ADES - Airports as Drivers of Economic Success in Peripheral Regions

Thematic scope

Transport and accessibility are key factors in terms of economic prosperity and long-term attractiveness. Especially due to globalisation, the importance of accessibility has been highlighted and for some regions the role of airports has become increasingly important.

Peripheral territories often suffer from weak accessibility which potentially may lead to unequal growth and hinder a polycentric development in Europe.

In order to ensure a balanced development, it is therefore important to guarantee a certain level of accessibility to more remote areas.

The project aims at providing a better understanding of the opportunities and perspectives of regional airport investments in peripheral areas from a European and National perspective, as well as its contribution to regional economic development.
The main aim is to provide inputs to policymakers on future options for infrastructure investment in peripheral regions in Europe.

A place based approach is fundamental to effective implementation of the Strategy. Please read more about the main main areas of analysis and main results envisaged on the next page.

Stakeholders

Province of Savona, Italy (Lead Stakeholder)

Region of Western Greece, Greece

City of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Lead Partner

Department of Sciences for Architecture – University of Genoa, Italy

Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.

Budget: € 300.000

Project’s lifetime: February 2011– August 2012

Delivery of Reports

Inception Report: 29 July 2011

Interim Report: 30 December 2011

Draft Final Report: 29 June 2012

Final Report: 20 August 2012

Publishing

Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee

More information

Please contact the Project Expert at the ESPON Coordination Unit:

Sandra DI BIAGGIO, e-mail: sandra.di.biaggio@espon.eu