ESPON Project 2.4.2
Integrated analysis of
transnational and
national territories based
on ESPON results
Università degli Studi Roma Tre
DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI URBANI
BBR - Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung
(Germany)
BIC Lazio S.p.A (Italy), DSU- Università di Roma Tre
EUROREG - Warsaw University Centre for European Regional
and Local Studies (Poland)
IIDL - Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Local (Spain)
IRS - Institute for Regional Development and Structural
Planning (Germany)
NIBR - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research
(Norway)
ÖIR - Österreichisches Institut für Raumordnung (Austria)
PhDB consultant (Belgium)
UEHR - Institute of Urban Environment and Human Resources
(Greece)
UPI -Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
(Slovenia)
Espon project 2.4.2
• further elaborates the Regional
Classification of Europe (RCE) as
developed by ESPON project 3.1
and discusses alternative
approaches for a regional
classification.
First project phase:
1) the deepening and operationalisation
of methodological approaches for future
analysis on European, transnational
and national level
2) a first inventory of data and indicators
applied
European level: thematic
and territorial aspects of the
EU structural funds reform
• analysis of spatial patterns on macro
level
• scenario calculations for future eligible
areas according to current eligibility
criteria,
• alternative approaches and criteria for
assessing regions under light of
different spatial objectives, e.g.
cohesion, regional competitiveness and
employment, are considered.
Trans-national
level:identification of spatial
patterns
• discriminant analysis identifies
homogeneous regions within
Europe
• factor analysis characterises the
identified transnational areas.
National level: pilot case
studies
• a general quantitative analysis on
national level
• in-depth pilot case studies on
national level