arising from the thematic issues................................................................. 15 5.2 Relationship between CP, spatial planning systems and territorial governance in practice .................................................................................................................... 15 5.3 Recommendation .................................................................................................... 17 6 Transport infrastructure and accessibility ........................................................................ 18 6.1 Matters arising from the thematic issues................................................................. 18 6.2 Relationship between Cohesion Policy, spatial planning systems and territorial governance in practice ............................................................................................ 19 6.3 Recommendation .................................................................................................... 20 7 Natural and cultural heritage ........................................................................................... 22 7.1 Matters arising from the thematic issues................................................................. 22 7.2 Relationship between Cohesion Policy, spatial planning systems and territorial governance in practice ............................................................................................ 23 7.3 Recommendation .................................................................................................... 24 8 Good practices ................................................................................................................ 26 8.1 Identification of good practices ................................................................................ 26 8.2 Selected good practices .......................................................................................... 27 9 Conclusions and recommendations ................................................................................ 50 ESPON / COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe / Volume 6 of Final Report Volume 6: Case studies report List of Figures Figure 1.1. Selection of case studies......................................................................................... 5 Figure 8.1. Web Application of the 2016 Annual Report from the Territorial Observatory of Navarre .................................................................................................................................... 39 List of Tables Table 1.1. Relationships between TA2020 priorities and challenges of spatial planning and territorial governance ................................................................................................................. 1 Table 1.2. Numbers of interviewees and participants of focus-group workshops ..................... 2 Table 1.3. Matrix for the final selection of case studies ............................................................. 3 Table 1.4. Descriptions of case studies ..................................................................................... 4 Table 2.1. Level of importance and impact of Cohesion Policy on the thematic issue of polycentricity and suburbanisation ............................................................................................. 6 Table 3.1. Level of importance and impact of Cohesion Policy on the thematic issue of Peripheries and other specific regions ...................................................................................... 9 Table 5.1. Level of importance and impact of Cohesion Policy on the thematic issue of Support for the local economy ................................................................................................. 15 Table 6.1. Impact of Cohesion Policy on the thematic issue of Transport infrastructure and accessibility .............................................................................................................................. 18 Table 7.1. The assessed importance of issues of natural and cultural heritage, along with the impact of Cohesion Policy ....................................................................................................... 23 Table 8.1. Cross-fertilisation: Good practices identified in case studies regions .................... 26 ESPON / COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe / Volume 6 of Final Report Volume 6: Case studies report Abbreviations
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