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THE INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL INVESTMENT (ITI) AS A TOOL FOR GOVERNING THE RURALURBAN LINKAGES: EVIDENCE FROM POLAND
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Spatial Planning.
2016 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The growing awareness of functional linkages between rural and urban territories has led to a re-thinking of the rural-urban dichotomy. This was flanked by a more general reconceptualization of space, directly coming from the rise of spatial planning and the shifting process from government to governance. Thus, the concept of “soft space” came to the fore, defined as the space of governance and integrated approach. The EU Commission has launched a new instrument aimed at fostering the territorial approach of the new Cohesion Policy, namely the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI). This research wants to investigate the added value of the ITI instrument in governing and institutionalizing the rural-urban linkages at the metropolitan level. In doing so, the author has created a conceptual framework based on three main concepts directly coming from the concept of soft space, namely institutionalization, governance capacity, and integrated approach. The empirical study is focused on Poland, in particular, dealing with the case of Warsaw, Krakow, and Wroclaw. As a result, this research argues that the ITI in Poland has represented an attempt to improve the cooperation between capital cities and their surrounding areas, even though its outcomes can be questionable.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. , p. 49
Series
Blekinge Institute of Technology Licentiate Dissertation Series, ISSN 1650-2140
Keywords [en]
European Funds, Poland, rural-urban cooperation, Integrated Territorial Investment, EU Cohesion Policy, soft space, soft planning
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Economic Geography Architectural Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-12919OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-12919DiVA, id: diva2:954345
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Radboud University Nijmegen
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FM2564 Master's Thesis (120 credits) in Spatial Planning with an emphasis on European Spatial Planning and Regional Development
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FMAJP Joint Masters Programme in European Spatial Planning, Environmental Policies and Regional Development
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Available from: 2016-08-30 Created: 2016-08-15 Last updated: 2016-08-30Bibliographically approved

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