Understanding territorial cohesion

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgement This paper draws on parts of a paper presented by the author at the Territorial Cohesion and European Model of Society Seminar, sponsored by the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 12 – 14 July 2005, Vienna (see Davoudi, in press). Notes 1. The Treaty establishing the European Community 2. This, according to the ESDP, is an area bounded roughly by the metropolises of London, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Milan, which although covers only 20% of the EU 15 territory, is home to 40% of its population and produces 50% of its GDP (CEC, 1999 CEC (Commission of the European Communities). 1999. European spatial development perspective: Towards balanced and sustainable development of the territory of the EU, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. [Google Scholar]). 3. The Lisbon Strategy (outcome of the European Council meeting in 2000) aims at increasing the EU economic competitiveness and the Gothenburg Strategy (outcome of the European Council meeting in 2001) promotes the integration of the sustainable development objectives in the Lisbon Strategy. 4. It is interesting to note the inclusion of the term 'sustainable communities' (a UK government strategy for urban regeneration), which has crept in after the production of the so called 'Bristol Accord' under the UK Presidency in the second part of 2005 (ODPM, 2005 ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister). Conclusions of Bristol Ministerial Informal Meeting on Sustainable Communities in Europe: Bristol Accord. December6 – 7. London: ODPM. [Google Scholar]).