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Scuola di Dottorato di Ricerca
Corso trasversale di dottorato – anno 2009
European Spatial Planning and Policies
Instructor: Luisa Pedrazzini
Phd Reference Courses:
Spatial Planning and Urban Development (Prof. Alessandro Balducci)
Territorial Design and Government (Prof. Fausto Curti)
ENROLMENT OFFICE: Dr. Luca Gaeta Department of Architecture and Planning (DiAP)
Telephone: +39-02-23995426 Fax: +39-02-2399 5435 E-mail: luca.gaeta@polimi.it
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2009
The course is focused on a comprehensive and detailed presentation of European spatial
policies and planning, EU development and cohesion policies (especially Objective 3 –
Territorial Cooperation) and operational programmes for the programming period 2007-
2013, and effects of EU spatial policies upon national territorial policies and programmes
(CAP, TEN, ERDF and so on…).
The course is organised in two parts: the first is a general presentation of EU policies; the
second is focused on specific examples of European spatial policies, programmes and
projects and their application at national, regional or local levels.
At the end of the course students should know principles and tools (plans, programmes,
strategic documents) of EU spatial policies, with particular attention on their regional and
local territorial impact.
Detail of Lessons
Introducing fundamental EU acts and policy documents with particular attention to 1
relationships with spatial and territorial issues (EU Treaties: from Nice to Lisbon); an overview March
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on European governance as a key theme of EU recent policies
Spatial planning & territorial cohesion: building up a common understanding for territorial 2
March
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The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), the engagements of the Tampere 3
Action Programme and the implementation of the ESDP in Europe March
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Overview on EU policies and programmes with territorial impact: (Transport and 4
TENs, Common Agricultural Policy, Environmental policy, …) March
27
European competitiveness and cohesion policies and the Lisbon-Gothenburg Agenda 5
April
3
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the related programmes (Interreg and 6
URBAN) April
17
Community programmes for territorial development: concrete cases and practical 7
experiences (URBAN)/URBACT/Interreg) April
24
The Third Cohesion Report and the Structural Founds reform: introducing territorial 8
cohesion as a concrete issues in programming period 2007-2013; territorial cohesion and May
8
competitiveness in an enlarged Europe (updating with the Progress Reports)
Knowledge and scientific know-how to better understanding spatial/territorial phenomena and 9
trends in EU regions and cities: the role of the European Spatial Planning Observation May
15
Network - ESPON
The evolution of the ESDP: the Territorial Agenda of the European Union and its Action 10
Programme; The Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion in Europe; the role of cities and May
22
regions
Final Seminar: building up an European scientific community on European spatial trends: the 11
role of ESPON May
29
Teaching method: lectures, exercises and tutoring
Hours of lectures: 25, plus a seminar tot 35 hrs
The Course will be held in the first semester of the PhD Course (March-June 2009)
Credits: 5/7
Method for grading: tutoring, oral examination and paper evaluation lectures
The course will take place at: Politecnico - DiAP via Golgi, 39 Milano – 9.30-12.30
Main Phd Reference Course:
Spatial Planning and Urban Development (Prof. Alessandro Balducci)