What is needed for Szentes and its environment is simply better governance through enhanced planning capacities with new thoughts and inspirations, more attention paid to the voice of people, willingness to empower the young, and capability to mobilise local resources for the benefit of the area and for those who live here.

In Spain 80% of municipalities have lost population since 2011. Alt Maestrat is an interesting case due to its location (about an hour from the main urban centres), resulting in moderate remoteness but being not close enough for daily commuting. Furthermore, the area is located in a NUTS3 unit with above-average GDP growth and overall population increase.

Tourism is a leading and ever-growing economic sector outpacing the global economy with a 4% increase each year, according to the UNWTO Tourism Barometer 20191.

A balanced demographic structure and thriving community is the success factor, and although some rural regions are growing and others are shrinking, there are some socio-economic common denominators that predetermine the success rate: such as good governance, access to high-paid jobs within a diversified economic environment, access to good public services and so on.

Natural and cultural heritage sites are among the main tourist attractions in Iceland, and a main factor in the rapid increase in foreign travellers in Iceland in recent years.

Should future urban development be concentrated in and around big cities, in well-connected towns or along country roads? The SUPER project drew up three scenarios, presenting different modes of urbanization.

Strengthening the resilience of the Adriatic and Ionian Region through cooperation was the slogan of the 5th Forum of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR),  organised by the

The SUPER project compiled a database of interventions in Europe that affect, or try to affect, urbanization and land use. The database was analysed to distil factors for success and sustainability.

The Minister of Spatial Planning, Claude Turmes, received on 28 January 2021 the new director of EGTC ESPON, Wiktor Szydarowski, for an exchange on the ESPON progr