Rural territories are worse equipped than urban ones in terms of accessibility to services
and opportunities, due to their scattered development and peripheral character. Increasing …

The pivotal role that urbanisation plays in global development trajectories is clearly
acknowledged by the United Nations 2030 Agenda that, among its 17 Sustainable …

Despite the lack of competence on the matter, through time the European Union (EU)
developed a number of spatially relevant concepts, initiatives and sectoral directives. An EU …

The need for more sustainable cities has become a primary objective of urban strategies.
The urgency for a radical transition towards sustainability in a long term-vision has brought …

Italy has been characterised by a wide north–south divide since its unification and regional
development policies have traditionally followed suit. The reform of the EU cohesion policy …

Sustainable land use depends on both the socio-economic processes that trigger spatial
development and the effectiveness of spatial governance tools that aim to regulate these …

The COVID-19 pandemic raises questions on the ever-growing urban concentration that
characterizes our society and various experts are pointing out the need to rethink our cities …

Cohesion Policy is the main investment policy of the European Union (EU), supporting the
development of regions since the end of the 1980s. Besides its relevant impact on …

The European Union identifies the regional level as the ideal spatial scale for resources'
redistribution, in so doing turning European regions into key spatial development players …

Urbanization is one of the biggest challenges in the world today. Sixty-eight percent of the
world's population will reside in cities and urban areas by 2050. Transitioning to a smart city …