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<td><span style="color: #808080;"><em><strong>Title:</strong></em></span> Briefing Paper No.4: ESPON – A New Practical European Research Agenda for Territorial and Development</td>
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<td><span style="color: #808080;"><em><strong> Publication Date: </strong></em><span style="color: #000000;">February 2010</span></span></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;"><em><strong>Authors: </strong></em></span>Cliff Hague and Brendan Bartley<span style="color: #000000;"> </span></td>
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<td><span style="color: #888888;"><strong><em>Summary:</em></strong></span> The paper reviews the new ESPON programme, covering the period 2007-2013, in terms  of its contribution to the emerging territorial cohesion agenda of the  European Union.  The paper also provides a synopsis of the evolution of  EU policy from spatial planning in the late 1990s to the current  emphasis on territorial development and cohesion.</td>
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