Sviluppo territoriale, cooperazione intercomunale, prossimità. Il caso della Puglia

Local development, inter-municipal cooperation, proximity. The case of Apulia.- The phenomena of organized proximity observed in Puglia show two important aspects: the objectives and strategies do not involve significant discontinuities; the partnerships tend to be relatively stable over time, but they present important (and potentially conflicting) overlappings in space. The forms of organized proximity detected have probably led to a depletion of development projects, but they also increased the availability of local actors to cooperate.