Home Link to Mountain areas Link to Islands Link to SPA Link to Coasts Link to Outermost Regions Link to Border areas Link to Inner Peripheries

Transversal themes to build a coherent discourse on geographic specificities

The transversal themes are an additional component of the GEOSPECS study, designed to facilitate the integration of results on each category of geographic specificities. The project consortium possesses a unique set of expertise regarding each category of geographic specificity covered by the study, but also needs to construct a coherent overall discourse on the notions of “territorial diversity” and “geographic specificity”. The transversal themes will contribute to this objective, by encouraging the involved experts to think transversally and through the production of guidance notes ensuring that each theme is addressed in a homogenous manner.


Type of development approach Transversal Theme
Economic Economic Vulnerability and Regional Resilience
Accessibility and services of general interest
Role of Information and Communication Technologies
Social Regional identity and cultural heritage as factors of development
Residential attractiveness - Selective attractiveness
Environmental Biodiversity and Protected Areas as factors for development
Natural Resource Exploitation
Vulnerability and adaptation of human-environment systems to climate change

Photo This project is part-financed by the EU
The contents of this website does not necessarily reflect the opinion
of the ESPON monitoring committee