A Health Check for European Cities The Urban Audit A Health Check for European Cities Press Conference 11:30-12:00 23 September 2008
European cities 60 % of the population –approximately 300 mio. people live in cities over 50 000 inhabitants + urban agglomerations
Cities involved Pilot project Growing scope: from 58 to 321 cities (EU 27) and 41 non-EU cities (CH, NO, HR, and TR) Urban Audit I Urban Audit II
420.000 statistics on 330 indicators Fields 420.000 statistics on 330 indicators Demography (52) Social (44) Economy (73) Civic Involvement (18) Training and Education (19) Environment (53) Travel and Transport (36) Information Society (14) Culture and Recreation (21)
Shrinking cities
Growing/shrinking
Growing cities
High unemployment in many city centres Hamburg: Unemployment rate (%) in 2004 High unemployment in many city centres
Unemployment
Unemployment
Housing Housing disparities within city centres
Environment
Transport
A tool for ranking The web site: www.urbanaudit.org