The ESPON 2006 program has revealed that many questions related to territorial cohesion can not be fully explored at NUTS2 or NUTS3 levels and need further investigations at more local levels LAU1 and LAU2 (former NUTS4 and NUTS5). Case studies providing zoom on specific territories at local level (rural areas, cross border areas, intra-urban differentiation, ) will be more and more requested in ESPON 2013 program for project of priority 2 and, in certain cases, for project of priority 1. It is therefore of utmost importance to be able to collect such type of data in ESPON 2013 Database and.
