When soft spaces harden: The EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-280

  Metzger, Jonathan ^a   Schmitt, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Nordregio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; EU; EUSBSR; Metagovernance; Regionalization; Soft spaces; Spokesperson

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NETWORK ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONALIZATION;

BALTIC REGION;

EID: 84857967445     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44188     Document Type: Article

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