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The Larger Urban Zone (LUZ)
Torbiörn Carlquist 3/12/2002
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Background LUZ Urban WP Nov 2001 Concept of Functional Urban Region
Approximate this with NUTS 3 or 4 WTU concept not used in UA pilot Reduced variable list
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Proposals from MS Most MS have made proposals 12 are quite acceptable
2 have misunderstood concept and used the morphological concept
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Building block NUTS level 3 or 4: 9 countries
NUTS level 5: 3 countries Other: France: aires urbaines FI, SE: Metropolitan areas SE: Labour Market Areas
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Comparability No absolute comparability
Some countries have larger LUZ than others (ES) LUZ for medium-sized cities sometimes over-stretched (DE)
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Problems Data availability a restrictive factor
2 UA cities in the same region (“common LUZ”)
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