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.

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 European roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe 

ESPON IMAGINE - Focus Group “Milan-Bologna: the territorial functions”

Population ageing raises common challenges for cities.

ESPON IMAGINE - Focus Group “Milan-Bologna: the economic functions”

Community-led local development (CLLD) helps local people to design, plan and decide themselves how to best develop the territories they live in, either under usual conditions or emergency situatio

ESPON IMAGINE targeted analysis provides new spatial imaginaries feeding territorial cohesion policies

A first reaction on the presentation of the first regional and local Eurobarometer by the president of the Committee of the Regions, that was a milestone in the effort to map the impact of the COVID crisis on the local and regional authorities of Europe. 

The number of people aged 60+ will increase by about two million each year in the coming decades and the number of very old persons (80+) will also increase.