While lagging behind in EU comparison, regions at the eastern external EU border differ in many respects relevant for business development. This includes effective border realities, population and economic
Shrinking rural regions face more complex challenges than depopulation. The interaction between demographic trends and social, economic, and institutional dynamics generate diverse and self-perpetuating
Szentes is located on the Great Hungarian Plain. Τwo-thirds of the population lives in the town of Szentes (27.500 inhabitants in 2001) whose rural hinterland consists of 7 villages of different sizes.
Alt Maestrat County is located in the Valencia Region in Eastern Spain. What makes the area representative of southern shrinking areas is the strong importance of agriculture and the mountainous conditions.
Listed under the EC’s sixth priority, 'A new push for European democracy', the new vision on rural areas aims to reassess the role that these can play in the current society and to define a new life
The sustainability of land-use developments is generally discussed within the debate on the effects of urban sprawl versus containment. After engaging with this literature, the ESPON SUPER project team
Numerous interventions provide suggestions for promoting sustainable urbanisation and land use, as witnessed by myriad declarations and manifestos on good spatial planning practices: the European Spatial
The European roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe has set ‘no net land take in 2050’ as an operational target. Many member states have specific objectives with respect to sustainable
ESPON IMAGINE - Focus Group “Milan-Bologna: the territorial functions”On 10 November 2020, the focus group "Milan-Bologna: the territorial functions" was held online as part of the ESPON IMAGINE targeted
Population ageing raises common challenges for cities. This challenge has become even more evident in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis that has affected our whole society, but older people in particular.
