Benchmarking urban networking strategies in Europe

César Ducruet (1)

1 GC (UMR_8504) - Géographie-cités

In the 1990s in Europe, several initiatives from local governments have been launched under the general term of urban networking, promoting governance renewal and aiming at a better management of hierarchical forces stemming from globalization, resulting in territorial competition and unbalance. However, few studies have evaluated the achievements of such partnerships. This paper argues that the degree of territorial integration of the area within which the strategy takes place is one of the most important factor of its success. A case study of Normandie Métropole (France) and South Coast Metropole Partnership (England) is proposed, using the particular methodology of chorems for spatial analysis. It appears that the hypothesis is well confirmed as the Norman case, suffering from a lack of integration, has been less efficient than the English one for achieving its goals

Mots clés: Central Southern England; chorem; Normandy; territorial integration; urban networking

Mots clés: Sud Central Anglais; chorème; Normandie; intégration territoriale; réseau de ville

Domaines: Géographie

César Ducruet. Benchmarking urban networking strategies in Europe. The Korea Spatial Planning Review, 2006, 49 (1), pp.3-24. ⟨halshs-00459041⟩