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  • Case Studies | 25 August 2021

    Juuka (LAU 2), located in south-eastern Finland, can be seen as an archetype of a small, rural and remote Finnish municipality that has been facing population decline for many decades. 

  • Case Studies | 25 August 2021

    The Municipality of Kastoria (LAU 1), located in Western Macedonia Region, is a border area, gateway to Albania and other Balkan countries. This region is experiencing one of the most serious shrinking rate in Greece.

  • Case Studies | 25 August 2021

    Alt Maestrat county displays the characteristic traits of Southern European shrinking rural areas (importance of agriculture, mountain conditions and remoteness), while being in the relative proximity of dynamic industrial clusters and economic centres. 

  • Case Studies | 25 August 2021

    The Szentes district (LAU1) is located in the Great Hungarian Plain. The area is characterised by traits of “inner peripherality” linked to its geographical position (in between two regional centres), and accessibility issues (the main railway lines and highways bypass the town).

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    The Mansfeld-Südharz (NUTS 3) region is an example of long-lasting population decline that characterizes East of Germany. Shrinkage, for this region was linked to the re-unification process (1989) and the subsequent collapse of the copper mining industry.

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    The Mansfeld-Südharz (NUTS 3) region is an example of long-lasting population decline that characterizes East of Germany. Shrinkage, for this region was linked to the re-unification process (1989).

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    The case study areas of Siemiatycze, Hajnówka and Bielsk districts (LAU 1) are located in the Łomża subregion (NUTS 3). Population started to shrink in the 1950s due to forced industrialization and after 1989, due to the political transformation.

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    Lovech province (NUTS 3), comprising a group of three municipalities, Troyan, Apriltsi and Ougarchin is situated in the lagging North-Western region of Bulgaria. The origins of depopulation in these rural areas date back to the socialist past.

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    The CIRCTER project carried out three spin-off studies. This spin-off aims to support Switzerland and Liechtenstein with their transition to a circular economy.

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    The CIRCTER project also carried out three spin-off studies to increase the national, regional and local relevance of the CIRCTER evidence in policy processes and developments at different scales.

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    The CIRCTER project also carried out three spin-off studies to increase the national, regional and local relevance of the CIRCTER evidence in policy processes and developments at different scales.

  • Case Studies | 24 August 2021

    Each case study within the CIRCTER project looks into an initiative that have been implemented to move towards a circular economy and with that tries to identify how circular economy works in real

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