Mapping regional competitiveness and cohesion. European and global outlook on territorial diversities

The European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) is set up to support policy development and to build a European scientific community in the field of territorial development. The main aim is to increase the general body of knowledge about territorial structures, trends and policy impacts in an enlarged European Union.

ESPON Briefing 2 aims to enhance the knowledge and understanding of policy makers and practitioners at all administrative levels by presenting interesting new evidence and information, which can be a lever for further exploration of the European perspective in shaping the future for their territory. ESPON Briefing II is necessarily only a selection of the results provided by the Transnational Groups behind the applied research, and uses therefore just some of the data on regionalised indicators in ESPON project reports.

More information is available at www.espon.eu/