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The Challenges of Being Left Behind: Peripheralisation in English Small Rural Towns

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Rural small towns have long been viewed as places of retail and service provision for both their populations and people in surrounding rural hinterlands, although in many countries these roles are in decline, with these settlements increasingly viewed as ‘left behind places’ experiencing peripheralisation.
Martin Phillips
wiley   +1 more source

European urban polycentrism: a multiscale typology [PDF]

open access: yesGeographica Helvetica
Several publications of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) suggest that one should be aiming at a polycentric urban system, albeit one which does not unambiguously display properties of territorial development (Vandermotten 2003 ...
C. Rozenblat
doaj   +1 more source

Unveiling Growth in Nearshoring Regions

open access: yesGrowth and Change, Volume 56, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT During recent new challenges, like economic crises, the global pandemic, Ukraine‐Russia and Middle East conflicts, Global Value Chains (GVCs) have shown their fragility and vulnerability, prompting authorities to advocate nearshoring for greater security and efficiency.
Roberta Capello, Roberto Dellisanti
wiley   +1 more source

A methodological concept for territorial impact assessment applied to three EU environmental policy elements

open access: yesRaumforschung und Raumordnung, 2008
EU policies require either impact assessment or evaluation, depending on the character of the policy elements. A relatively new requirement is the need to assess the territorial impacts of a policy as proposed in the European Spatial Development ...
Stefan Greiving   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disruption of Sulfur Metabolism and Redox Homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus Using Mechanically Robust Antibiofilm Ti‐Bi Alloys

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, Volume 12, Issue 22, November 22, 2025.
Titanium (Ti) and bismuth (Bi) are selected as alloying elements for the preparation of the Ti‐Bi binary alloy system. Biofilm formation is found to be inhibited by bismuth through the disruption of sulfur metabolism and redox homeostasis, as well as through the direct downregulation of biofilm‐associated proteins.
Lei Shi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconsidering Cohesion Policy : the Contested debate on Territorial Cohesion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The incorporation of territorial cohesion as a regional policy objective has focused attention on the potential role of territorial cooperation in pursuing this goal.
Bachtler, John   +2 more
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Społeczeństwo informacyjne w przestrzeni Europy

open access: yesStudia Regionalne i Lokalne, 2007
Zjawisko społeczeństwa informacyjnego (SI) stanowi przedmiot zainteresowania wielu dziedzin nauki, w tym geografii, ekonomii, a także socjologii. Na tle różnych badań dotyczących społeczeństwa informacyjnego projekt ESPON 1.2.3 wyróżnia się tematycznym i
Agnieszka Olechnicka, Grzegorz Gorzelak
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Social Infrastructure in Southern Europe: A Diagnostic Tool for Socio‐Territorial Vulnerability in Public Policies

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue S1, Page 810-822, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The dominant neoliberal management model in major European cities has led to a growing trend toward socio‐economic inequality, with its spatial dimensions highlighting clear contradictions. These social contradictions affect over a quarter of the Spanish population, particularly in the region of Andalusia (Southern Spain), with certain ...
Ricardo Iglesias‐Pascual   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Nature of the Beast: Re-Charting Political Geographies of the European Union. Swedish Society for Antropology and Geography, 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This review paper begins with the premise that since the European Union remains a process of construction with no agreed or pre-designated end-point, its power structure is open to a diverse range of interpretations. Moreover, the apparent novelty of the
Siddaway, James D.
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Contribuţii recente ale INCD URBAN-INCERC, sucursala URBANPROIECT la cercetarea teritorială naţională şi europeană [PDF]

open access: yesUrbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2010
The paper summarizes the involvement of the National Research and Development Institute URBAN-INCERC, URBANPROIECT branch, in developing studies and research projects relevant to the national and European territorial development. The projects, ongoing or
Ion Peleanu   +8 more
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