The Europeanization of Territorial Governance. Towards a Typology

The Europeanization of territorial governance and spatial planning is a recurring discussion among European planners. It concerns both the influence of the European Union (EU) on national planning systems, despite a lack of formal competence in this matter, and the contextual (re)framing of the broad set of supranational objectives, instruments and institutional processes often recalled under the umbrella-term ‘EU territorial governance’. This contribution builds on the results of the ESPON COMPASS project to shed light on the matter. The impact of the different types of influences is explored systematically in 32 European countries, to reflect on similarities and differences and to sketch out a preliminary typology of the Europeanization of territorial governance.