This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. New challenges and new patterns of collaboration -- pt. 3. Europe's new regionalization : the integration of regional activities through macro-regions -- pt. 4. Europe's re-regionalization across borders -- pt. 5. Conclusions

1. The origin -- 2. From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy -- 3. Designing a smart specialisation strategy -- 4. Goal variations according to regional development -- 5. Towards practical implementation.