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        • Addressing Labour Migration Challenges in Europe
          June 5, 2019
          The free movement of labour is one of the “four freedoms” of the European Union and its single market.
        • Policy brief: Cross-border public services in Europe
          June 3, 2019
          Most Cross-border Public Services (CPS) deal with environment protection, civil protection and disaster management and transport. In the future CPS development is expected in the fields of spatial planning, economic development, tourism and culture. Many regions in Europe also explore possibilities to establish CPS dealing with health care and labour market challenges.
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        • 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
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        • 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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        • 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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  • Policy brief: Cross-border public services in Europe
    Policy Briefs | June 3, 2019

    Most Cross-border Public Services (CPS) deal with environment protection, civil protection and disaster management and transport. In the future CPS development is expected in the fields of spatial planning, economic development, tourism and culture. Many regions in Europe also explore possibilities to establish CPS dealing with health care and labour market challenges.
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  • Addressing Labour Migration Challenges in Europe
    Policy Briefs | June 5, 2019

    The free movement of labour is one of the “four freedoms” of the European Union and its single market.

  • Territorial patterns and relations in Norway - Country fiche
    Territorial Observations | April 25, 2019

  • Working paper: Territorial potentials for Green Infrastructure
    Policy Briefs | 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
    Policy Briefs | 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.

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Posters
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  • Regional typology of eGovernment interactions
    Posters | 22 October 2017

    Persons interacting with public authorities via the internet have been gradually increasing across Europe.

  • Poster - Global potential accessibility freight to intercontinental container throughput of European sea ports, 2011
    Posters | 27 May 2014

     

  • Poster - Global freight connectivity by road, rail, shipping, 2011
    Posters | 15 May 2014

  • Poster - Functional Urban Areas in Europe
    Posters | 15 May 2014

  • Poster - Net energy trades, 2011
    Posters | 15 May 2014

  • Poster - “Coldspots” of land-sea interactions
    Posters | 15 May 2014

  • Poster - Population growth in Europe and beyond, 2000-2010
    Posters | 15 May 2014

  • Poster "Territorial patterns of innovation in Europe"
    Posters | 13 January 2014

  • Poster "Regional gender structures among young adults"
    Posters | 6 January 2014

  • Poster "Households using Internet connection, 2006-2009"
    Posters | 6 June 2013

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