ABSTRACT

This article investigates the role of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy in urban development policy rescaling following the introduction of a strengthened regulatory framework for integrated territorial development in 2014–20. We find variations in the rescaling of sustainable urban development policies in the Netherlands, Poland and Spain shaped by domestic politics, path dependence and institutional capacity. The theoretical implication is that the European Commission’s focus on a functional rationale for urban rescaling encounters political, policy and institutional constraints, which raises questions about the EU’s capacity to shape rescaling dynamics and the need for more flexible approaches to achieve EU goals.

摘要

本文研究了在2014-20年度引入强化的综合领土开发监管框架后，欧盟凝聚政策在城市发展政策调整中的作用。我们发现，受国内政治，路径依赖和机构能力的影响，荷兰，波兰和西班牙的城市可持续发展政策调整规模存在差异。从理论上讲，欧洲委员会对城市规模调整的功能原理的关注遇到了政治，政策和体制上的限制，这引发了人们对欧盟塑造规模调整动态的能力以及实现欧洲目标是否需要更灵活方法的质疑。