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.

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

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