Rescaling urban development policy in the EU: the impact of integrated place-based approaches in Cohesion Policy
研究了欧盟凝聚政策在2014-20年加强综合区域发展监管框架后，如何影响荷兰、波兰和西班牙城市发展政策的再尺度化，发现国内政治、路径依赖和制度能力导致差异，对欧盟塑造再尺度化的能力提出疑问。
This article investigates the role of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy in urban development policy rescaling following the introduction of a strengthened regulatory framework for integrated territorial development in 2014–20. We find variations in the rescaling of sustainable urban development policies in the Netherlands, Poland and Spain shaped by domestic politics, path dependence and institutional capacity. The theoretical implication is that the European Commission’s focus on a functional rationale for urban rescaling encounters political, policy and institutional constraints, which raises questions about the EU’s capacity to shape rescaling dynamics and the need for more flexible approaches to achieve EU goals.