‘A future for lagging regions’

Editorial
As Europe experiences the second wave of the

David Sassoli President of the European Parliament
"COVID-19 has revealed many realities: it has revealed

Markus Kerber State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community of Germany
In his message to TerritoriALL., Markus Kerber highlights

ESPON has a new director: Wiktor Szydarowski
Wiktor Szydarowski is since September 2020 the new

A new reading of the COVID-19 outbreak
 Geography of the covid-19 outbreak and first policy answers in European regions and cities

A regional geography of the first wave in Europe
Between February and July 2020, the uneven circulation

Regions and cities responding to the crisis
The very strong differentiation of trajectories that emerged

The Greater Region acts as a European Laboratory during the COVID-19 crisis
Roland Theis In the Greater Region, we are

Cross-border cooperation in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis
Pavel Branda The current unprecedented crisis has put

Challenges, policy responses and prospects for the EU regions
Bert Kuby Wolfgang Petzold The impact of the

The impact on European cities and metropolitan areas - Brussels-Capital
Alfredo Corbalan COVID-19, pandemics and urban areas When

Spatial features and contributions from EU projects in Lombardy
Luisa Pedrazzini ITALY – COVID-19 Contagion distribution by

Supporting Interreg in its coordinated response to the global crisis
Petra Masacova COVID-19 has radically changed the world

How can the urban environment become a health generator?
Emmanuel Moulin TThe COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably changed

Sharing solutions for COVID-19 recovery
Erwin Siweris Creating an environment and opportunities for

Just Transition Fund: A green blueprint for a resilient recovery in Europe
Manolis Kefalogiannis Europe is now considering how best

Structural change in EU coal phase-out regions
Vassilen Iotzov Recent debates on the just

Restructuring of the Czech coal mining regions
Milada Hronkova Milo Soukup Three regions in Czech Republic are

A just transition for Western Macedonia - an irreversible path to sustainable growth
Tasos Chatzellis The Western Macedonia Region (WMR) is

Structural change in Lausitz
Kathrin Schneider Effective climate action is a task

Territorial Agenda in practice: 6 Pilot actions
Kai Bohme In Europe, increasing inequalities between people

‘A future for lagging regions’
Daniel Meltzian The Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2030) is

Region-focused Territorial Impact Assessment
I Patrycja Artymowska The partners in the pilot

Climate change adaptation and resilience through landscape transition
Ana Seixas The Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2030) pilot

Coming soon: The Atlas for the Territorial Agenda 2030
Volker Schmidt-Seiwert The Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2030) sets

Maritime spatial planning and land-sea interactions
Michaela Gensheimer Population density per NUTS2 within catchment

Land Sea Interactions: an integral part of the maritime and coast al planning
Joanna Constantinidou Understanding and addressing the interaction between

Sustainable management of coast al and marine zones
Michelle Borg The evolution of coastal and marine

No shipping without land, no beach fun without the sea
Holger Janßen With regard to my self-image as

Preparing the Romanian territorial country fiche
- Radu Necsuliu Amalia Vîrdol When the first territorial

Possible and desired territorial futures for the Baltic Sea Region
Liene Gaujeniete How do we plan for a

Taking transnational cooperation forward in central Europe
Anna Sirrocco The ESPON CE-FLOWS targeted analysis is

Natural risk management in the Po Basin, Italy
Adriana May Why is research on the economic

Spatial planning and climate change
Ludwig Scharmann People still remember the state of emergency

Ageing matters to all of us
Julia Wadoux Europe is ageing - there

Demolishing Picasso?
Christin Krohn Zintis Hermansons Cultural heritage can

Rural areas should ride the wave of COVID-19 recovery
Andrew Copus Rural depopulation has been a legitimate

Supporting cities and regions in measuring and monitoring digital transformation
Martin Gauk Digital transformation and the scaling up

Urban and economic transformation of metropolitan areas
Rudolfs Cimdins Metropolitan areas across Europe face visible

Adopting regional policies to support the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Roberta Capello, Camilla Lenzi, Reda Nausedaite A review

Results of the public consultation on the strategic orientation of the next ESPON programme
A contribution from the ESPON Managing Authority

Activities implemented through Thematic Action plans
Fictive example for a TAP

Upcoming ESPON events Transnational Outreach
Due to the COVID-19 restrict ions, all event swill take place online

Outlook of the Portuguese presidency
Ana Seixas As we face great social