ESPON Synthesis Report III

Facts of regional diversity and potentials in Europe

Results by autumn 2006

The ESPON Synthesis Report III is based on all 34 ESPON projects of the ESPON 2006 Programme. The purpose is to communicate the main findings of the ESPON 2006 Programme, and to nourish policy development for different territories in Europe through dialogue among policy makers, practitioners and researchers.

The report summarises ESPON findings along 10 thematic chapters addressing territorial cohesion, competitive regions, Europe as a world region, cities as drivers for development, rural empowerment, areas with special geographical features, accessibility, territorial impacts of EU sector policies, liveability and quality of life for competitive places and territorial scenarios.

Documents

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More ESPON 2006 Programme

Potential accessibility by rail, change of relative position of regions, 2001-2006

ESPON 2006 Programme | January 29, 2010

Accessibility is an important aspect in the debate of regional development. It is used as an indicator to describe the territorial aspects of the transport system. Access to and from a region or city is considered an important aspect of the competitiveness of the location. During the last years efforts have been made to improve the accessibility of cities and regions in large parts of Europe. Many of these efforts have been related to improvements of the rail networks.
Economic concentration and balanced growth, 2003

ESPON 2006 Programme | January 29, 2010

Balanced overall growth is considered a precondition for reasonable equilibrium in living conditions across the entire EU territory. The economic success of a region can be assessed in many ways. A measure that is most often used is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) both in absolute figures and as a rate of change, the latter being helpful to measure economic growth.
Mountain Areas and their accessibility, 2001

ESPON 2006 Programme | January 29, 2010

Europe’s mountain areas are in many ways of great importance as they comprehend a set of features to be considered as territorial potentials, in particular as water resource, they have an ecological, cultural and environmental diversity, which is an asset.

Integrated territorial development in lake regions in Europe

Policy Brief: Les régions ultrapériphériques face aux conséquences du COVID

MSP-LSI in Estonia

MSP-LSI–on demand service for Luxembourg

Territorial patterns and relations in Spain

Territorial patterns and relations in Cyprus- country fiche

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