Territorial Governance in Portugal: Institutional Change or Institutional Resilience?

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Carlos Oliveira (Author) FEUP; Isabel Breda Vázquez (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: disP: the planning review

Vol. 47

Pages: 64-76

ISSN: 0251-3625

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 6 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences

CORDIS: Social sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-WAN

DOI: 10.1080/02513625.2011.10557145

Abstract (EN): In the last few decades, Portuguese territorial governance has been subject to considerable pressure for change. European Union membership has played a central role in this process, either directly through the introduction of new instruments, such as development programs, or indirectly through influences on planning concepts. However, domestic contexts often develop a high degree of resilience in the presence of these Europeanization processes. This is the case in Portugal, where programming instruments and the formal planning system evolved differently, reflecting different ways of combining change and resilience. The article addresses this issue by comparing these two facets of Portuguese territorial governance in the case of inter-municipal coordination.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13