estonia-2030_en

ContentsIntroduction ................................................................................................... 51. Major future trends impacting on the development of the nation .... 61.1. Global trends ....................................................................................................... 61.2. EU policy ............................................................................................................. 81.3. Potential impact of the trends on Estonia’s spatial structure .............................. 92. Estonia 2030 vision ............................................................................ 133. Balanced and sustainable development of settlement ...................... 163.1. Main objectives for shaping settlement .............................................................. 173.2. Shaping living and economic environments that are supported by the existingsettlement structure and provide options .......................................................... 173.2.1. Settlement structure and its evolution ....................................................... 173.2.2. National and regional competitiveness ....................................................... 193.2.3. Quality of the living environment ............................................................... 213.3. Ensuring the availability of jobs, educational institutions and various servicesby means of linkage within and between daily activity spaces ............................ 233.3.1. Bases for distinguishing daily activity spaces .............................................. 243.3.2. Evolution of daily activity spaces ................................................................ 253.3.3. Linkage of daily activity spaces ................................................................... 274. Good, convenient mobility facilities .................................................. 304.1. Main objectives for shaping the development of transport ................................ 314.2. The availability of services, educational institutions and jobs is providedby the linkage within and between daily activity spaces by means ofsustainable transport modes .............................................................................. 314.2.1. Ensuring the cohesiveness within daily activity spaces ................................ 314.2.2. Provision of mobility facilities in urban areas .............................................. 334.2.3. Provision of mobility facilities for low-density settlement ........................... 344.2.4. Reciprocal linkage of daily activity spaces ................................................... 34