出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：Good governance is considered, both politically, geographically and economically, a key element for territorial and urban competitiveness. This article presents a critical and alternative point of view to this formulation, considering governance as a key factor of the objective of territorial balance. For this, two key concepts are considered: polycentrism (not morphological but functional and urban-rural) and territorial cooperation (of variable geometries) as the most efficient way to provide services and apply policies with territorial impact. The idea of territorial cohesion, as configured from the European Union, and the Territorial Strategy of the Comunitat Valenciana, which put emphasis on the key elements of territorial management, are taken as reference. After this contextualization, this paper presents the analysis of the predominant form of inter-city cooperation in the Valencian territory, the commonwealth, through a case study: the Mancomunitat de la Ribera Alta.
