Speakers
Description
The Metropolitan Commitment 2030 is a strategic framework led by the Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona (PEMB) which aims to create a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient metropolitan region by 2030, aligning with global objectives such as the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At its core, the Commitment integrates a mission-oriented approach, which focuses on tackling complex, systemic challenges through collaborative, goal-driven efforts. Rather than addressing issues in isolation, this approach defines 8 specific missions—multidimensional objectives that engage diverse stakeholders, including public administrations, businesses, academic institutions, and civil society. These missions act as guiding beacons, fostering innovation, coordination, and shared responsibility across the metropolitan ecosystem.
The metropolitan region Rhine-Neckar is one of 12 officially recognised European Metropolitan Regions in Germany since 2005. The region is characterised by its unique regional cross-border governance with innovative integrated governance models and is fully responsable for the cross-border regional planning (land use planning) which belongs to the region in accordance with the State Treaty between the three Federal States Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg. Therefore the region is also described as a pioneer of co-operative federalism in Germany. The case study shows how transnational cooperation is organised and implemented in the metropolitan region and how well this model works in practice with regard to resilient spatial and governance structures.
| Keywords | Resilience; spatial planning; metropolitan governance |
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| Best Congress Paper Award | No |
