Niederer Peter

ACCESS - Improving Accessibility of Services of General Interest – Organisational Innovations in Rural Mountain Areas

Project Number: CH-4007

Project Type:	Coordinating_Project
Project Duration:	09/01/2008 - 08/31/2011 project completed
Funding Source:	EU ,
Project Leader:	Herr Peter Niederer

related to this project.

for which the project has a relevance.

Research Areas:

Governance

Disciplines:

Legal and Social sciences, Economics
Social geography and Ecology

Keywords:
Accessibility, Public services, Urban-rural partnership, Governance

Abstract:
The maintenance of a spatially and socially equal accessibility to services of general interest (SGI) is a core issue to the functionality of mountain areas. However, the ongoing territorial concentration of SGI leads to a vicious circle of further deterioration in the quality of provision which in turn causes a decreasing demand of the existing services. The withdrawal of SGI has many negative consequences for the affected regions of which a reduced functionality, competitiveness and a higher amount of motorised mobility are the most pertinent. The ACCESS project therefore aims at improving the accessibility to SGI in sparsely populated, mountain areas. This will be done mainly by finding new forms of organisation of SGI, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and fostering demand oriented, integrated mobility systems. To achieve these ambitious goals, ACCESS builds on a transnational approach and on participatory methodologies to assess the specific demands of stakeholders on different levels.

URL: http://www.access-alpinespace.com/

Publications:
report in English
Bericht Deutsch


Last update: 7/18/17
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
Update the data of project: CH-4007

Go Back