The protected natural areas, by their aesthetic, recreational, educational and scientific valences, represent extremely attractive tourist destinations, some of them unique at international level. Their touristic exploitation has different forms from a country to another, from a type of...

This paper explores whether socio-economic convergence occurs in the EU, at both national and regional level. Using data for NUTS 2 regions for disposable income, unemployment rates, incidence of households with low work intensity, and internal migration, we calculate coefficients of variations...