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El Documento de Voluntades Anticipadas. Comparativa de la legislación actual en el marco de la Unión Europea

2015

Con la publicación de la Ley 41/2002, de 14 de noviembre, básica reguladora de la autonomía del paciente y de derechos y obligaciones en materia de información y documentación clínica, se da valor legal vinculante a las Voluntades Anticipadas en España. Así mismo la normativa vigente en nuestro estado, determina con bastante precisión cuales son la características que el Documento de Voluntades Anticipadas debe cumplir y como debe llevarse a cabo. Quedan establecidos los procedimiento de formulación, formalización, modificación y revocación, así como las características del contenido, destacando de forma importante la posibilidad de designación de representante en materia de salud, cuyo cri…

El malentendido europeo

1992

Interbasin Water Transfers in Spain: Interregional Conflicts and Governance Responses

2014

Semiarid and drought-prone Spain has managed to meet ever-increasing water demands for more than 50 years through the construction of publicly funded hydraulic infrastructure. Interbasin water transfers are the most expensive and complex supply-side tool used. They are also the most controversial, often associated with such unintended consequences as deteriorating freshwater ecosystems, disappearing recreational opportunities provided by aquatic ecosystems, and the loss of development opportunities for downstream communities. This situation has become increasingly unstable over the past decade due to the scarcity of new supply augmentation alternatives, political changes involving European …

Cities and regional disparities in the European Union: evolving geographies and challenges for Cohesion Policy

2021

Since the nineties, urban areas have assumed a growing importance in EU Cohesion Policy. This process, which is being implemented through various political steps and policy instruments, has led cities to be recognised as key elements in the promotion of balanced development. After decades of planning experiments at different territorial scales, however, the extent to which EU urban policy has contributed to regional development is currently under debate. This paper seeks to describe the evolution of the urban dimension within EU Cohesion Policy, with a focus on the role of cities in those countries and regions experiencing development problems.

Quality of life and sustainable urban redevelopment

2021

The urban landscape is intended as a place of life,meeting, as a dynamic space natural or anthropic to explore, discover or reinterpret. In this scenario, the relationship between the population and the urban landscape is very important as, on the one hand, the landscape promotes the consolidation of territorial identities, and on the other, it requires a certain level of competence, availability, and awareness to take responsibility for the actions that affect it. By acquiring a social conscience, it will be possible to consolidate local and regional identities and diversity, recognising an interest in participation in public decisions. Some national and international urban realities, taki…

Agenda urbana in Italia: slittamenti di scale territoriali e paradigmi progettuali

2014

L’interesse per le città che da qualche tempo permea le politiche di coesione regionale in Europa coincide in Italia, in un orizzonte cronologicamente più ristretto, con una rinnovata centralità della dimensione nazionale nell’orientamento e regolazione delle politiche locali. A quest’esito, invero parziale ma politicamente piuttosto delineato, concorrono almeno un paio di processi tra loro interdipendenti. Da un lato, il riconoscimento della fragilità delle regioni (in particolare di quelle meridionali) nel governo di politiche complesse e multilivello tra le quali vanno certamente annoverate quelle per lo sviluppo e la rigenerazione delle aree urbane. Dall’altro, un più complesso processo…

EU's urban policy from a Southern perspective: the case of Palermo

2017

For many European cities the EU’s structural funds have led to a radical innovation in approaching urban policy at different scales. For many others, particularly within the less developed regions, they also have resulted in a unique financial opportunity to carry out large infrastructural interventions as well as complex regeneration projects. In this context, this paper provides a critical analysis of the evolution of urban policy in the city of Palermo, the fifth Italian city by demographic size and capital of one of the largest less developed region of the European Union. Through the analysis of various initiatives carried out over the last two decades – from the Urban Initiative in the…

The influence of EU policy on local policy-making, governance and urban change. Evidence from Porto, Portugal

2021

Porto has long been a site of experimentation in the field of European urban policies, implemented through different initiatives and supported by EU funding. The paper describes the different urban regeneration experiences that have been undertaken by the city, analyses the nature of the policy instruments which have been implemented, and in what ways they relate to local policy-making, governance and development. What emerges from this analysis is a more complex perspective of the relationship between local/national/European policies, which needs a broader understanding of local processes to understand the emergence and transfer of the holistic approach promoted by the EU.

Housing Affordability in Metropolitan Areas. The Application of a Combination of the Ratio Income and Residual Income Approaches to Two Case Studies …

2017

Housing affordability problems have become more serious over the course of the last few decades and are now also affecting the middle-class, despite the fall in prices on the housing market. This study proposes a methodology to assess threshold-income as an index for measuring housing affordability by applying a combination of the ratio income and residual income approaches. The methodology is applied to two particular areas of Sicily in Italy as case studies consisting of medium-size metropolitan areas located in a less developed European region. The areas have been chosen on the basis of their different territorial structure: a polarized area that comprises a high-density city centre and …

Giustizia ambientale e recupero delle aree verdi: il caso di Palermo

2021

L’urban shrinkage è diventata una questione centrale tanto nel dibattito scientifico quanto nell’agenda politica di diverse città europee. Secondo i dati EUROSTAT (2019), circa il 40% delle città europee con più di 200.000 abitanti stanno perdendo popolazione; una contrazione che si esplicita maggiormente, sotto il profilo spaziale, in una progressiva sottoutilizzazione del patrimonio edificato, così come nel contestuale incremento di aree e terreni in stato di abbandono. In questo quadro controverso di mutazione strutturale della città, così come l’abbiamo conosciuta, le politiche urbane alla prova in Europa tentano di declinare la decrescita quale occasione strategica di investimento sull…