Originally posted in Atlantic Cities’ blog (December 2012) Awareness on the importance that city identity has on attracting tourists and businesses and even on retaining population has been exponentially increasing on the last ten years. However, this race against the machine (!) can be very tricky at times. From all the strategies used by Atlantic Arc Cities, four …
Biodiversity in the Atlantic Arc
Originally posted in Atlantic Cities blog (November 2012) In an Atlantic context marked by the crisis, the measures proposed must point to a balanced development of the territories as whole, avoiding artificial differentiation. The definition of the Atlantic Strategy and its Action Plan should reflect the development strategies identified by the Atlantic territories, allowing for …
What if …? Scotland and the European Union
Originally published at United Explanations Blog (November 2012) One of the questions raised by the possible Scottish referendum on independence, which has been previously discussed in several articles, is its implication for the European Union membership of a newly created Scottish State. The European Treaties do not have a specific clause stating the procedure for such a case, but some …