Polycentricity and Regional Development

The new European political target to reduce development disparities and a more appropriate distribution of development funds within regions. In the ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observation Network) since 2006 there have been studies on policentricity. They support the idea that a polycentric urban structure with a more marked character will contribute to more balanced regional development and to increase European competitiveness. However, studies fail ESPON overlap and a common approach to the two concepts, polycentricity and regional competitiveness.region, regional development, regionally polycentricity, territorial competitiveness