1. Accessibility Patterns, Transport Infrastructure
ESPON Internal Seminar 2012
“Territorial Development Opportunities in Europe and its
Neighbourhood to Foster Global Competitiveness”
Parallel Workshop Session: Workshop 2.1
Accessibility Patterns, Transport Infrastructure

2. Airports – Number of destinations served
Accessibility: a central agglomeration benefit and driver in the economic and social development of places.
Air accessibility: Europe appears as a mosaic.
Dynamic modifications of airline destinations changed regional accessibility by air (positive and negative direction):
low cost air carriers  risks in terms of long-term air accessibility improvement.
large international airports  ensure a stable position of air accessibility.
Different modes of transport create different patterns of accessibility.
Air connections seem to support European polycentric development and world integration.

3. Workshop 2.1 – Key questions for ESPON projects
Keywords:
Access to services and resources, ICT, Accessibility patterns of the various transport modes, types and scales
Questions:
What are the main territorial trends or observations from your project - for Europe, its regions and cities - in relation to “access to services and resources, ICT, accessibility patterns”?
2. How do developments in Europe´s neighbourhood influence the territorial development in Europe and vice-versa?
3. What opportunities and challenges exists for Europe and its neighbourhood for increasing competitiveness through further cooperation and integration?