Spatial Justice and Cohesion : The Role of Place-Based Action in Community Development (Paperback)

1. Introduction to the book: the role of place-based action in improving spatial justice and cohesion. Part 1 Cohesion and the Role of Localities: Research and Policy Debates. 2. The localities approach: (European) cohesion, spatial justice and the development role of place. 3. Spatial justice and locality: The conceptual framework and application. Part 2 Spatial Justice in Local Development. 4. Approaching spatial justice in local actions: a European comparative perspective on promoters, inhibitors, and achievements. 5. Stigmatization and cultural foundations of spatial injustice. 6. Drivers of place-based community development: perceptions of spatial injustice and the role of institutionally embedded responses. 7. Towards spatial justice across Europe through place-based interventions: lessons learned from considering medium-horizon future scenarios. 8. The RELOCAL case studies approach. Part 3 Urban Case Studies. 9. Innovation and governance to halt urban fragmentation: the case of the commission for a socially sustainable Stockholm. 10. PLACE/Ladywell housing project, London: a temporary local project with metropolitan impacts. 11. Incomplete justice is no justice: l earning from the neoliberal and elitist planning experiences of Euralens and EPA Alzette-Belval. Part 4 Rural Case Studies. 12. Polarization, centralization, and place-based policies in Greece. 13. The struggle against territorial disadvantage in a peripheral Finnish town: balancing effectiveness and accountability in local government. 14. Autonomy and LEADER: a comparative study of three local action groups. Part 5 Conclusions and Policy Considerations. 15. Conclusions and policy considerations ? what does local experience tell us?