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Cooperatives of Employment and Services in Rural areas (CesR)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The CesR project involves 8 partners from all over Europe. These public authorities or development agencies from old or recent Member States of the EU are in charge of rural regions and share common problematics, in particular in the rural services sector: How to create or reinforce sustainable employment, so that people in sparsely populated areas can live on their work and stay in their areas ?I ...
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Development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures for counteracting the global Urban Heat Islands phenomenon (UHI)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Apr 29, 2014,

As population of our cities grow, so does land area and this result in increase of an average temperature. The buildings and roads absorb temperature produced during the day, like giant heaters, and store it. The energy is then released during the night time. This often means a big difference in the temperature between city and its surrounding areas.This phenomenon is called the Urban Heat Island ...
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New post-socialist city: Competitive and Attractive (ReNewTown)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

Over 300 million people in Central and East Europe live in areas affected by socialist era. Close to 2/3 of them live in cities and towns often with districts which were created and quickly developed in this period. Whoever has travelled through countries of Former Eastern Europe bloc would agree that very often grim looking buildings make out landscape of almost every city. These remains of comm ...
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Detecting Territorial Potential and Challenges (DeTeC)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

Regions in Europe are no longer isolated entities but are linked to a larger territorial context. Understanding the position of one’s region or city in the larger territorial context and searching for potentials and comparative advantages is a necessity in the accelerating globalization and competition. Awareness and openness for including a European dimension in strategy building and policy makin ...
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Territorial Monitoring for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR-TeMo)

Start date: Jan 31, 2012, End date: Jan 30, 2014,

European policy with the Lisbon Treaty includes the aim of territorial cohesion. There is a need to develop monitoring systems for territorial development that can support policy makers at different levels in order to contribute to European competitiveness and cohesion. The stronger political focus and improved understanding of structures, trends and scenarios influencing territorial development h ...
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Services of General Interest (SeGi)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Services of general interest traditionally comprehend electronic communications, postal services, electricity, gas, water and transport. Policymakers more recent documents tend to be more comprehensive and also look at labour market services, education, health care, child care, social care, culture or (social) housing. Socio-economic policies much focus on ensuring the provision of services of gen ...
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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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The Attractiveness of European Cities and Regions and Cities for Residents and Visitors (ATTREG)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

Economic analysis often focuses exclusively on the sites of production. This project focuses on the sites of consumption. Instead of looking at large manufacturing plants producing for export or at multinational headquarters, this project is looking at the impact of shops and restaurants, hotels and hospitals, doctors and post offices. The attractiveness of European regions and cities for resident ...
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TRansport ACCessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in Europe (TRACC)

Start date: Jan 31, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

Dynamic territorial development depends on an optimal combination of access to services and resources. Good accessibility and connectivity is one of the most crucial factors in deciding on a location for economic activities. This leads to the fact that fast, relatively cheap, reliable but also sustainable freight and passenger transport, has become one of the essential prerequisites for the compet ...
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Best development conditions in European metropolises: Paris, Berlin and Warsaw (BEST METROPOLISES)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

Metropolitan regions are the primary growth poles for regions and countries and they are seen as key drivers of territorial development both in the national and European context. Metropolisation is a complex process, affecting cities on a social, economic and spatial level. Therefore it is important to understand the logic of metropolitan development in order to determine what potentials should be ...
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European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas (EDORA)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in the framework of the Agenda 2000 boosted the significance of rural development in this sector policy. Rural development, in line with the Lisbon/Gothenburg Strategy, is conceived to support job creation and economic growth in rural areas in a sustainable way. Against this backdrop, this project will provide evidence on the development opportunities o ...
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articipatory Spatial Planning in Europe (PSPE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Jun 29, 2007,

...nd advised the partners when necessary. An expert panel carefully monitored the progress. The first part of the project was characterized by development of technology. In collaboration with knowledge institutes, the project developed 'Approaches for Doing' in 5 regional case studies. The cases are located in 5 countries and all deal with participatory spatial planning: artistic designs are placed ...
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