Cross-border accessibility and local development in Portugal and Spain

  1. Fontes, Maria Joao
  2. Ribeiro, Anabela 1
  3. Silva, Jorge 2
  4. Mayor Fernández, Matías 3
  1. 1 Universidade de Coimbra
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    Universidade de Coimbra

    Coímbra, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/04z8k9a98

    Geographic location of the organization Universidade de Coimbra
  2. 2 Universidade da Beira Interior
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    Universidade da Beira Interior

    Covilhã, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/03nf36p02

    Geographic location of the organization Universidade da Beira Interior
  3. 3 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Oviedo
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Journal:
Estadística española

ISSN: 0014-1151

Year of publication: 2013

Volume: 55

Issue: 180

Pages: 77-94

Type: Article

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Abstract

One of the EU major concerns is cohesion and cross-border regional development. Usually cross-border regions are less dynamic, acting as bottlenecks mainly in peripheral territories. This paper is focused on the Portuguese-Spanish border using socio-economic and accessibility data. It considers Spatial Econometrics to produce statistical evidence on the relationship between accessibility and development at a local scale. A pilot study is conducted on North and Center region using variables such as population age, graduation characteristics, migrations, unemployment and daily accessibility to main towns. In the future this evaluation will be applied to the entire cross-border area between Portugal and Spain.

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