This brief collection of quotes has been extracted from the abstracts submitted. In each case only appears the first author.
We should be aware about the interrelatedness of social and economic development processes with spatial structures, facilitating or preventing changes; Peter Ache
The increasingly important arena is the city region which becomes the field of more and more development strategies and experiments; Peter Ache
There are only three seaports that could intercept the new commercial flows generated from the new member states of the European Union: Hamburg, Trieste and Saloniki. Andrea Airoldi
Which kind of strategies do cities with similar features, but in different location, develop? Andrea Airoldi
How do these cities prepare themselves to compete in the new geopolitical scenario? Andrea Airoldi
What is the meaning of being part of the European space?; Andrea Airoldi
The metropolis of the 21 century are facing problems which presents, more or less, the same patterns all over the world: urban sprawl and become more competitive in a Global Scenario; Joao Castro
Is it possible to think in terms of a networks of European regions? Joao Castro
To what extent have the layout of networks influenced, willing or not, the city form and the urban structure of the associated metropolitan and regional areas? Francesc Carbonell
The places of exchange and construction of hybrid identities seem to survive with difficulty, hiding within the folds of existing cities; Alberto Clementi
The traditional city tends to reduce its own role as synthesiser of differences, to be transformed into a territory where heterogeneous populations and urban demarcations extraneous by virtue of their form and rules of functioning coexist; Alberto Clementi
This era is marked by an unusual contraposition of impetuous growth of global interconnections and multiplication of local conflict; Alberto Clementi
The networks act as links between local development systems that interact competitively but also cooperatively; Alberto Clementi
The co-operation between cities is the most realistic antidote to the politics of isolation and defensive entrenchment that today seem even more impractical than in the past; Alberto Clementi
Most people will search for personal meaning, relevance and substance in a public policy position statement, and when they find it, sometimes great mountains of opposition can be moved; David Deans
Let’s acknowledge that broadband networks are the means to an end objective; they are not the essential aim or the ambition that drives people who seek their inherent benefit. David Deans
How the major cities could be nodes of a polycentric model is essential to the territorial development of all Europe; Eduarda Marques da Costa
In some countries the sprawled development of coastal areas contrasts with the depopulation of the interior territory; Eduarda Marques da Costa
The question and the reflection on the consistency of international ICT mobility and of professional transient migrations affecting the city structure will be traced; Anna Ferro
Concentration of settlements and development corridors are the new images of space planning in Europe; Marco Facchinetti
Corridors which are developing particularly in relatively urbanised areas, are often trans-national or cross border, and therefore require an integrated spatial planning approach that also goes beyond purely national policies, involving a new concept of space strictly linked to a new regional approach; Marco Facchinetti
An new phenomenon: the creation of new "regions" between existing places, born trough new infrastructure planning and building, putting together existing things in different ways and giving light to new relations and significance’s, understanding the role of region and local development in interregional transportation planning; Marco Facchinetti
Urban sprawl is a common problem encountered in Europe. It induces high level of car use and, usually, congestion on roads giving access to city centres; Sylvie Gayda
Access to services and recreational areas is an important indicator of urban sustainability and quality of life of the citizens; Carlo Lavalle
The proportion of the residential areas within a walking distance from a larger than 1 ha green area among the European cities, ranges from 50% to 90%. On the other hand in the availability of green recreational areas per inhabitant the differences are even greater. The smallest area/per person is 0.2 acres and the highest more than 4 acres/per person; Carlo Lavalle
Today the different levels of connectivity are crucial to understand systems as complex as cities, and to formulate plans and programmes. Philippe Mathis
How can cities manage the growing flows of people and freight, when planning urban development??.. How can they anticipate the impacts of these flows on the environment an on the quality of life of the citizens? Philippe Mathis
How can European cities consider their position on different scales (European, national, regional, metropolitan or local), having in mind the effects of networks and infrastructures on these various scales? Philippe Mathis
Taking distances into account is not enough: travelling time door to door has to be thought about. Philippe Mathis
Is the compact city the solution for a more sustainable development which minimising the length and cost of utility connections, making railway investments and operation profitable, reducing car dependency? Philippe Mathis