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ESPON Database 2013 - Phase II (ESPON Database 2013 - Phase II (M4D))
Start date: Jan 31, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,
Taking as starting point the achievements of the Project “ESPON Database 2013” (Phase I) and the results and discussions from the ongoing ESPON Project on “Territorial Indicators and Indices” (INTERCO), this project shall maintain, update, develop and further expand the ESPON 2013 Database. In this framework, the main European activities carried out to promote data comparability and data quality, ...
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European Land Use Patterns (EU-LUPA)
Start date: Jun 30, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,
Land use has changed drastically during the last fifty years (ESA SP 2006) sometimes with important negative effects such as urban sprawl, soil sealing, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, soil degradation, floods or desertification. The type of land use change varies among different types of regions. Based on the hypothesis that socio-economic activities are reflected in land use the project unde ...
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Knowledge, Innovation, Territory (KIT)
Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2012,
New scientific and technological powers outside the European territory are attracting considerable and increasing amounts of R&D investments. Against this background new opportunities arise but also the question of Europes ability to sustain a competitive edge in knowledge and innovation. The EC recognises the territorial dimension of the innovation and knowledge economy and its role in potential ...
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Institutional Capacity for Territorial Development (SMART-IST)
Start date: Sep 30, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,
The targeted analysis will address the institutional factors explaining the efficiency of public institutions in designing and implementing successful territorial development strategies and policy in the framework of EU Cohesion Policy. The main objective of this targeted analysis is to develop a common methodology aiming at recognizing, assessing and enhance institutional efficiency. This methodo ...
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Climate Change and Territorial Effects on Regions and Local Economies in Europe (ESPON CLIMATE)
Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2011,
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been pivotal in raising awareness on the costs of human inaction and interference with the climate system. The IPCC also indicated the urgency for studies disaggregated to the regional and even local scale. Furthermore, the IPCC identified a strong need for scenarios at regional and local scales to enable appropriate impact assessments. In i ...
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ESPON Database 2013
Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2011,
At the European level several initiatives have been carried out to promote data comparability and data quality, e.g. the INSPIRE Directive which aims at making available relevant, harmonised and quality geographic information for the purpose of formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policy-making and the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) initiative ...
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Future Orientations for Cities (FOCI)
Start date: Jul 31, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,
Cities and urban development are a focal point of current territorial development policy. Against the background of the Lisbon Agenda’s aim of growth and jobs, cities are seen as the main potential motors for the achievement of the set goals, which was also acknowledged in EU Cohesion policy documents for 2007 – 2013, including the Community Strategic Guidelines, as well as the Territorial Agenda ...
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Spatial Scenarios: New Tools for Local-Regional Territories (SS-LR)
Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: May 31, 2010,
The capacity to transfer methodologies of spatial scenarios to the local-regional scale is a subject of major relevance. Policy makers and the main stakeholders involved in strategic planning processes need territorial forecasting instruments to detect the main critical factors and trends in order to anticipate changes in the environment. There is a need to develop and apply regional forecasting m ...
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