Moving towards more stable characteristics and typology? City attributes Moving towards more stable characteristics and typology?
City centre size Total centre population Centre population inside city boundaries Centre population inside city boundaries plus centre population closest to city boundary
City centre – city – greater city One centre - one city (+ one greater city) One centre - multiple cities (+ one greater city) Multiple centres - multiple cities (+ one greater city) Cities without a centre
What to report Exact centre population Rounded centre population % of city population in centre % of centre population in city City centre Population: S 50 000 – 100 000 M 100 000 - 250 000 L 250 000 - 500 000 XL 500 000 - 1 000 000 XXL 1 000 000 - 5 000 000 Global City >5 000 000
City and Larger Urban Zone Only city in a larger urban zone Main city in a larger urban zone Smaller city in a larger urban zone
Proximity to other cities Only city in a region Biggest city in a region Smaller city close to a big city Measured using driving times isochromes
Political function National capital Region capital (NUTS 1) (if used) Other capital (necessary?) Other cities
Centrally collected data Population 1960-2010 Air pollution Access to passenger flights Access to green urban areas Access to train, tram and metro stations Other data from RRGB
BBR data on metropolitan areas Sport stadium Conference halls Fortune 500 companies HQs Operas NGOs and international organisations Governments Banks http://www.bbsr.bund.de/nn_23582/BBSR/EN/Publications/OnlinePublications/2011/DL__ON012011,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/DL_ON012011.pdf