"European and national developments can have important spatial impacts and implications for cities and city regions," Rob Atkinson and Cristiana Rossignolo write in the introductory chapter of their book 'The Re-creation of the European City'. However, according to the editors, the problem is that there is relatively little consideration of these impacts. Cities and city regions have become key drivers of national and European economic development. This position calls for a major role in territorial and social development and issues of sustainability and social cohesion. This book explores the modern European city. It looks into the emergence of new forms of territorial cohesion at the urban and city regional levels. It illustrates how European cities and regions are planned at different scales in different European contexts. Contributions include analyses of different areas such as Scotland's city-regions, Randstad Holland and city-region planning in England and France.