Università degli Studi Roma TreDIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI URBANI

ESPON Project 2.4.2

Integrated analysis of transnational and

national territories based on ESPON results

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, transnationaland 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