Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans: Conclusive Remarks and Future Research Perspectives

As the various contributions included in the volume show, since the beginning of the 1990s, territorial development and governance in the Western Balkans have been subjected to drastic and tumultuous transformations. Drawing on the arguments developed by the different authors, this concluding chapter summarizes the main messages of the book and illustrates the key open questions that characterize the debate around territorial development and governance in the region, as well as the challenges that are to be faced in the years to come. The chapter concludes by identifying a number of future research perspectives, that could allow a better understanding of the regional context under scrutiny.