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1 The Larger Urban Zone (LUZ)
Torbiörn Carlquist 3/12/2002

2 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

3 Proposals from MS Most MS have made proposals 12 are quite acceptable
2 have misunderstood concept and used the morphological concept

4 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

5 Comparability No absolute comparability
Some countries have larger LUZ than others (ES) LUZ for medium-sized cities sometimes over-stretched (DE)

6 Problems Data availability a restrictive factor
2 UA cities in the same region (“common LUZ”)


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