Europe’s territorial futures between daydreams and nightmares

Böhme, Kai; Lüer, Christian

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Title: Europe’s territorial futures between daydreams and nightmares

Abstract:

Europe is changing. The grand societal challenges which shape the European development have a considerable influence on our governance systems and the possible development paths in different parts of Europe, its regions and cities. Based on the results of the FP7 research project FLAGSHIP, this article discusses possible governance and territorial futures for Europe – constantly balancing between daydreams and nightmares. The end of this article contains a plea for shared territorial vision for Europe.

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