For most flows, the average distance increases as one moves away from the European core towards the periphery of ESPON space. The longer the average distance for a given flow, the more visible the centre-periphery system becomes for the entire ESPON space. However, for shorter-range flows, there might be a different system than the dominant one.
The people basket is much more diversified internally, between flows, in the context of average distances, than the goods/capital/services basket. For air-passenger flows, green dominates the map, because most of the regions where airports are located are small ports that transport mainly passengers to larger hubs, over rather short distances. Examples are airports located in northern Scandinavia where most connections are domestic. On the other hand, in particular in tourist regions of southern Europe, numerous long-distance charter flights make it impossible to talk about the traditional core-periphery pattern for air passengers in ESPON space.
Theme(s): Economy, finance and trade - Population and living conditions - Population and Living Conditions
| Spatial Extent | Nomenclature | ||
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| name | version | level | |
| EU27+4EFTA+UK | NUTS | 2016 | 2 |
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