A joint conference organised by ECTP-CEU, the Royal Town Planning Institute and the ESPON UK Contact Point
Friday 21st May 2010 from 10:00 to 16:30
Business Centre, The City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ
European territorial cohesion policy requires planners to maximise the competitiveness of regions (at all scales) and minimise social and economic disparities between them, while achieving environmental sustainability. Concentration, connection and co-operation are the three principal policy fronts put forward by the EU Territorial Cohesion Green Paper. What do these mean in practice and what are the tools and mechanisms that planners are using and developing in this context? What new insights to these processes can research bring?
Photo of Edinburgh Castle by Charles Strang
Conference report and presentations
Conference Report (with photos)
Presentation by Jan Vogelij, ECTP-CEU Territorial Cohesion Working Group
Presentation by Graeme Purves, Scottish Government: click here for full text and here for slides
Presentation by Cliff Hague, ESPON UK Contact Point
Cliff Hague's TIA rap (with photos)
Comments from Patrick Salez, DG REGIO, European Commission
Conference feedback from Vincent Goodstadt, ECTP-CEU Territorial Cohesion Working Group
Conference programme
Recommended Reading
Territorial Ambitions by Cliff Hague
EU Territorial Impact Assessment: Under what Conditions? Final Report by Wil Zonneveld & Bas Waterhout
EU Territorial Impact Assessment: Under what Conditions? Final Report by Kai Böhme (SWECO)
EU Territorial Impact Assessment: Under what Conditions? Annex Kai Böhme (SWECO)
Strategic Planning Towards Territorial Cohesion: ECTP-CEU comments on the EU Green Paper, including the full text of background paper - a comprehensive guide to issues, definitions and policy considerations.
SPATIAL PLANNING AT THE HEART OF TERRITORIAL COHESION by Jan Vogelij, prepared for the conference
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