Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories

Main areas of analysis

Transfer of the ESPON 2006 methodology of the “Spatial Scenarios” project to territorial scales in and below NUTS 3.
Adaptation of thematic scenarios to the local-regional scale - the global economic and financial scenario, the role of the emerging economies, the energy and oil price scenario, the new emerging role of the rural areas.
Adaptation of integrated scenarios (baseline, cohesive, competitive) to local-regional scale.
Adaptation of indicators, maps and tools to local-regional scale.
Application of integrated and thematic scenarios to the territory of BPC.
Development of tools to produce scenarios on single territories in a European context, synthesis and communication.
Policy messages and recommendations, stressing the economic, productive and land-use scenarios.

Main results envisaged

Methodology to define scenarios by ESPON at a functional scale equal or below NUTS 3.
Spatial scenarios for Barcelona Provincial Council.
Tools of spatial scenarios for the local-regional level including both, integrated scenarios and thematic scenarios.
Maps synthesising the impacts and trends of policies for the main critical factors for territorial and economic development.
Production of comparative analyses emphasising the European perspective and integration of them in permanent tools for analysis and strategic knowledge input.
Definition and comparison of different territorial scales for development in the European context using the former ESPON results.