Regional Statistics and Rural Development Working Party

1. Regional Statistics and Rural Development Working Party Latest work in ESPON on: regional, urban, rural and maritime analysis Sandra Di Biaggio Marjan van Herwijnen

2. Content • ESPON 2013 Programme • Overview • Current status • Urban analyses • Overview • Current status • Rural analyses • EDORA project • PURR project • Maritime analyses • ESaTDOR project • Indicators for Territorial Cohesion • Workshop

3. The ESPON 2013 Programme Role in Structural Funds 2007-2013: • Support EU Cohesion Policy development with pan-European, comparable facts and evidence on Territorial Structures, Trends, Perspectives and Policy Impacts, focusing on European Regions and Cities, and revealing territorial capital, potentials and challenges. Budget 2007-13: • 47 mill Euro (ERDF: 34 mill. Euro and 31 countries: 13 mill. Euro) Programme Priorities: • P 1: Applied Research • P 2: Targeted Analyses based on Stakeholder interest • P 3: Scientific Platform and Tools • P 4: Capitalisation

4. Selected Themes of ESPON Actions

5. Programme Delivery Programme Implementation volume: • 25 Applied Research projects • 21 projects ongoing, final or just starting • 4 additional Applied Research projects in the call • 23 Targeted Analyses (defined by stakeholder demand): • 18 ongoing, final or closing • 5 Targeted Analyses included in the call • 10 larger projects under Scientific Platform and Tools: • 4 larger projects ongoing/final • 6 additional larger projects in the call • 6-7 Transnational Networking Activities: • 5 projects ongoing • 1-2 additional projects expected starting early 2012

6. Current Calls for Proposals Calls open from 24 August to 20 October 2011: • 4 Applied Research projects: • European Neighbour Regions (750.000€); • SMS Towns in their Functional Territorial Context (650.000€); • The territorial dimension of Poverty and Social Exclusion (750.000€); • Economic Crises: Resilience of Regions (759.153€) • 5 Targeted Analyses: • Growth Poles in South-East of Europe (360.000€) • Key Indicators for T. Cohesion and Spatial Planning (360.000€) • Liveable Landscapes for Sustainable Territorial Development (379.796,09 €) • Landscape Policy for the 3 Countries (360.000€) • North Sea - Spreading Transnational Results (340.000 €)

7. Current Calls for Proposals Calls open from 24 August to 20 October 2011: • 6 Scientific Platform and Tools projects • EU Territorial Monitoring and Reporting (598.000€) • ESPON Atlas on European Territorial Structures and Dynamics (150.000€) • Detecting Territorial Potential and Challenges (350.000€) • Territorial Evidence Packs for SF Programmes (500.000€) • ESPON Online Mapping Tool (150.000€) • Territorial Monitoring in a European Macro Region – A test for the Baltic Sea Region (360.000€) • 1-2 Transnational Networking Activity projects expected • Total Budget: • 7.417.176,09 €. • The last round of Calls previewed in the ESPON 2013 Programme

8. Urban analyses ESPON projects analysing urban issues: • FOCI: Future Orientation for Cities • EU-LUPA: European Land Use Patterns • SGPTD: Secondary Growth Poles in Territorial Development in Europe: Performance, Policies and Prospects • M4D: Multi Dimensional Database Design and Development • SMESTOs: Small and MEdium Sized Towns

9. Urban analyses ESPON projects analysing urban issues: • FOCI: Future Orientation for Cities and urban agglomerations(P1) • Q: Functionality and development opportunities for European competitiveness and cohesion. • Q: To what extent play cities a role of motor of economic development for their wider hinterland. • O: Change in disparities in the development level between the metropolis and its region • Data: CLC, Urban Atlas, Urban Audit, Perception Survey and Regional Statistics, CORDIS and ORBIS firm database. • Timing: Finished

10. FOCI project • Large cities and surrounding regions(1995-2004) • Most capital cities have gained GDP in comparison to surrounding regions • Regional balance may become a future challenge in some eastern countries

11. Urban analyses ESPON projects analysing urban issues: • EU-LUPA: European Land Use Patterns (P1) • Q: What are the relations between land use patterns (and more specifically urban land use patterns) and drivers of development. • O: Basic regional typologies • O: Land Use Functions Framework • O: Interlink urban form and urban dynamics. • Data: CLC (1990, 2000 and 2006), Dominant Land Cover Type, Corillis, High resolution soil sealing layer, Urban Atlas. • Timing: Interim Report now available; DFR: June 2012

12. EU-LUPA project Foggia – Italy Compacity index: 0.27 Katowice – Poland Compacity index: 0.83 • Urban Sprawl • A variety of urban forms have been covered by the term “urban sprawl” ranging from: contiguous suburban growth, linear patterns of strip development, leapfrog and scattered development. • The approach taken in the current project is to interlink two aspects: urban form and urban dynamics. • Indicators considered to measure urban form and compacity: • Urban form: compacity index and mixed uses. • Density: soil sealing per capita. • Proximity: distance to the city centre. • Indicators considered to measure urban dynamics: • Redevelopment. • Infilling. • Expansion. • Data sources: Urban Atlas and CLC Cremona – Italy Land use mix index: 0.99

13. Urban analyses ESPON projects analysing urban issues: • SGPTD: Secondary Growth Poles in Territorial Development in Europe: Performance, Policies and Prospects (P1) • Q: Identify the range of economic relationships between capital and secondary cities and the different ways of achieving economic development in cities. • O: 124 secondary cities selected using a simple population criterion adapted by country size and, in the larger countries, the scale of their urban systems; • O: Which secondary cities are picking, catching up, and will stay up with or fall behind their respective capitals. • Data: Urban Audit, regional statistics of Eurostat, DG Regio and other ESPON projects. • Timing: Interim Report now available; DFR: February 2012

14. SGPTD project • Total GDP – average annual % change(2000-2007) • A significant number of secondary cities in the EU are putting in strong performances • Gaps with capitals are closing in many countries

15. Urban analyses ESPON projects analysing urban issues: • M4D: Multi Dimensional Database Design and Development (P3) • Q: Integration of different types of urban objects in an ESPON Urban Data Base. • Q: Expertise on the feasibility of building harmonised Functional Areas. • Q: Time-series for urban indicators • O: European Urban Database: UMZ data base, LUZ of Urban Audit, FUAs_DB1,... • O: Functional areas from commuting data, Functional Areas from accessibility data • O: Evaluation of the possibility to construct a model for temporal data (data base modeling) • Data: Eurostat, DG Regio, all ESPON projects and all over Europe / World • Timing: Inception Report delivered; IR1: June 2012; IR2: June 2013; DFR: June 2014

16. Urban analyses: European urban databases

17. Urban analyses ESPON projects analysing urban issues: • SMESTOs: Small and MEdium Sized Towns (P1) • Q: What kind of roles & functions do they perform in the European territorial structure; • Q: What are their potentials and barriers for development; • Q: What type of governance and cooperation arrangements exist at various levels aiming to support their development; • Timing: now in the call for proposals

18. Rural analyses ESPON projects analysing rural issues: • EDORA: European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas (P1) • Q: Better understand patterns of differentiation, between different kinds of rural area. • Q: Nature of the different opportunities for development which each of them faces. • Q: The way in which such opportunities depend upon, and may be strengthened by, interaction between rural and urban areas. • O: The EDORA Cube – a 3 dimensional framework for analysis • O: Three typologies for intermediate and predominantly rural regions that capture the various aspects of rural differentiation • O: Country profiles for all 31 countries involved in ESPON • Data: primarily from DG Regio and Eurostat but also data from national statistical agencies and institutes have been gathered • Timing: Finished

19. EDORA project The EDORA Cube (Patterns of Differentiation) • … more of a three-dimensional framework for analysis, rather than a one-dimensional classification. • The three dimensions are: • Urban-Rural (remote/accessible) • Economic structure (diversification). • Accumulation – Depletion (performance).

20. EDORA project Urban-Rural Types (Nuts3 regions)

21. EDORA project Structural Types (Intermediate andpredominantly ruralNuts3 regions) • Agrarian regions in an arc around eastern and southern edges of EU27 • Rest of European space is a patchwork

22. EDORA project Performance types (Intermediate andpredominantly ruralNuts3 regions) • Agrarian regions and Diversified (sec) regions tend to be relatively low performers (depl.) • Others are high performers

23. Rural analyses ESPON projects analysing rural issues: • PURR: Potential of Rural Regions(P2) • Q: What could be new ways of exploring the territorial potentials of the Stakeholder regions • Q: Combine quantitative information on European level with qualitative and quantitative local information • O: a comparison between the regions has been made using different typologies • Timing: Inception Report now available; Telemark Vidzeme Dumfries & Galloway North Yorkshire CC Wales

24. Maritime analyses ESPON projects analysing maritime issues: • ESaTDOR: European Seas and Territorial Development, Opportunities and Risks(P1) • Q: Identification of patterns of sea use and of types of coastal regions • Q: Analysis and identification of development opportunities in the respective area • Q: Analysis of the relationship between terrestrial and maritime planning seeking optimal practices for maritime governance • O: Map the different types of sea use across Europe to develop typology of coastal/seas regions • O: Identify developmental opportunities (and constraints) for different sea/coastal regions • O: Explore best practice in terms of terrestrial-maritime and maritime governance • Timing: Inception Report available, IR: Sept.2011, DFR: Sept.2012

25. Draft ESPON Maritime Boundaries • Main Challenges: • Availability of data across EU27, ESPON space and neighboring countries • Inconsistency in maritime boundaries – EEZs, MSFD regions, Regional Sea Conventions all cover different areas • Disaggregation of data sets – different scales and relating to different maritime regions • Need for more regional datasets (e.g. data for maritime industries at the NUTS3 level) • Possible solutions: • Explore and highlight areas of good practice (case studies) • Suggest the collection of fundamental datasets at European level • Dialogue and cooperation with DG Mare and other European institutions and organisations

26. Draft Maritime Region Typology: Example • Issues to consider: • Existing Regional Typologies of Coastal Regions • Relationship between populated coastal areas and maritime uses not always clear • Early stages of data collection – at this point a qualitative rather than quantitative approach • Proposal: a 5-category typology based on varying experience related to levels of human use; maritime connections, land sea interactions, environmental conditions and risk, and economic significance.

27. Key Development Opportunities & Risks

28. Indicators for Territorial Cohesion ESPON Workshop “Assessing Indicators for Territorial Cohesion” • Date: 20 October 2011 • Location: DG Regio, Brussels • Organised in cooperation with the INTERCO project • Debate about which concrete indicators can be used to better understand and illustrate different facets of territorial cohesion. • Aim of the workshop is to: • Acquaint the participants with the proposal of main indicators which can be used for different facets of territorial cohesion; • Explore which indicators are most useful, relevant and meaningful for policy making; • Identify key indicators which can be symbolic for certain facets of territorial cohesion; • Discuss how these indicators can be used in practice. • Registration is possible till 14 October 2011 at: www.espon.eu - Events -

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