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1 In parallel, sectoral EU initiatives such as River Basin Management Plans, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and Fisheries Local Action Groups encourage actors to develop participative processes at the level of functional areas and a similar approach will soon be developed in relation to rural functional areas.
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Giancarlo Cotella
Giancarlo Cotella is an Associate Professor of Spatial Planning at Politecnico di Torino and, since 2023, he has served as the Secretary General of the Association of European Schools of Planning. His research is positioned within comparative spatial planning studies, focusing in particular on EU multilevel territorial governance and the Europeanisation of spatial planning.