The State of European Cities Report

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• The State of European Cities Report

Corinne Hermant-de Callataÿ, DG REGIO, European
Commission Scorus Conference Darmstadt 17
October
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Authors and contributions

• First study (Urban Audit Analysis) contracted to
  ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd (coord.), in
  cooperation with NordRegio and Eurofutures, and
  supported by
• 2 meetings of a scientific committee (5 external
  experts)
• Frequent interactions with the European
  Commission DG REGIO (L. Dijkstra, C. Hermant),
  colleagues from Eurostat (B. Feldmann, D.
  Brandmüller, T. Carlquist) et alii

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Main Chapters

• Demographic profile of Cities
• Competitiveness of Cities
• Living in Cities
• Power of Cities

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• Strong growth in FI, SE, EL and ES.
• Decline in many cities in the new Member States
• Mixed picture in UK, DE, IT and BE

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• Economic wealth is concentrated in capital cities
• Some countries have significant disparities in
  GDP per capita between cities

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Size of the engine
GDP and city size
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Position of typologies
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Methodology / typology
Step 1 Analyse GDP Performance by Size Class
Step 2 Grouping interpretation
Step 3 Adding additional criteria
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Competitiveness Typologies
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Neighbourhood UnemploymentDisparities
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Unemployment in Berlin
Sub-cityanalysis
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• Cities and especially capitals and large cities
  attract a high share of highly educated residents

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• Living space per person shows the east west
  divide in the most striking manner

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The Power of Cities

• Considerations include
• Population
• Administrative structure
• Annual expenditure per resident
• Local share of expenditure as share of total
  expenditure
• Share of municipal authority income from local
  taxation
• Taxes received by local government as of total
  taxes by Member State

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Power of cities mapped
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Conclusion

• This report provides a clear interpretation of
  the wealth of data provided by the Urban Audit
• It facilitates the exchange of experience between
  similar cities through its typology
• It highlights the challenges to social cohesion
  at the urban level
• It provides a first analysis of the power of
  cities

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For more informationcorinne.hermant_at_ec.europa.eu

The report and executive summaries in 7
languages may be downloaded at http//ec.europa.e
u/regional_policy/themes/urban/audit/index_en.htm