Teodora Brandmüller Eurostat

1. Future benefits of current investments - enriching the statistical information supply on cities Statistics - Investment in the FuturePrague Teodora Brandmüller Eurostat

3. London (Population)

4. London (Workplace)

5. Greater London (Commuter Flows)

6. European statistics on cities • 1999 - Pilot study of DG REGIO on 58 European cities in EU-15 – “Urban Audit” • 2008 - The Urban Audit III data collection is completed • 2009 – Launching the Urban Audit IV data collection

7. What is the Urban Audit? The Urban Audit is a joint effort by the European Commission and the European Statistical System to provide reliable and comparative statistical information on selected urban areas Characteristics: • Spatial dimension • Indicators dimension

8. Spatial dimension

9. The Past • 58 cities participated in the Urban Audit pilot phase. Paris and London have not been included because of their size.  • For 27 of the 58 cities a Wider Territorial Unit or Conurbation level was defined. • Sub city areas were defined with average populations of around 10,000 but less than 100,000 and more than 2,000.

18. The Present • More then 350 cities participated in the Urban Audit III from 31 countries.   • For 9 out of 10 cities a Larger Urban Zone was defined. • More than 7000 sub city areas were defined with populations less than 40,000 and more than 5,000.

19. Cities participating in the Urban Audit

20. The Future • In the Urban Audit IV we continue to collect data from more than 350 cities.  Few new cities might join. • The Larger Urban Zones will be maintained and revised on a case by case basis. Challenge • Looking for new ways to capture the changing “boundaries” of cities

27. Indicators dimension

28. The Past • Ambitious list of indicators  covering 21 domains • Part-Time Employment in sector Q • Number of shopping trips per year by residents • Annual distance travelled per person by cycle (km) • Proportion of natural gas used by the commercial (service) sector (%) • Sport facilities usage (per resident per year) • Data availability varied from 0% to 100%

29. The Present • Less ambitious list of indicators • Indicators with low data availability were dropped • More then 350 indicators in 9 domains • Data availability still varies from domain to domain  

30. The Future The list of indicators to be used in the future was created based on the following principles • Change as little as possible – to maintain continuity in the data base • Add only a very limited number of indicators • Satisfy user needs, the policy demand • Respect data supply – the Urban Audit remains to be a secondary data collection

31. Review of indicators Demand • Review policy need • Consult stakeholders • Contributions received from: • DG ENVIRONMENT • EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (EEA) • DG HEALTH • DG ENTERPRISE • DG TRANSPORT • DG EMPLOYMENT • EUROSTAT TEAM FOR WASTE STATISTICS • EUROSTAT TEAM FOR WATER INDICATORS • EUROSTAT TEAM FOR CULTURE • EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS (ACE) Supply • Review what is available • Consult stakeholders • Contributions received from: • National Urban Audit Co-ordinators • EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (EEA) • EUROSTAT GISCO TEAM

33. Evaluation matrix Data should not be collected Data to be collected in the Urban Audit LowData availabilityHigh Data to be collected with other methods LowPolicy relevanceHigh

34. Data not to be collected

35. New Indicators to be collected • Median population age • Number of persons born abroad (not only nationals), broken down by continent • Proportion of households with at least 3 children less than 17 years old • Number of unemployed person households with children • Suicide rate (by age groups) • Number of general practitioners • Number of specialist doctors • The employment rates by gender with/without children (0-17) • Number of enterprises that had a revenue increase last year (size class >250 employees) • Employment growth last year (size class 1-250 employees) • Employment growth last year (size class >250 employees) • Average size of school classes • Percentage of population exposed to concentrations in exceedance for fine particles PM2.5 • Proportion of solid waste which is composted

36. Indicators to be collected in the Future with other methods • Frequency of extreme weather conditions • Number of days of peak heat • Maximum number of consecutive days without rain • People affected by health problems due to extreme weather conditions • Emissions from domestic heating (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOX) • Transport emissions (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOX) • Proportion of solid waste produced by construction • Demolition waste; Industrial waste • Total surface area of the sites classified as potentially contaminated sites • Primary energy demand (toe) by fuel • Final energy consumption (toe) by fuel • Electricity demand per capita (kWh/capita) • Consumption of renewable energies by source percent of total consumption)

40. Alternative methods to collect data on cities – The Urban Atlas • Reference year 2006 +- 1 year • Goal cover all Urban Audit Larger Urban Zones • Ideally, updating should be less expensive and could be envisaged every 3 years • Next update for reference year 2011

44. The Urban Atlas Possible new indicators • Land use in cities • Urban sprawl • Green space availability • Accessibility • …

45. Thank you for your attention! Teodora Brandmuller teodora.brandmueller@ec.europa.eu Eurostat Unit E4