Analysing the undergoing economic restructuring process (that resulted in decreasing the share of manufacturing in employment) and of different spatial and structural consequences in the competition for industrial land for Oslo metropolitan area.

Analysing the undergoing economic restructuring process (that resulted in decreasing the share of manufacturing in employment) and of different spatial and structural consequences in the competition for industrial land for Berlin metropolitan area.

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses. 

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses.

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner perip

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses.

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses.

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses.

Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses.

Juuka (LAU 2), located in south-eastern Finland, can be seen as an archetype of a small, rural and remote Finnish municipality that has been facing population decline for many decades. 

The Municipality of Kastoria (LAU 1), located in Western Macedonia Region, is a border area, gateway to Albania and other Balkan countries. This region is experiencing one of the most serious shrinking rate in Greece.

Alt Maestrat county displays the characteristic traits of Southern European shrinking rural areas (importance of agriculture, mountain conditions and remoteness), while being in the relative proximity of dynamic industrial clusters and economic centres.