This book is based on the research conducted in the context of Poly5, a European
project promoted under the Alpine Space programme 2011–2014. The project attempts
to critically deal with current approaches to the planning of European Corridors,
showing all the enormous spatial criticalities of many major transport infrastructure
projects (MTIPs), and with the theoretical and practical difficulties that
strategic infrastructure planning inevitably raises. At the centre of Poly5 focus, there
is one corridor in particular, that is, Corridor 5, now called Mediterranean Corridor. Starting from the analysis of serious deficiencies of the multilevel coordination and
of the territorial governance of the Mediterranean Corridor, in the context of the
wider policy for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) programme, this
book attempts to learn from the available local-regional experiences in order to extend
the discussion and generalize the findings alongside a possible redefinition of
planning aims and tools towards new mega transport infrastructure (MTI) planning
approaches.
