Indicator Fact Sheet

Regional access to markets

Indicator Fact Sheet

Prod-ID: IND-235-en

Also known as: TERM 015

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Topics: Transport

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Assessment made on 01 Jan 2001

Generic metadata

Classification

Topics:

Transport

DPSIR: Driving force

Identification

Indicator codes

TERM 015

Contents

Policy issue: Ensure balanced accessibility of regions and markets by different modes of transport

Figures

Accessibility by road to population, 1996

Key assessment

Access to European markets (i.e. to population, job opportunities etc.) varies significantly among the EU regions - as does GDP - and is highest in north-western Europe. Studies on the link between the transport infrastructure and services and regional development are inconclusive as regards the extent to which transport infrastructure actually leads to growth in economic welfare and strengthens cohesion among regions.