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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
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Functional rural areas in Romania
Policy Briefs | January 12, 2023At the European level, there is a raising interest in developing a common, operational definition of functional rural areas.
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Policy Paper: Entrepreneurial Regional Governance: societal innovation beyond spatial frontiers
Policy Briefs | December 5, 2022ESPON 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.
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MSP-LSI in Estonia
Case Studies | October 14, 2022This 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
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Integrated territorial development in lake regions in Europe
Policy Briefs | September 27, 2022Article 174 of the TFEU states that: '’the Union shall aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions.
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Case Studies | 5 July 2021Analysing the undergoing economic restructuring process (that resulted in decreasing the share of manufacturing in employment) and of different spatial and structural consequences in the competition for industrial land for Vienna metropolitan area.
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Case Studies | 30 June 2021Osječko-baranjska County (NUTS 3) located in the eastern-most parts of Croatia, is bordered by Hungary and Serbia.
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Policy Briefs | 22 April 2021Enhancing QoL is a key objective for policymakers at different scales, and it has become more relevant in the policy agenda along with increasing demands for the participation of citizens in the political process. ESPON has played a timely role with this working paper, which is intended to inform and inspire policymakers and stakeholders on to how to operationalise and integrate QoL into policy processes at different levels.
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Policy Briefs | 15 April 2021Europe’s population is ageing. This process will continue in the coming decades.
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