@article{10272/17590,
year = {2019},
month = {11},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17590},
abstract = {This study presents a diagnostic analysis of the concept of the Eurocity. It aims to compare
the initial intentions of the concept with its actual results from the perspective of a sustainable local
development approach, particularly assessing the attention given to local governance and its potential
for boosting this development paradigm. To this end, a range of internal documents and press reports
of the Guadiana Eurocity were analyzed, and 15 in-depth interviews and one focus group were
conducted with the main stakeholders involved in implementing local development policy in order
to uncover the cognitive structure of their collective discourse and the potentials and expectations
of the Eurocity. The results showed that the Guadiana Eurocity seemed to be the cross-border and
European integration entity with the most legitimacy among these municipalities for carrying out
sustainable local development strategies. Its structure and closeness to residents’ daily lives, however,
were not su cient guarantees of its success.},
organization = {This research was funded by Secretara General de Acción Exterior, of Junta de Andalucía, grant Convocatoria para el foment de la cooperación transfronteriza en la Eurorregión Alentejo-Algarve-Andalucía (BOJA Nº 99, 24 May 2018). Hugo Pinto gratefully acknowledges the financial support from FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia to his research contract (DL57/2016/CP1341/CT0013).},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Eurocity: From Political Construction to Local Demand ... Or Vice-Versa?},
doi = {10.3390/su11226217},
author = {González Gómez, Teresa and Domínguez Gómez, José Andrés and Pinto, Hugo},
}