Scenarios of Economic and Regional Development in Europe
Scenarios of Economic and Regional Development in Europe

Summary/Abstract: Scenario building is one of the most important instruments of long-term economic and regional planning. With the help of scenarios can be explored the manoeuvring space of economic policies. The scenarios described below, have been prepared for the ESPON programme of the European Union about the future of the European regional development with special respect to the economic aspects. The author presents four scenarios, which are based on economic concepts and practical ex-periences and are arranged along two axes, which represent two economic policy concepts that have perhaps the larger impact on the spatial development of Europe. These concepts are competitiveness and efficiency on the one hand, and equity and cohesion on the other.

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