The cross-border dimension of regional and urban planning in the greater Basque country (Spain-France)
La dimensión transfronteriza de los planes territoriales y urbanísticos en el ámbito vasco (España-Francia)
https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2417153
Keywords:
borders, spatial planning, cross-border cooperation, State, Euskal HerriaAbstract
Cross-border cooperation has emerged as one of the key elements of de-bordering. The conventional role of borders as the insurmountable boundaries of the state has been diluted, among other reasons, by the territorial cooperation policies promoted by the European Union since the 1990s. However, regarding spatial planning, the state-national logic prevails, despite many initiatives in the opposite direction. For this reason, creating planning figures adapted to this new framework remains a challenge. In this sense, the present research seeks to settle the treatment of the (cross)border aspect in the spatial planning documents of the Basque territorial area, both on a regional and local scale. The study results show that state logics continue to prevail when it comes to the planning and management of a border territorial context.Resumen
La cooperación transfronteriza se ha erigido como uno de los elementos clave de la llamada “desfronterización”. La función tradicional de las fronteras en tanto que límites infranqueables del territorio estatal se ha ido diluyendo, entre otros motivos, por las políticas de cooperación territorial impulsadas por la Unión Europea desde la década de 1990. Sin embargo, en lo que se refiere a la ordenación del territorio, la lógica estado nacional prevalece, pese a numerosas iniciativas en dirección opuesta. Por este motivo, la conformación de figuras de ordenación adaptadas a este nuevo marco sigue siendo un reto. En este sentido, la presente investigación busca dirimir el tratamiento del carácter (trans)fronterizo en las figuras de ordenación territorial del ámbito territorial vasco, tanto a escala regional como local. Los resultados del estudio constatan que las lógicas estatales siguen prevaleciendo a la hora de ordenar y gestionar un entorno territorial fronterizo.References
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