Between Competition and Cooperation: The Enhancement of the City and the Territory

Urban areas and their territories are in a competitive climate, which originates in the growing internationalization of markets, production systems and society. To face these challenges, local administrations are called to become strategic entities, capable of identifying their own solid and innovative role within the international competitive landscape. A strategic planning process aimed at defining the positioning of the local economic system in the national/international context, in compliance with environmental, social and economic sustainability criteria.