Green Infrastructure in the Netherlands: a policy-maker's perspective

Dubravka Šuica: How can we support people and regions to adapt to changing realities?
Dubravka Šuica is Vice President of the European

Željko Uhlir: A strong Europe in a world of challenges
Željko Uhlir is State Secretary at the Ministry

Foreword
The current pandemic has added to the numerous

Claude Turmes: Using ESPON in Policymaking
Claude Turmes is Minister for Energy and Spatial

Regenerating cities: The critical role of buildings
" Reaching the goals of 2050 is not

Green Infrastructure in urban areas
What is green infrastructure? Green infrastructure (GI) has

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

Green Infrastructure in the Netherlands: a policy-maker's perspective
I was asked to reflect on the ESPON

More than 100 acres of new green surfaces in Ljubljana
Degraded, overlooked and unused areas of the city

Circular management for greener cities
Circular management of spaces and buildings and green

How green is the reuse of spaces and buildings?
In many cities, population growth puts pressure on

Sustainable regeneration of port cities
Despite overall growth in the maritime sector, many

Urbanisation and land-use practices in European regions
Improving urbanisation and land use practices in European

Improving knowledge about the reuse of spaces and buildings
The new ESPON Policy Brief Reuse of Spaces

Cork’s docklands – learning from regeneration in a port city
On 31 May 2019, Cork City expanded its

ESPON evidence in planning practice and policy development
It is commonly understood that the development of

A practical handbook for SDG 11 and 15
The Urban Agenda partnerships on the circular economy

A practical tool to implement nature-based solutions
We consider the topics of reuse of spaces

Territorial approach is crucial for sustainability goals
Daniel Baliński is deputy director of the Strategy

Urban green infrastructure and reuse of spaces and buildings: views from Croatia
Croatian towns and cities face similar challenges to

State of the European territory: A key contribution to the debate about the future EU
As a geographer and a Member of the

Healthy and active ageing is more important than ever
In the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020–2030), the

Shrinking Rural Areas: A fresh look at an old problem
Rural depopulation is not a new phenomenon. EU

The Hague and the urban circular collaborative economy
Jan Harko Post Jay Navarro Oviedo Triggered by

Scope and use of digital plan data platforms in Europe
In the past decade, many European countries have

Changing ground: The future place of the productive city
Over the past decades, metropolitan areas across Europe

Localising SDG goals
In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the

A New ESPON tool for macroregions in Europe
The new European and Macro-regional Territorial Monitoring (EMTM)

Technological transformation: Growth opportunities for lagging regions in Europe
The 4.0 technological transformation rests on the creative

Success story: Quick Check Territorial Impact Assessment
Identifying whether or not EU policies, or policies

ESPON FUORE: A tool beyond the classical administrative boundaries
Development and sustainability policies are looking progressively into

Territorial Quality of Life: ESPON measurement
The ESPON Quality of Life Measurements and Methodology

ESPON TOURISM –a tool for the tourism of the future
Tourism is one of the largest economic sectors

Net impact of Interreg: statistical inference
As part of its transnational outreach efforts, ESPON

Entrepreneurial development niches for Interreg
This article introduces potential niches for Interreg programmes

interreg EUROPAN
European union European Regional Development Fund

URBACT
Driving change for better cities

INTERact
EU cities facing COVID-19: impact and responses URBACT,

Shaping the future of the ESPON programme
As the next programming period approaches, the exchanges

Geography of COVID19 and first policy answers in European regions
The sudden appearance and exponential increase in severe

Outlook for the German Presidency
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the priorities of