The analysis of the Spanish Urban Agenda from a policy transfer perspective. Advancing to more resilient post-COVID urban areas?

This work aims to understand how the Spanish Urban Agenda, approved in 2019, is providing (or not) policy responses for a better post-COVID urban future. The study looks to the genealogy of the SUA, and its evolution and main featuresto understand the kind of contribution that it is making to the na...

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Authors: González Medina, Moneyba, Gregorio Hurtado, Sonia de
Format: book part
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repository:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/714029
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/714029
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08388-4_11
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Urban Agenda
Policy Transfer
Urban Acquis
2030 Agenda
COVID-19
Derecho
Política
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Summary:This work aims to understand how the Spanish Urban Agenda, approved in 2019, is providing (or not) policy responses for a better post-COVID urban future. The study looks to the genealogy of the SUA, and its evolution and main featuresto understand the kind of contribution that it is making to the national urban policy framework. It explores to what extent the SUA has been exposed to policy transfer dynamics from supranational frameworks, and particularly if it is going beyond the alignment with the 2030 Agenda in the frame of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of Spain -España Puede- (Gobierno de España, 2021). The general conclusion is that the SUA is not as new as presented by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA). It has been built on the path initiated under the leadership of the Ministry of Finance. It arises as a case of policy transfer that integrates recommendations made by the European Commission and its methodological approach -Acquis Urbain- to sustainable urban development. However, there is something new derived from the 2030 Agenda that has facilitated the new leadership of the MITMA and determined its content. Furthermore, the Covid-19 pandemic has constituted a focusing event impacting the SUA since it has provided for the first time funding for its implementation, reinforcing its role as leverage policy in the country