These Hypotheses have been developed to serve as a reference for the project analysis and do not claim to fully represent all driving forces of spatial development.

Hypotheses on sustainable spatial development have been synthesized on the basis of the following documents:

1. Strategy Development for the Alpine Space
2. Report on the State of the Alps “Sustainable Rural Development and Innovation” (Summary)
3. Alpine Convention Protocol on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development
4. A resource-efficient Europe – Flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 strategy (COM (2011) 21)
5. Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 (COM (2011) 244 final)
6. European Commission (2011): Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe. COM(2011) 571 final.

List of Hypothesis

The list of topics is based in these two documents:

• The guiding principles for Sustainable Spatial Development for the European continent (CEMAT 2000)
• The Alpine Convention protocol on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development

and adjusted to mountain environments.

List of Topics

List of Keywords