RT Journal Article
T1 Eurocity: From Political Construction to Local Demand ... Or Vice-Versa?
A1 González Gómez, Teresa
A1 Domínguez Gómez, José Andrés
A1 Pinto, Hugo
AB This study presents a diagnostic analysis of the concept of the Eurocity. It aims to comparethe initial intentions of the concept with its actual results from the perspective of a sustainable localdevelopment approach, particularly assessing the attention given to local governance and its potentialfor boosting this development paradigm. To this end, a range of internal documents and press reportsof the Guadiana Eurocity were analyzed, and 15 in-depth interviews and one focus group wereconducted with the main stakeholders involved in implementing local development policy in orderto uncover the cognitive structure of their collective discourse and the potentials and expectationsof the Eurocity. The results showed that the Guadiana Eurocity seemed to be the cross-border andEuropean integration entity with the most legitimacy among these municipalities for carrying outsustainable local development strategies. Its structure and closeness to residents’ daily lives, however,were not su cient guarantees of its success.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2019
FD 2019-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17590
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17590
LA eng
NO González Gómez, T., Domínguez Gómez, J. A., Pinto, H. (2019). Eurocity: From Political Construction to Local Demand… Or Vice-Versa? Sustainability, 11(22), 6217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226217
NO 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).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 14 jul 2026