Detlef Briesen is a social scientist and historian. He teaches at Justus Liebig University Giessen and at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi. Wendelin Strubelt is a social scientist in the field of urban and regional sociology. Before his retirement in 2008, he was vice president and professor of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning in Germany.

• ContentsIntroduction .........................................................9Detlef Briesen and Wendelin StrubeltI. History and Future of Cohesion PoliciesFacing Polycrisis: Lessons from Fifty Years of Spatial Planning Practice and Research .............................................................25Cliff HagueTerritorial Cohesion, the Magic Stick to Unite Europe ....................41 Klaus R. KunzmannThe EU Territorial Cohesion Policy: A Win-Win or Zero-Sum Game? .......59 Luisa PedrazziniEuropean Territorial Development Policy: An Unfinished Project ..........81 Karl Peter SchönVisual Reflections and/or Observations about the Space of Europe, its History and Presence .................................................97Wendelin StrubeltFacing an Uncertain Future: The Reform of EU Cohesion Policy ...........115 John Bachtler, Carlos Mendez and Ruth DownesII. Cohesion through Spatial Planning in National ContextsThe Value of Change in Italian Planning .................................137Maria PreziosoPublic Sector Relocation Outside Paris: Paradoxical Spatial Planning Policy (1950s–2020s) ........................................................165Guy BaudelleThe B-Side to Brexit? British Policy under the Banner of De-Europeanization ..................................................183Victoria GrauPlanning for Independence – The Case of Scotland .......................199 Felix LeyendeckerOvercoming Cross-Border Disparities: Planning, Policies and Ideologies in the French-Luxembourg Territory ......................................217Markus HesseIII. Cohesion Policy within the Context of European RegionsEconomic Resilience in European Regions: Going through Diverse Shocks between 1980 and Present .............................................235Philipp GareisRur-urban Partnerships for Ecological Transition in Europe beyond Second Tier Cities. ...........................................................255Joaquín Farinós DasíCohesion at the Margins: Addressing Territorial Inequality in Lazio’s Inner Areas ................................................................285Anna Laura Palazzo, Romina D’Ascanio and Carmen GianninoTransnational Retirement Migration towards the European Sunbelt. Reflections on Policy and Planning for German Senior Residents on Mallorca .............................................................305Klaus FriedrichDilemmas of Cross-border Cooperation Policy on the Example of Poland ..317 Sylwia DolzblaszTransnational Cooperation for a More Spatially Inclusive Development? ...333 Philipp Gareis, Jens Kurnol and Sina RedlichThe Role of Small and Medium-sized Cities in European Union Spatial Planning Context .....................................................351Eduarda Marques da CostaTerritorial Cohesion and Cross-border Regions, out of Territorialism? .....369 Jean PeyronyIV. Aspects of Cohesion outside of Europe Regional and Urban Planning in Vietnam: Phases, Challenges and Significance of European Planning Concepts Today ......................387 Nguyen Thi Thuy HangNegotiating Post-Colonial Modernity: The Case of Socio-Spatial Transformation in India ...............................................405N K Kumaresan RajaIn Memory of Patsy Healey ............................................417About the Authors ....................................................419