Abstract

The policy priorities of European Union Regional Policy, particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), shifted significantly between the 2000-06 and 2007-13 programming periods. The former period was based on a redistributive mechanism favouring the least favoured regions; the latter period was based mainly on growth-oriented objectives for all regions across the European Union. Focusing upon islands, mountains and sparsely populated regions, this paper explores the extent to which the shift in policy focus towards promoting growth' influenced the way in which the ERDF was used (or not) in these regions. The findings raise a number of policy insights related to addressing the inherent territorial tensions' in European Union Regional Policy.

Keywords

specific geographical features; European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Islands; mountains; sparsely populated regions

Published in

Regional Studies
2019, Volume: 53, number: 8, pages: 1221-1230
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU Authors

• Dubois, Alexandre

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Human Geography


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1495323

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/101025