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      • ESPON delivers territorial evidence for actual policy needs in various areas
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      • Publications
        • Working paper: Territorial potentials for Green Infrastructure
          December 21, 2018
          Green infrastructure (GI) is considered a benefit for territorial development because it provides multiple functions within the same spatial area.
        • Working Paper: Migration and the role of European Territorial Cooperation
          December 21, 2018
          The joint ESPON and Interact Working Paper “Migration and the Role of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)” stems from the conclusions of the General Affairs Council meeting in November 2015.
      • Evidence
        • Mapping urban structures, accessibility patterns and territorial cooperation in Europe
          June 22, 2017
          The current models and further potentials of polycentric development at different scales in Europe have been analysed by ESPON on the basis of urban structures, accessibility and cooperation
      • Policy
        • Polycentric development potential
          Between cooperation and competition: why polycentric development matters
          June 22, 2017
          Polycentric territorial patterns encourage more balanced development between regions and more co-operative urban-rural relationships.
        • Territorial evidence for the future of Europe
          January 28, 2016
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      • Case Studies
        • The Danube Region: a polycentric network combining hub approaches and smart specialisation
          June 22, 2017
          Some European capital cities jointly function as a gateway in the form of a polycentric network with regard to specific functions in a macro-region.
        • Upper Rhine region: cross-border differentials foster functional integration
          June 22, 2017
          Cross-border metropolitan areas link national urban systems in a way that can generate a number of new opportunities and agglomeration economies.
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      •  No place should be left behind

      • Is territorialism the reaction of the places that do not matter?
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      • Statistical information and practical evidence on territorial trends, dynamics, patterns and structural changes
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      • Access to data sources, statistical series and databases provided by National Statistical Offices
      • Functional Indicators Tool
      • Effects of transportation networks on accessibility and the territorial development
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      • Compare and analyse a region?s relative position at european, national and local level
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      • Regional Typologies
      • ESPON provides nine regional typologies for additional analysis of project results
      • Territorial Impact Assessment Tool
      • Identify, ex-ante, potential territorial impacts of new EU Legislations, Policies and Directives
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      • Espon tools introductory video
      • To address today’s policy development, territorial diversity and cohesion challenges, the ESPON programme provides a number of tools with valuable information and data for countries, regions, cities, and citizens.
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      •  Open invitation to submit proposals for Targeted Analyses by 28 June 2019

      • The ESPON EGTC is pleased to announce that the next cut-
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The ESPON EGTC is a European Grouping on Territorial Cooperation. ESPON started in 2002 and have continued since then building a pan-European knowledge base related to territorial dynamics.

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