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Denmark, small and medium sized cities
Case Studies | August 25, 2022Looking for new activities and attractions to maintain vibrant town centres and develop appealing urban areas
Looking for new activities and attractions to maintain vibrant town centres and develop appealing urban areas
A working paper and a Policy brief that were jointly developed by ESPON with Nordregio and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU (for the first semester of 2023), focusing on two of the presidency’s priorities: the green and energy transitions.
At the European level, there is a raising interest in developing a common, operational definition of functional rural areas.
ESPON observes that some regional public authorities demonstrate entrepreneurial behaviour when pursuing social and environmental benefits for their communities. In innovation-scarce environment, they connect temporarily with private-sector innovators from regions with higher potential for societal knowhow flow, adopt external knowhow and ‘pollinate’ their regional markets with new opportunities. These opportunities are discovered by local firms, who in turn respond with actions adding societal value in regional markets.
This report contributes to the Maritime Spatial Planning with two objectives: to undertake an analysis and characterization of the coastal and maritime planning and land-sea interactions from a mul
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
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
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
Each case study within the SUPER project looks into the impact of a particular intervention on urbanisation and land-use and how the public sector can guide these changes.
This working paper provides evidence of and arguments for the importance of territorial cooperation in the development and transformation of citizen-centric digital healthcare (eHealth).
Capturing the existing business environment and assesses the effectiveness and territorial effects of business support mechanisms in the area of Latgale, Latvia.
Developing Lyon metropolitan area as the North-South axis of Europe, providing better infrastructure and economic opportunities by developing policy recommendations and tools to su
Establishing the main impacts on land of key maritime activities and exploring how these are managed and incorporated in terrestrial planning. In particular, the case study lo
Collecting good practices that can be adopted in European regions and making use of the methodology developed and allow for adjustments through testing in case studies.
Focusing on reception policies in the PACA (PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR) region, analysing them from different perspectives through interviews with local and national stakeholders,
Each case study within the PROFECY project looks into real inner peripheral problems and by applying the theoretical concepts and analysing the critical factors and drivers in the inner peripheral processes aims to improve practical responses.