During the next few years most European and World cities will be developing urban agendas.
Materials published on the subject have been relatively scarce until now. This edited volume
introduces a case study implementation of the European Urban Agenda (EUA) in a cross-border
region in the Iberian Peninsula between Spain (Galicia) and Portugal. It explores the
implementation of a number of urban core principles in two distinctive regions serving as the
basis for a comparative analysis on how such galvanizing principles work contained in the EUA.
The case presented in this edited volume is the first cross-border urban agenda to be drafted.
It is a unique piece that contributes to our understanding of the complexities of implementing
and translating a common set of urban European principles to variety of different local
milieus. The chapters of the book closely examine the various strands of the implementation of
urban policies through the lenses of land use economic competition innovation culture and
creative industries energy ecology demographic challenges housing social inclusion and
democratic governance. These chapters are written by international renowned scholars who were
involved in the drawing up of the urban agenda for this territory. The ideas principles and
concepts that they impart can be extrapolated to most cities.
