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One of the major challenges Europe’s regions and cities are confronted with is climate change and its potential physical, social, economic, environmental and cultural impacts. Climate change adaptation measures should help to moderate harmful effects...

Land is a finite resource and the way it is used is one of the principal drivers of environmental change. Increasing land take affects fertile agricultural land, puts biodiversity at risk, increases the risk of flooding and water scarcity and contrib...

Refugee crisis is one of the hottest topics on the EU agenda. The recent events related to the Syrian civil war, political turmoil in Libya and the subsequent influx of refugees towards Europe as well as perceptions caused by internal migration that ...

In the late 1990’s the European Commission published the ‘EU Compendium on Spatial Planning Systems and Policies’ which covered the 15 EU member states at that time. Since then, the EU has expanded to 28 member states and there have been significant ...

The main objective of this service contract is to provide an empirical foundation for destinations and help local leaders assess their situation and identify vulnerabilities in relation to sustainable tourism in the respective territories. This found...

The service contract shall research the specific long-term development challenges facing metropolitan areas based on case studies of seven (7) stakeholder city regions due to the changing locational preferences of their manufacturing, industrial and ...

Regions with specific territorial features have received increasing attention in recent years, most notably in article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Key policy documents identify the specific types of territories ...

The circular economy is a new economic model where raw material is not limitlessly extracted for the sake of economic growth. It is an economic model where products are carefully designed, so that at the end of their lifecycles they can be reused, re...

Some research and studies exists related to quality of life and well-being. The work mentioned under Section 1.1 so far does not yet provide sufficient evidence and knowledge about the territorial dimension of quality of life at regional level and it...

The main outcome of this project will be an upgraded and updated ESPON TIA Tool, a Quick Check ensuring territorial impact assessment. This tool has been developed in the previous programming period in order to support policy makers and practitioners...

The Interreg Central Europe (CE) programme area encompasses the territory of nine EU Member States, i.e. Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, as well as parts of Germany and Italy. It makes up 23% of the EU te...

The Alpine area is composed of territories with different demographic, social and economic trends and a rich cultural, linguistic and biological diversity. This diversity goes along with a variety of governance systems and traditions. The region has ...

The ESPON Database Portal ensures the availability of harmonised and accurate data on the European territory and neighbouring countries, which enables policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and other stakeholders to address a wide range of territo...

New EU Legislations, Policies and Directives (LPDs) can explicitly focus on specific territories or can have an asymmetric territorial impact. By taking into account potential asymmetric impacts, one can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of t...

This targeted analysis addresses mountain territories where high degrees of biodiversity and natural capital hotspots are localised, and experiences on their preservation, management and monitoring were gathered. Mountains cover 41% of the territory ...