What is it about?
The special issue involves six papers in which three specific knowledge lacunae are visible. The first is the emergence of new kinds of governance spaces dealing with this issue of fuzziness. Secondly, there is the emergence of a new setting of interterritorial cooperation as flexible territorial-based governance arrangements. Finally, there is the emergence of new kinds of functionality regarding urban regions based on the labour market and home-to-work travel.
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Featured Articles New approaches in European governance? Perspectives of stakeholders in the Danube macro-region Franziska Sielker Moving away from local-based flood risk policy in Austria Thomas Thaler Pôles métropolitains: the French approach towards inter-city networking Sophie Deraëve Between national constraints and the legacies of the past: explaining variations in inter-municipal cooperation in Italian regions Mattia Casula The impact of place on policy outcomes Martin Quinn Changing home-to-work travel in England and Wales Basak Demires Ozkul
Perspectives
The papers confront the emergence of new types of cooperation and the implications for the existing European multilevel governance system and actor networks. They greatly allow for the reinforcement of the mechanisms of flexible governance, and show that governance arrangements within soft spaces must change in response to different contexts, while allowing for negotiation involving manifold interest groups and key players.
Eduardo Henrique da Silva Oliveira
Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel
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This page is a summary of: Editorial for virtual special issue: The emergence of new forms of flexible governance arrangements in and for urban regions: an European perspective, Regional Studies Regional Science, January 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2016.1256227.
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