Metropolitan areas are concentrated and dense areas filled settlements and include a central urban region with its surrounding residences. Severity and complexity of issues in metropolitan areas along with intricacy and quantity of influential factors in these areas necessitate novel approaches...

There is a palpable tension between the planning and implementation of climate targets, for instance as regards renewable energy resources - among which wind power plays a significant role. This tension comes to the fore when assessing the effectiveness of spatial planning approaches to the...

[...] Das Hauptziel des ESPON Programms besteht darin, wissenschaftlich fundierte Erkenntnisse zur Raumentwicklung in Europa für die raumpolitischen Prozesse auf europäischer (und teilweise nationaler) Ebene zu erarbeiten. Damit dient die Einrichtung des ESPON Programms der politiknahen...