The Cohesion policy for the programming period 2014-2020 is analyzed in terms of its likely land use and environmental impacts using the Land Use Modelling Platform (LUMP). This report describes in detail the process and the methodology by which the ex-ante impact assessment was made, and...

Improving social sustainability within Europe and abroad is among the founding premises of the European Union. European Commission external policy documents - in particular, those associated with trade and development - explicitly call for the use of policy instruments as a means of improving...