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Public participation: justification and process (I)

All suspicions to public participation decay if we apply ICT tools that can easily open it to all kind of citizens. Do you agree with us?

Let’s analyze some initiatives funded by the ERDF through its POCTEFA program in Spain and France, such as Hospital de Cerdanya.

Would the so-called social or local currencies be an example of local development policies?

The ongoing need of the cities to define strategies for economic development, along with the growing role played by municipal…

Economic promotion policies have been for decades one of the priorities of local governments. This article is a reflection about…

Place branding is the process of discovering, creating, developing, and realizing ideas and concepts to (re)construct the identity of a territory

Edward Glaeser wrote the book “Triumph of the City. How urban spaces make us humans” in 2011. He wondered why…

In the last years we are have been experiencing an exciting discussion on the concepts of democracy and citizen participation….

The economic development of cities and regions has always been a topic of public interest, academic debate (in the fields…

A vivid debate exists about the role of massive IT applied to city management. City planners, local authorities, researchers, journalists,…

Barcelona was chosen in 2014 by the European Commission as the first European Capital of Innovation. The award appreciated the…

One of the key policies carried out by the European Union is the regional policy. In fact, the EU assigns…