Europe in 2030: The Crisis Aftermath Implications for Spatial Strategies Andreu Ulied, MCRIT ESPON Scenarios and Vision project, ET2050 Lead Partner ESPON 2013 Open Seminar : Territorial Co-operation for growth 13 and 14 June 2013 Dublin Castle
What may be the Crisis Aftermath from now to 2030? Regional Disparities?, Global Opennes?, Spatial Polarisation? Which Territorial Strategy for Europe up to 2050? How European Cohesion policy should be reformed? Questions to be discussed:
Politecnico Milano: modelling Baseline Scenario with MASST3 model S&W modelling Exploratory Scenarios with SASI model Reference World Scenario by MCRIT Answers mostly based on ET2050 modelling results...
The Crisis Aftermath... + Regional Disparities?
GDP Growth by MASST3
GDP (International Monetary Fond)
Relative change in GDP per capita /2030
GDP/Cap divergence for selected economies
Total Employment Change
Population Change (due to Labour Migration...)
Ageing
The Crisis Aftermath... + Global Openness?
Trade by companies located in Germany (M€) EUROSTAT
Trade by companies located in Spain (M€)
Spain UK Germany UK France Foreign Investments of EU companies EUROSTAT
The Crisis Aftermath... + Spatial Polarisation? Source : DREWRY, 2008 America Asia 13,3 MTEU 6,7 MTEU 20 MTEU 2,2 MTEU 4,4 MTEU 13,3 MTEU 5,1 MTEU 18,4 MTEU Europe World maritime container traffic. 2008* Top 10 ports 2009
Evolution of Global Accessibility
Evolution of European Accessibility
1) End of Economic Convergence in Europe… 2) Increasing Regional Gaps… 3) Lower Average Salaries and Social Disparities... 4) More Labour Mobility in Europe… 5) Global Reorientation of European Economies… 6) More Polarisation in European Global Gateways… Key Baseline Conclusions...
1.What may be the Crisis Aftermath from now to 2030? 2.Which European Territorial Strategy up to 2050? 3.How European Cohesion policies could be reformed? Second Question...
Exploratory Scenarios and Variants for 2050 Spatial orientation of the scenarios Framework conditions Baseline 1 Economic decline 2 Technical advance 3 Energy/ Climate impacts Promotion of metropolitan areas AA1A2A3 Promotion of large European cities BB1B2B3 Promotion of peripheral regions and medium cities CC1C2C3
Exploratory Scenarios and Variants for 2050
Cohesion and Structural Funds / 2050
GDP (1981=100) Highest and Lowest Growth Scenarios for 2050?
Cohesion: CoV of GDP/capita Crisis Highest Divergence and Highest Convergence?
National polycentricity EU Polycentrism
A2 C2A3 Highest Divergence and Highest Convergence?
Policy Evaluation 28 Sustainability indicators will also be computed by SASI (Energy use & CO2 emissions) C2 B2 A2
According to Danuta Huebner, referring to her native Poland, an EU member since 2004: "It is a different country now. That's thanks to European contributions" How Cohesion polices could be reformed?
+ Sensitivity to economic cycles? + Local, Regional and National institutional empowerment? + Place-based focus towards endogenous development? + More Local and Regional Infrastructure Endowment? + Land-Use Regulations adopted in vulnerable areas? + Investments to Neighboring Countries? How Cohesion polices may be reformed?
“Too seek Europe, is to make it! Europe exists through its search for the infinit -and this is what I call adventure” Zygmunt Bauman, “An Adventure called Europe”
Further information: (working documents)