Berthold Feldmann

1
Urban Audit Data availability Results of the
Think Tank meetings

• Berthold Feldmann

berthold.feldmann_at_cec.eu.int
2
Content of my talk

• Current data availability
• All three spatial levels
• The Think Tank
• Outlook

3
Chapter 1

• Data availability

4
Urban Audit datasetOctober 2005

• 336 variables (raw data) and 283 Indicators
  (derived data)
• For 258 cities in 27 European countries
• Reference years 2001 (complete dataset), 1991
  and 1996 (reduced dataset)
• Quality control finalised September 2005

5
Response rates (Indicators)Maximum 258 cities
All following statistics refer to Period 4
(around 2001)
6
Variables sent by country (percent)
7
Average response rates by theme
8
Core city and LUZ per country(percent)
9
Response rates for sub-city districts
Arrived last Friday!
10
Again, but sorted
Problem area !
11
Chapter 2

• Think Tank meetings

12
Experts from 6 countries

• Dominika Felczak (PL)
• Jean-Luc Lipatz (FR)
• Michal Olexa (SK)
• Matthew Shearing (UK)
• Klaus Trutzel (DE)
• Mathieu Vliegen (NL)

• Three meetings so far
• 15 Sept. 2004
• 2 March 2005
• 8 June 2005

13
Topics discussed

• The list of indicators for the 2006 data
  collection
• Special focus on environmental indicators
• Integrate the UN Urban Indicators?
• Spatial units
• Adding more cities to the Urban Audit
• Meta information and its dissemination
• Ways to fill important data gaps in the database

14
December 2004

• Eurostat decides that the regular collection of
  urban statistics becomes part of its core
  business!
• Consequences
• Human resources
• Grants co-financed by Eurostat and DG REGIO

15
Outlook

• Next Meeting December 2005
• Topics
• The variable list in detail
• The meaning of the flags
• Improve the LUZ definition
• Timing of the 2006 data collection

16
Thanks for listening !

• Any Questions ?