ESPON 2006 Programme Publications and Reports

Publications

• Synthesis reports
  • Synthesis 1: ESPON in progress (2003)
  • Synthesis 2: In search of territorial potentials (2005)
  • Synthesis 3: Territory matters for competitiveness and cohesion (2006)
  • ESPON-INTERACT: Linking analysis and action (2006)
• Atlas
  • Mapping the structure of the European territory (2006)
• Briefings
  • 1: Diversity within the European territory (2004)
  • 2: Mapping regional competitiveness and cohesion (2006)
• Scientific reports
  • Report 1: European territorial research in progress (2006)
  • Report 2: Building a scientific platform for competitiveness and cohesion (2006)
• Scenarios
  • Synthesis: Scenarios for the territorial future of Europe (2007)
  • Summary: Territorial futures: Spatial scenarios for Europe (2007)

Project Reports

• Thematic projects
  • Polycentric development potentials
  • Urban-rural relations
  • Enlargement and polycentric development
  • Demographic trends and migration
  • Transport trends, services and networks
  • Telecom trends, services and networks
  • Information society
  • Natural and technological hazards
  • Natural heritage and management
  • Cultural heritage and identity

Project Reports

• Policy impact projects
  • EU Transport and TEN Policies
  • EU Research and Development Policies
  • EU Common Agricultural Policy and Rural Development Policy
  • Energy trends and impact of EU Energy Policy
  • European Fisheries Policy
  • EU Structural Funds
  • EU Pre-Accession aid
  • Structural Funds in urban areas
  • ESDP application and effects in the Member States
  • Governance of territorial and urban policies
  • Environment trends and impacts of EU Environmental Policy
  • Integrated analysis of transnational and national territories
• Co-ordinating cross-thematic projects
  • Integrated tools and coordination
  • Spatial scenarios
  • Lisbon and Gothenburg strategy
  • Europe in the world
  • EU Economic Policies and location
• Scientific briefing and networking
  • Indicators monitoring territorial development
  • Data Navigator 1: Main data sources in European countries
  • Data Navigator 2: Handbook for data collection
  • Update of selected accessibility indicators and maps
• Preparatory studies and scientific support projects
  • The role of Small & Medium Towns and Cities
  • Social dimension of EU territorial development
  • Urban functions
  • Feasibility of flows analysis
  • Spatially relevant aspects of tourism
  • The modifiable areas unit problem