Handbook of Territorial and Local Development Strategies

Territorial and local developments often deal with the consequences or local impacts of global developments such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, environmental hazards, etc. Mitigating risks and increasing resilience to developments beyond their own sphere of influence is a major challenge for regional and local strategies.

The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring that the development potential of places is uncovered and valorised. Integrated territorial and local development strategies promoted by EU cohesion policy are relevant tools to sustain this process. The ‘Handbook of Territorial and Local Development Strategies’ provides valuable knowledge on how to design and implement integrated strategies in areas other than urban areas. It aims to serve managing authorities of operational programmes, local strategy owners as well as other stakeholders involved in the process.