Competitiveness in sustainability in the development strategy of the Abruzzi Region

Political strategic actions arising from the Lisbon (200-2009) and Gothenburg (2001) strategies are going to be re-launched under the Europe2020 flags. European countries and regions are reacting differently, offering many possible potential solutions to be more competitive, sustainable and cohesive. In Italy, where these addresses add up to the institutional changes and reforms, new guidelines, approaches, proposals and initiatives are needed in order to identify regional and local capabilities. This would increase stronger relationship between territorial dimension and an innovative, inclusive and sustainable economy.This book provides analysis, reccomendations, data, indicators and a methodological key-tool to sustain researchers, stakeholders, practitioners and policy-makers to make territorial cohesive choices able to face Europe challenges according to the results of trans-national researcher and to the contributions developed by the italian Geographers Association /A.Ge.I) in the field of Economic Geography. [...]