Exploring Urban Futures in the European Cities: A Social Cohesion based approach (original) (raw)

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Executive Summary This report presents policy recommendations for mainstreaming the urban dimension of EuropeanCohesion Policy [ECP] as an input for its future reform. They are unfolded through the Exploring UrbanFutures project [EUF]. The objective of the project was to develop a common methodological framework for EUF in European cities and unfolding options for future urban [cohesion] policy in Europe. Thecommon methodological framework is developed through shared problematizing of urban futures,which lead to a Social Cohesion Based Approach [SCBA]. Behind the gradual evolution of SCBA as acommon European methodology presented in this report, the premise formulated for the EUF and twomain hypotheses have been at work. The premise for the EUF project argues that the analyses of themulti-dimensional effects of the ongoing global financial crisis and a multi-scalar rethinking of the localare crucial for imagining alternative urban futures. The two main hypotheses are: i] A dynamic interaction between EUF and observing and analyzing trends of urban development is the key for unfolding alternative policy options; ii] A common methodological framework for mainstreaming the urban dimension of European cohesion policy can be developed through shared problematizing of urban social cohesion.

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