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Journal Title
European Planning Studies
Year (definitive publication)
2023
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Abstract
Territorial cohesion is a formal EU policy goal since 2010, when it
was placed in the Lisbon Treaty, alongside the long-term EU
goals of economic and social cohesion. Understandably, by itself,
a policy goal is irrelevant if it cannot be assessed. In this light,
this article discusses potential methodological approaches to
measure territorial cohesion trends in a given territory, their
advantages and limitations, based on existing literature. It uses
European NUTS 2 and the Portuguese and Polish NUTS 3 as
concrete case studies to assess territorial cohesion trends from
2005 to 2020 via a Territorial Cohesion Index. As such, it presents
an updated and unique picture on the territorial cohesion trends
in Europe and in two specific EU member states, based on
available data. It concludes that measuring territorial cohesion
trends is challenging mainly due to lack of available data in
certain key dimensions of territorial cohesion, but it is possible
and needed.
Acknowledgements
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Keywords
Territorial cohesion,EU cohesion policy,Development trends,European Union
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Social and Economic Geography - Social Sciences
