Rural and peripheral areas, however, defined, suffer from accessibility and mobility
problems that challenge their liveability and potential for development. To cope with these …

Rural Accessibility in European Regions explores concepts, methodologies, and case
studies dealing with accessibility in European rural areas, embracing cultural …

Geographic peripheries in Italy are defined by the government in an institutional document
as areas affected by increasing depopulation, high rates of demographic ageing …

The strategic role of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) at the Italian level has also been
underlined by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which has provided an …

The aim of this Special Issue is to further our understanding of development policies and
their relevance in relation to European peripheral areas, by presenting some empirical …

Inner Peripheries is a recent concept based on both peripherality and marginality features,
thus far from the commonly adopted geographical notion of periphery. Inner Peripheries are …

The main goal of this paper is to propose a sound interpretative and policy framework for
'Inner Peripheries' at the EU level. Its ambition is to bridge conceptual approaches to …

The paper fits into the themes of sustainable accessibility planning in urban areas, that can
be defined as the integration of transport and land use planning to achieve sustainable …

Recognised as an important dimension of quality of life, accessibility has gained increasing
attention from research and planning practice in the last decades. Rising concern with …

As an effective means to reduce the isolation experienced by a great share of the rural poor,
the Development Policies Department (POLDEV) of the ILO has been promoting for several …