ResourcesPlanningDevelopment

One of the relevant factors for the development of all EU countries and regions is their different endowments of human, natural, geographical and intangible resources.

Considering, in particular, natural and geographic resources, these disparities generally call for specific policies for certain sectors (water, energy, environment, forest, etc) which have a national or trans-national dimension but must also take into account the different regional endowments or the different regional effects that of national policies. This is one of the central issues in territorial planning. In the year 2006, a number of important policy debates on this interaction between development and territorial planning will take place in Portugal: a new EU financial framework will be built, the first National Territorial Planning Program (PNPOT) will be discussed, different Regional Territorial Plans (PROT) and Municipal Zoning Plans (PDM) will start to come to light…

The 12º Congress of APDR, to be held in Viseu, will be a good opportunity to debate these issues of territorial planning and its relation to the regional and local development of the country.

Following an established tradition of these Congresses, a number of other regional science hot issues will have dedicated parallel sessions.

Proposed Parallel Sessions:

  • Resources, Planning and Regional Development
  • Knowledge, Innovation and Technology
  • Entrepreneurship and Regional Capacity Building
  • Urban Policies
  • Globalization and Local and Regional Governance
  • Transports, Communications and Development
  • Natural Resources, Tourism and Territorial Planning
  • Cities, Culture and Development
  • The Future of Rural Areas in Europe and in Portugal
  • Demographic Resources and Local and Regional Development
  • Decentralization, Public Service and Local Finance
  • Regions and Development in International Contexts
  • Location, Interregional Flows and Competitiveness
  • Case Studies in Local Development
  • Sector Analysis, Planning and Territory
  • Session ATI: Territorial Attractiveness and Innovation