Modeling and simulation of Cohesion Policy funding and regional growth diffusion in an enlarged European Union

Sébastien Bourdin (1)

1 Métis Lab EM Normandie

The dilemma between equity and competitiveness has created concerns about the future of redistribution of European regional policy funding. The objective of this chapter is to estimate the spatial expression of convergence and regional growth in the European Union. After contextualizing the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007, this study uses spatial statistics and the simulation platform GeoCells, the goal of which is to analyze two alternatives for future economic development of the EU.

Mots clés: cellular automata; cohesion policy; regional disparities; equity and competitiveness

Domaines: Géographie

Sébastien Bourdin. Modeling and simulation of Cohesion Policy funding and regional growth diffusion in an enlarged European Union. Spatial Analysis and Location Modeling in Urban and Regional Systems, 2018. ⟨hal-02066300⟩