Inner areas matter: A place-sensitive approach for the identification of the Daily Life Spaces in the Italian Abruzzo region

EU Cohesion Policy must be based on appropriate target areas to improve its effectiveness. This is particularly important for inner areas, suffering from a stigmatising spatial representation. We provide a methodology able to describe how inner areas are spatially organised based on the notion of citizens' Daily Life Space. Daily Life Spaces can be used as the territorial unit of analysis for the provision of essential services and the planning of local development policies