1. Other urban data collections
Urban Atlas
Perception Survey
Other work

2. Urban Atlas 2nd round A joint project EEA, ESA, GMES and REGIO.
Create high resolution land cover/land use maps based on a common methodology and changes
Covers 305 major European agglomerations included in the first round, based on the revised Urban Audit's Larger Urban Zones
Imagery reference year: 2011 (+/- 1 year)
Project duration:

3. Main features Thematic classes based on CORINE Land Cover nomenclature
But more specific for built-up areas, and less specific outside urban areas
Geometric resolution of 1:10,000
Minimum mapping unit of 0.25 ha in urban areas, 1 ha in other areas

4. CORINE Land Cover

5. Urban Atlas

6. SPOT / ALOS images

7. Production Mix of automatic classification and photo-interpretation
Various data sources used, depending on thematic classes

8. Thematic classes
Residential areas: use of soil sealing layer to distinguish between density classes

9. Thematic classes Non-residential urban areas
Detailed transport network layer (COTS)
Local maps as auxiliary source of information

10. Thematic classes Other classes
Less thematic detail for agricultural, natural and forest areas (and MMU 1 ha)

11. Perception survey on quality of life
Covering 78 cities in Europe
Perception survey on quality of life

12. APPROACH
Use of the “eurobarometer flash” toolkit (coordination by our DG Communication)
23 questions (+ new ones in 2009) on "perception" of quality of services
500 phone interviews per city in 2006 and (300 phone interviews per city in 2004)
Initially addressed via fixed telephone number. Increasing use of mobile telephone numbers
EU 27 + HR + TR (+ CH, IS, NO in 2012 survey)

13. 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

14. 3 European surveys 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
New one will be launched in November 2012

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

16. Perception survey:

17. Other work

18. Local population data 1960-2011
Feasibility study was promising
New call launched with the goal to collect population data for the 2011 Local administrative units (LAU) for the years 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2011
Will require estimating impact of changes in boundaries, fortunately most the changes concern mergers
Data will be published end 2013

19. Smallest territorial unit 2011
Collection of digital boundaries
Collection population data (and other data)
Limits response burden by only collection data scheduled to be released anyway
Will improve disaggregation grids
And accessibility indicators at urban and regional level
Provide insight through additional data at this level

20. Analysis by the REGional policy dg

21. Proximity of green urban areas: methodology
Population estimates by Urban Atlas polygon
Identify location and surface of green urban areas
Determine accessibility zones for pedestrians, starting from inhabited Urban Atlas polygons
Quantify the availability of green areas which can be reached within the accessibility zones
Summarise the proximity indicator at city level

22. Green urban areas Urban Atlas class 1.4.1 + forests (class 3)
Bigger parks are often split by paths, but should be considered as one entity
Assemble the bigger parks by “deleting” the intersecting paths
Calculate the total surface of each green urban area

23. Accessibility zones for populated areas
Selection on the street network: omitting the roads without pedestrian access
Around each inhabited Urban Atlas polygon, an accessibility area is calculated, using the street network, and corresponding to 15 minutes of walking time.

24. Available green urban areas
For each inhabited Urban Atlas polygon, we sum the surface of the green urban areas which can be reached within 15 minutes of walking
Total surface of available green areas becomes an attribute of the Urban Atlas polygons
City average: population-weighted average available surface within 15 minutes walking time

25. Green urban areas accessible from a populated Urban Atlas polygon

28. Summary results for selected Urban Audit cities/kernels *
Average surface of green urban areas, close to population
Vienna
1,895,197 m²
Brussels
929,494 m²
Copenhagen (kernel)
725,933 m²
Stockholm (city)
485,457 m²
Stockholm (kernel)
793,538 m²
London
612,699 m²
* Urban Audit city/kernel definitions 2004

29. Copenhagen
Relationship between available green areas and population distribution
Height = population density

30. Relationship between green urban areas and population distribution

32. Proximity to public transport
How many people live at walking distance of public transport access points?
Railway stations: 15 minutes walking time
Metro and suburban rail: 10 minutes walking time
Tram stops: 5 minutes walking time
Bus stops: no complete or reliable information available = not taken into account

33. Basic public transport data
Data availability has been checked for capital cities and some additional major cities:
Railway stations, suburban rail and metro stations: TeleAtlas
Tram stops: OpenStreetMap

34. Methodology
Define accessibility areas around public transport access points, using walking distance via the street network
Overlay these areas with the populated Urban Atlas polygons, and calculate the population living close to the access points
Express the proximity as % of total population (at city level, or at the level of neighbourhoods)

37. City comparisons