Strengthening smaller and medium-sized towns – together in Europe (SMTs)

nd medium-sized towns as interfaces between urban and rural areas in national and European strategies for urban and spatial development. Stakeholders engaged in spatial and urban planning and related policy development shall benefit from the findings of this study by getting a clearer understanding

of the roles that small and medium-sized towns play in the everyday life of people, and therefore the consideration they should be given in strategies and funding programmes to achieve a balanced and cohesive territorial development, both i