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Europe is a unique and special continent, both in its history and geography. Europe is special for its diversity, in all domains, and for being a centre of great cultural and economic achievements over the last few centuries. Europe is also unique in that it links together all parts of the world in a globalised commercial network, following from mid-1400s Portuguese discoveries epopee. In simple terms, Europeans were the first to establish territorial cooperation networks (mostly commercial) between all parts of the world.
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In the original version of the book, belated corrections from author for Chapters 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, frontmatter and cover have been incorporated. The erratum book has been updated with the changes.
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Medeiros, E. (2018). Introduction. In: Medeiros, E. (eds) European Territorial Cooperation. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74887-0_1
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