The European integration; has turned into a new territorial model?.Non European observators have sometimes a more european vision of ourcommon spaces, cities and their regulations The big question that this book tries to solve is: Are there any legal basis for this so calledEuropean city, for this European urbanism, for a Europeanisation ofthe territory?. EU law doesn’t recognize planning law as directjurisdiction in the Treaties. But since its origins it has beenapproximating to the direct scope of planning law through theintervention in related issues. The "atractiva vis" of EU law hasbroken through planning law with the intervention in sectors asseemingly untouchable from the national perspective as the regulationof development systems (towards contract regulation). Even theapparent hard core of development rights definition has left asidefrom the EU " longa manu". The EU service and contracts Directivegives a narrow interpretation of what development works are. This book pretends to highlight the main elements that give planning law acertain homogeneity from EU regulation such as environmental law,cohesion policy and its territorial effects, contracts and servicesrelated to planning law and the environmental scope of urbansustainability all of them supports the principles of the EuropeanUrban Agenda, which tends to give orientations to EU countries in theimplementation of compact, sustainable and safe cities.
