Selection of cities Anastasios Maroudas Eurogramme Working party meeting on “Urban Statistics” Document E4/URBAN/2001/7_EN Luxembourg, 19-20 November 2001

Outline Pilot phase Medium-sized cities Large-sized cities Cities of the candidate countries

Pilot phase 58 cities Largest cities in each Member State Population target 15% London and Paris were not included due to their large size and tight time schedule

Proposal for Urban Audit II The next steps, regarding the coverage of the Urban Audit should be: London and Paris The cities next to size to the ones previously selected Small and medium-sized cities Cities of candidate countries

Medium-sized cities 62 million people or more than 17% of the EU population live in medium-sized cities

Medium-sized cities National Statistical Offices to provide a representative sample corresponding to 5% of the population in these cities Target: even geographical distribution E.g. Regional capitals, peripheral cities

5% of the medium-sized cities could mean: Belgium 2 Denmark 2 Germany 7 Greece 2 Spain 5 France 6 Ireland 2 Italy 6 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands 2 Austria 2 Portugal 2 Finland 2 Sweden 2 United Kingdom 7

Large-sized cities 58 cities of the pilot phase London and Paris Targeted population coverage, approximately 20% Around 100 large-sized cities More balanced population coverage between the Member States

Pilot phase

Proposal

Proposal for large cities

Proposal for large cities

An example: France and Belgium

Participating cities in Urban Audit II If Eurostat’s proposal is followed…

Cities of the candidate countries Candidate countries are invited to participate on a voluntary basis Data for cities of the candidate countries, especially their capitals will enhance the representativeness of Urban Audit

Summary Medium-sized cities London and Paris Large-sized cities Candidate countries cities Improved representativeness