RT Book,_Section
T1 Two Generations of Eurocities Along the Northern Section of the Spanish-Portuguese Border
A1 Trillo Santamaría, Juan Manuel
A1 Paül Carril, Valerià
A1 Vila Lage, Roberto
A2 Mikhailova, Ekaterina
A2 Garrard, John
K1 Eurocities
K1 Spain
K1 Portugal
K1 Galicia
K1 Border
AB This chapter confronts two recent developments of eurocities – a singular term only used in the Iberian Peninsula for referring to twin cities – on the Galician-Portuguese border area. The first generation is based on classical bilateral agreements (Chaves-Verín), while the second one operates as a network of cities under the umbrella of the River Minho European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation. The first individual bilateral agreement between border cities dates from 2007, signed by Chaves (Northern Portugal) and Verín (Galicia). This eurocity is located on the so-called ‘dry border’ (the eastern section of the border), which is inland, rural and depopulated. The ‘dry border’ is opposed to the ‘wet border’: the latter corresponds to the western section of the Northern Spanish-Portuguese border characterised by the lower Miño River and the existence of dynamic and functionally integrated urban areas. On the ‘wet border’ region, three eurocities have recently been created: Tui-Valença, Salvaterra-Monção and Tomiño-Vila Nova de Cerveira. The chapter discusses local cross-border cooperation policies and practices developed under the institutional framework of the so-called eurocities, and how they impact on people’s daily lives.
PB Routledge
SN 978-0-367-60922-1
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41625
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41625
LA eng
NO Trillo-Santamaría, J.M., Paül, V. & Vila-Lage, R. (2021): Two Generations of Eurocities Along the Northern Section of the Spanish-Portuguese Border. In Mikhailova E. & Garrard J. (eds.): Twin Cities Across Five Continents. Interactions and Tensions on Urban Borders. London/New York: Routledge, pp. 104-117
NO This is the Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published in Taylor and Francis/Routledge, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003102526-10
NO FPU18/04624
DS Minerva
RD 25 abr 2026