This paper introduces and discusses regional opportunity structures as a concept for
analysing the interlinkages between structural conditions in space, social inequalities, and …

Territorial inequalities are an issue of increasing relevance in the international scientific
debate across different disciplinary fields, and their mitigation is a key challenge on the …

The most prominent 'victim'of the global financial crisis in 2007/2008 has been Greece,
which is, even now, in the middle of an economic and social storm that is threatening its …

The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas stresses the importance of improving socio-
economic conditions of people as the only way to reverse negative demographic trends in …

We wish to thank Bettina Bock for her immense support in preparing this issue. We would
also like to thank all the authors of individual papers in the issue for excellent cooperation …

Using administrative municipality-level data on fiscal declarations, we estimate the influence
of 'inner areas' in the income distribution across Italy. To do that, we apply influence function …

Within the framework of the EU Strategies of Territorial Cohesion, a relevant role is played
by policy design focused on a more balanced and equal development of regions pursued by …

This paper contributes to the field of regional poverty literature by using linked tax data to
examine poverty in a large district in Switzerland with one million inhabitants and rural and …

For any given territory, disaster risk is a function of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. The
conceptual frameworks for these dimensions are largely debated in the scientific studies …

Tradicionalmente las investigaciones sobre los Programas de Desarrollo Rural han
abordado su efectividad y sus repercusiones sociales y territoriales centradas en los …