The objective of the COMPASS project was to provide an authoritative comparative report on
changes in territorial governance and spatial planning systems in Europe from 2000 to …

This article examines how spatial planning systems have changed in Portugal, Spain, Italy
and Greece in times of economic recession and austerity politics, in amid pressures of …

Italy has been characterised by a wide north–south divide since its unification and regional
development policies have traditionally followed suit. The reform of the EU cohesion policy …

More than two thirds of EU citizens live in urban areas and cities are easily identifiable as
Europe's core hubs for the promotion of territorial cohesion and overall economic growth …

The last three decades have seen the Western Balkan Region facing several institutional,
economic, social, and territorial transformation. Since the early 1990s, the region has …

Cohesion Policy is the main investment policy of the European Union (EU), supporting the
development of regions since the end of the 1980s. Besides its relevant impact on …

The European Union identifies the regional level as the ideal spatial scale for resources'
redistribution, in so doing turning European regions into key spatial development players …

Nelle aree rurali e montane 'interne', la riflessione sull'accessibilità implica un cambio di
prospettiva rispetto ai contesti più propriamente urbani. Migliorare l'accessibilità di questi …

Since the collapse of the communist regimes and the beginning of the transition period,
territorial governance and spatial planning in the Western Balkans have often been …

Il divario nord-sud è da tempo al centro delle politiche regionali italiane. La politica di
coesione non ha modificato tale schema e le regioni del sud continuano a ricevere ingenti …