Perception Survey on quality of life Report on "Cities of tomorrow" in 75 European Cities Report on "Cities of tomorrow" Corinne Hermant de Callataÿ Directorate-General for Regional Policy 'Urban Development and Territorial Cohesion' Unit NUAC Meeting – 26-27 April 2012

Perception Survey on quality of life in 75 European Cities

APPROACH Use of the “eurobarometer flash” toolkit (coordination by our DG Communication) 23 questions (+ new ones in 2009) on "perception" of quality of services + key urban issues in 75 big cities 500 phone interviews per city in 2006 and 2009 (300 phone interviews per city in 2004) Initially addressed via fixed telephone number. Increasing use of mobile telephone numbers EU 27 + HR + TR (+ CH in next survey)

AT 2 BE 3 BG 2 CY 1 CZ 2 DK 2 DE 7 EE 1 EL 2 ES 4 FR 6 FI 2 HU 2 IE 1 IT 6 LT 1 LU 1 LV 1 MT 1 NL 3 PL 4 PT 2 RO 3 SE 2 SI 1 SK 2 UK 6 HR 1 TR 4

3 European surveys already conducted + 2 complementary surveys A first survey had been conducted in 2004 on 31 cities (300 phone interviews) Second survey on 75 European cities in November 2006 Third survey in November 2009 Two complementary surveys conducted in Finland and in Germany

Coordinated Surveys on the Quality of Life in German Cities Comparison between cities (e.g. on environmental issues)

Comparison in time

Cultural services like concert hall, …. Satisfaction / Cultural Facilities

"You feel safe in the city"

2009: new questions such as (in bold) Satisfaction with: Public transport - Health care services offered by doctors and hospitals - Sports facilities - Cultural facilities in [CITY NAME] Public spaces in [CITY NAME] such as markets, squares, pedestrian areas + Agreement/disagreement on a series of statements In [CITY NAME] poverty is a problem Generally speaking, most people in [CITY NAME] can be trusted + 2009: a SPECIFIC module on transport

2009: a new module on transport Q4C: How often do you use public transport in [CITY NAME]? Q4B: Which means of transport do you mostly/ primarily use to go to your working/training place? Q4A: How many minutes per day do you usually spend to go to your working/training place? 8 possible answers (Max = more than 60 minutes) Q4D:Why don't you use public transport? 8 answers (base: the ones who never use pub. transp.)

2012: a new PERCEPTION SURVEY Scheduled for November-December 2012 Balance to be found: Small revisions/new items vs. comparability with previous surveys Number of questions vs. Cost A new contractor: TNS

A new report on Cities of tomorrow

Key messages There is a European model of cities The European model of sustainable urban development is under threat There are opportunities to turn the threats into positive challenges New forms of governance are essential to respond to these urban challenges http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/citiesoftomorrow/index_ en.cfm

Challenges do not respect administrative borders they need to be formulated to concur with our overall objective of sustainable territorial development with liveable cities all across Europe Challenges do not respect administrative borders Challenges cannot be addressed individually their interrelations and contradictions need to be properly understood The administrative city needs to be complemented by a flexible functional geography / urbanised space Multi-scalar governance as a key challenge

Outcomes A final report has been published on 24/10/ 2011 EN, FR, PL already available CN, DE, ES, PT, JP will follow Summary and conclusions in all languages Presentations and proceedings of three workshops Thematic issue papers on urban environmental challenges economic challenges social challenges governance challenges Mapping of urban foresights 10 case studies of “Good policies and practices of cities tackling challenges”

Thank you for your attention Perception survey: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/activity/urban/audit/index_en.cfm Cities of tomorrow: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/citiesoftomorrow/index_en.cfm Thank you for your attention corinne.hermant@ec.europa.eu