ESPON project 2.3.1 Application and effects of the ESDP in the Member States Co-financed by the European Community through the Interreg III ESPON Programme The present Final Report of the ESPON project 2.3.1 is a team effort of all project partners and subcontractors under the leadership of Nordregio. Project partners belonging to the core team Project partners Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning (ÖIR) Spatial Development and Research Unit (SDRU), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Sub-contractors AUREX, spol. s r.o. Department of Geography, University of Valencia ETH Zürich The Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Maribor Institute of Spatial Planning (ÚÚR) Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) Réseau Interdisciplinaire pour l'Aménagement du Territoire Européen (RIATE) - Unité Mixte de Service 2412 RKK Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Stanislaw Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization (IGSO) Contact: Michael Viehhauser Nordregio – Nordic Centre for Spatial Development Box 1658; SE-111 86 Stockholm Tel. +46 8 463 54 00; email
[email protected] Website www.nordregio.se ESPON project 2.3.1 Application and effects of the ESDP in the Member States This report represents the final results of a research project conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2000-2006 programme, partly financed through the INTERREG III ESPON 2006 programme. The partnership behind the ESPON programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU25, plus Norway and Switzerland. Each country and the Commission are represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee.