City Policies and the European Urban Agenda

Martín Fernández-Prado is Professor of Urban Design and Territorial Planning  at the School of Architecture, University of A Coruña, Spain. He is a member of the study group of the Eixo Atlántico del Noroeste Peninsular (EANP) and a co-director of the Eixo Atlántico Urban Agenda (EAUA). He has studied Architecture and Urban Design at Harvard University. Luis Domínguez Castro is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam of EU History and Territorial Cooperation, and Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Cross-Border European Centre of Excellence at the University of Vigo, Spain. He is also a member of the study group of the Eixo Atlántico del Noroeste Peninsular and a co-director of the Eixo Atlántico Urban Agenda.

• Introduction - Martín Fernández-Prado & Luis Domínguez Castro.- Modern cities needs a vision to shape their future - José Palma Andrés.- Polycentric functional structures across EU borders: a transport perspective - Carlo de Grandis.- Challenges and opportunities for Blue Growth in Atlantic regions and cities - João Aguiar Machado.- Distinctiveness & place: Culture & creativity - Charles Landry.- The Urban Planet – Challenges and Opportunities for Sus-tainability - Thomas Elqmvist.- The energy dimension of cities - Samuel Furfari.- Cities of the future, cities for all - Carmen de Paz Nieves.- Towards advanced public management. The case of Eixo Atlántico - Jordi Joly.- Building a cross-border European Urban Agenda: The Eixo Atlántico Case - Luis Domínguez Castro & Martín Fernández-Prado.- Principles for an environmentally sustainable urbanagen-da suitable for low-density, highly dispersed territories - Luis Ramos & Emilio Fernández Suárez.- Annexed: Conclusions of the Urban Agenda of the Eixo Atlántico.- Index.