Edited by Daniel Rauhut, Affiliated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and Research Associate, Institute for Applied Research of Ageing, Villach, Austria, Franziska Sielker, University Professor of Urban and Regional Research, Faculty of Spatial Planning and Architecture, TU Wien and Alois Humer, Professor of Applied Geography, Spatial Research and Spatial Planning, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria

• Contents:Preface xix1 EU Cohesion Policy and European spatial governance: anintroduction to territorial, economic and social challenges 1Franziska Sielker, Daniel Rauhut andAlois Humer2 EU Cohesion Policy: the past, the present and the future 17Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-ArgilésPART A TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE3 Territorial governance aspects in the EU’s CohesionPolicy: an introduction 27Alois Humer and Daniel Rauhut4 Spatial framing within EU Cohesion Policy and spatial planning: towards functional and soft spaces, yet on different paths 31Eva Purkarthofer and Peter Schmitt5 Cohesion Policy as a driver of Europeanisation:a comparative analysis 48Giancarlo Cotella and Marcin Dąbrowski6 Territorial cohesion and the sea: experiences fromEuropean maritime spatial planning 66John Moodie, Franziska Sielker andDavid Goldsborough7 Urban Policy in European Cohesion Policy 83Karsten Zimmermann and Rob Atkinson8 European (dis)integration: implications for the EUropeanCohesion Policy 98Estelle Evrard and Tobias Chilla9 Commentary: complex EU cohesion and ‘integration mark 2’ 115Andreas FaludiPART B URBAN AND REGIONAL INEQUALITIES10 Urban and regional inequality aspects of the EU’sCohesion Policy: an introduction 124Franziska Sielker and Alois Humer11 Territorial cohesion, polycentrism and regional disparities:revisiting an unsolved debate 127Evert Meijers and Krister Sandberg12 Can the EU Cohesion Policy fight peripheralization? 142Júlia A. Nagy and József Benedek13 Does Cohesion Policy affect territorial inequalities andregional development? 156Lionel Védrine and Julie Le Gallo14 Smart specialisation, peripheries and the EU Cohesion Policy 171Cristina Serbanica15 What regions benefit from the post-2009-crisis CohesionPolicy? Evidence from a Territorial Cohesion Development Index 185Daniel Rauhut and Nuno Marques da Costa16 Commentary: urban and regional inequalities and thearchitecture of EU Cohesion Policy 199Tomasz KomornickiPART C SOCIAL ASPECTS AND WELLBEING17 Social aspects in the EU’s Cohesion Policy: an introduction 208Daniel Rauhut and Franziska Sielker18 EU Cohesion Policy: towards grounded cities and regions 216Yvonne Franz and Alois Humer19 Mobility in the Danube Region: the role of transnationalcooperation in addressing challenges of migration 230Elisabeth Gruber and Ádám Németh20 Between markets and social rights: confused EU housing policies 244Iván Tosics and Simone Tulumello21 Commentary: social issues and wellbeing in the EU –challenges for Cohesion Policy 260Eduarda Marques da CostaPART D CONCLUDING REMARKS22 Unsettled questions of disintegration, discontent and discretion 272Alois Humer, Daniel Rauhut and Franziska SielkerAfterword: territorial cohesion, a never-ending academic challenge? 276Klaus R. KunzmannIndex

‘The EU continues to lead the world in initiatives to promote cohesion, reduce socio-economic disparities between core and periphery, promote the Paris agreement, and advance sustainable development agendas through deliberate, evidence-based governance processes. This volume helps to make sense of the sometimes bewildering stream of new policies, debates, and achievements, while paying close attention to growing challenges of ‘disintegration, discontent, and discretion‘ that threaten progress. This fascinating and unflinching analysis of EU cohesion policies deserves a wide readership.‘

Edited by Daniel Rauhut, Affiliated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and Research Associate, Institute for Applied Research of Ageing, Villach, Austria, Franziska Sielker, University Professor of Urban and Regional Research, Faculty of Spatial Planning and Architecture, TU Wien and Alois Humer, Professor of Applied Geography, Spatial Research and Spatial Planning, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria

• Contents:Preface xix1 EU Cohesion Policy and European spatial governance: anintroduction to territorial, economic and social challenges 1Franziska Sielker, Daniel Rauhut andAlois Humer2 EU Cohesion Policy: the past, the present and the future 17Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-ArgilésPART A TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE3 Territorial governance aspects in the EU’s CohesionPolicy: an introduction 27Alois Humer and Daniel Rauhut4 Spatial framing within EU Cohesion Policy and spatial planning: towards functional and soft spaces, yet on different paths 31Eva Purkarthofer and Peter Schmitt5 Cohesion Policy as a driver of Europeanisation:a comparative analysis 48Giancarlo Cotella and Marcin Dąbrowski6 Territorial cohesion and the sea: experiences fromEuropean maritime spatial planning 66John Moodie, Franziska Sielker andDavid Goldsborough7 Urban Policy in European Cohesion Policy 83Karsten Zimmermann and Rob Atkinson8 European (dis)integration: implications for the EUropeanCohesion Policy 98Estelle Evrard and Tobias Chilla9 Commentary: complex EU cohesion and ‘integration mark 2’ 115Andreas FaludiPART B URBAN AND REGIONAL INEQUALITIES10 Urban and regional inequality aspects of the EU’sCohesion Policy: an introduction 124Franziska Sielker and Alois Humer11 Territorial cohesion, polycentrism and regional disparities:revisiting an unsolved debate 127Evert Meijers and Krister Sandberg12 Can the EU Cohesion Policy fight peripheralization? 142Júlia A. Nagy and József Benedek13 Does Cohesion Policy affect territorial inequalities andregional development? 156Lionel Védrine and Julie Le Gallo14 Smart specialisation, peripheries and the EU Cohesion Policy 171Cristina Serbanica15 What regions benefit from the post-2009-crisis CohesionPolicy? Evidence from a Territorial Cohesion Development Index 185Daniel Rauhut and Nuno Marques da Costa16 Commentary: urban and regional inequalities and thearchitecture of EU Cohesion Policy 199Tomasz KomornickiPART C SOCIAL ASPECTS AND WELLBEING17 Social aspects in the EU’s Cohesion Policy: an introduction 208Daniel Rauhut and Franziska Sielker18 EU Cohesion Policy: towards grounded cities and regions 216Yvonne Franz and Alois Humer19 Mobility in the Danube Region: the role of transnationalcooperation in addressing challenges of migration 230Elisabeth Gruber and Ádám Németh20 Between markets and social rights: confused EU housing policies 244Iván Tosics and Simone Tulumello21 Commentary: social issues and wellbeing in the EU –challenges for Cohesion Policy 260Eduarda Marques da CostaPART D CONCLUDING REMARKS22 Unsettled questions of disintegration, discontent and discretion 272Alois Humer, Daniel Rauhut and Franziska SielkerAfterword: territorial cohesion, a never-ending academic challenge? 276Klaus R. KunzmannIndex

‘The EU continues to lead the world in initiatives to promote cohesion, reduce socio-economic disparities between core and periphery, promote the Paris agreement, and advance sustainable development agendas through deliberate, evidence-based governance processes. This volume helps to make sense of the sometimes bewildering stream of new policies, debates, and achievements, while paying close attention to growing challenges of ‘disintegration, discontent, and discretion‘ that threaten progress. This fascinating and unflinching analysis of EU cohesion policies deserves a wide readership.‘

Edited by Daniel Rauhut, Affiliated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and Research Associate, Institute for Applied Research of Ageing, Villach, Austria, Franziska Sielker, University Professor of Urban and Regional Research, Faculty of Spatial Planning and Architecture, TU Wien and Alois Humer, Professor of Applied Geography, Spatial Research and Spatial Planning, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria

• Contents:Preface xix1 EU Cohesion Policy and European spatial governance: anintroduction to territorial, economic and social challenges 1Franziska Sielker, Daniel Rauhut andAlois Humer2 EU Cohesion Policy: the past, the present and the future 17Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-ArgilésPART A TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE3 Territorial governance aspects in the EU’s CohesionPolicy: an introduction 27Alois Humer and Daniel Rauhut4 Spatial framing within EU Cohesion Policy and spatial planning: towards functional and soft spaces, yet on different paths 31Eva Purkarthofer and Peter Schmitt5 Cohesion Policy as a driver of Europeanisation:a comparative analysis 48Giancarlo Cotella and Marcin Dąbrowski6 Territorial cohesion and the sea: experiences fromEuropean maritime spatial planning 66John Moodie, Franziska Sielker andDavid Goldsborough7 Urban Policy in European Cohesion Policy 83Karsten Zimmermann and Rob Atkinson8 European (dis)integration: implications for the EUropeanCohesion Policy 98Estelle Evrard and Tobias Chilla9 Commentary: complex EU cohesion and ‘integration mark 2’ 115Andreas FaludiPART B URBAN AND REGIONAL INEQUALITIES10 Urban and regional inequality aspects of the EU’sCohesion Policy: an introduction 124Franziska Sielker and Alois Humer11 Territorial cohesion, polycentrism and regional disparities:revisiting an unsolved debate 127Evert Meijers and Krister Sandberg12 Can the EU Cohesion Policy fight peripheralization? 142Júlia A. Nagy and József Benedek13 Does Cohesion Policy affect territorial inequalities andregional development? 156Lionel Védrine and Julie Le Gallo14 Smart specialisation, peripheries and the EU Cohesion Policy 171Cristina Serbanica15 What regions benefit from the post-2009-crisis CohesionPolicy? Evidence from a Territorial Cohesion Development Index 185Daniel Rauhut and Nuno Marques da Costa16 Commentary: urban and regional inequalities and thearchitecture of EU Cohesion Policy 199Tomasz KomornickiPART C SOCIAL ASPECTS AND WELLBEING17 Social aspects in the EU’s Cohesion Policy: an introduction 208Daniel Rauhut and Franziska Sielker18 EU Cohesion Policy: towards grounded cities and regions 216Yvonne Franz and Alois Humer19 Mobility in the Danube Region: the role of transnationalcooperation in addressing challenges of migration 230Elisabeth Gruber and Ádám Németh20 Between markets and social rights: confused EU housing policies 244Iván Tosics and Simone Tulumello21 Commentary: social issues and wellbeing in the EU –challenges for Cohesion Policy 260Eduarda Marques da CostaPART D CONCLUDING REMARKS22 Unsettled questions of disintegration, discontent and discretion 272Alois Humer, Daniel Rauhut and Franziska SielkerAfterword: territorial cohesion, a never-ending academic challenge? 276Klaus R. KunzmannIndex

‘The EU continues to lead the world in initiatives to promote cohesion, reduce socio-economic disparities between core and periphery, promote the Paris agreement, and advance sustainable development agendas through deliberate, evidence-based governance processes. This volume helps to make sense of the sometimes bewildering stream of new policies, debates, and achievements, while paying close attention to growing challenges of ‘disintegration, discontent, and discretion‘ that threaten progress. This fascinating and unflinching analysis of EU cohesion policies deserves a wide readership.‘