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Inner areas in Europe from an accessibility point of view
Klaus Spiekermann
ESPON Seminar“Territories Acting for Economic Growth:
Using territorial evidence to meet challenges towards 2020”
Inspire policy making by territorial evidence
TRansport ACCessibility at Regional/Local Scaleand Patterns in Europe
Project partner1.Spiekermann & Wegener, Urban and Regional Research (S&W), Dortmund, Germany (Lead Partner)
2.Charles University in Prague, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Prague, Czech Republic
3.RRG Spatial Planning and Geoinformation, Oldenburg, Germany
4.Mcrit, Barcelona, Spain
5.University of Oulu, Department of Geography, Oulu, Finland
6.TRT Trasporti e Territorio, Milan, Italy
7.S. Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation - Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
ESPON TRACC
Inner areas are being addressed by policy makers as areas with low access to basic services of general interest. These are often rural and remote areas that need to develop on endogenous potentials such as nature and culture assets.
-> “Inner peripheries”
Inner areas
• Main 'product' of a transport system
• Determines the locational advantage of an area relative to all areas
• Indicators of accessibility measure the benefits households and firms in an area enjoy from the existence and use of the transport infrastructure relevant for their area.
• Two components of accessibility:
• Opportunities of interest
• Effort to reach opportunities
Accessibility
• Regions inbetween (larger) agglomerations• Low accessibility regarding opportunities of interest
Three dimensions of “innerness”:• Global• European• regional
Inner peripheries
• access to regional centres• availability of jobs• accessibility potential to population• access to hospitals• availability of higher secondary schools• accessibility potential to medical doctors
TRACC regional case studies: indicators
1. How could Europe address inner areas or peripheries in policy terms?
2. Is their development more a national or regional responsibility than a European?
3. Would European policy for inner areas be a way forward and, if so, which EU policies are relevant?
Concluding questions
Further Information
• www.espon.eu-> TRACC project
• Dr.-Ing. Klaus SpiekermannSpiekermann & Wegener, Urban and Regional Research (S&W) Dortmund, [email protected]
www.spiekermann-wegener.de