1. Selection of cities Anastasios Maroudas Eurogramme
Working party meeting on “Urban Statistics”
Document E4/URBAN/2001/7_EN
Luxembourg, November 2001

2. Outline Pilot phase Medium-sized cities Large-sized cities
Cities of the candidate countries

3. Pilot phase 58 cities Largest cities in each Member State
Population target 15%
London and Paris were not included due to their large size and tight time schedule

4. Proposal for Urban Audit II
The next steps, regarding the coverage of the Urban Audit should be:
London and Paris
The cities next to size to the ones previously selected
Small and medium-sized cities
Cities of candidate countries

5. Medium-sized cities
62 million people or more than 17% of the EU population live in medium-sized cities

6. Medium-sized cities
National Statistical Offices to provide a representative sample corresponding to 5% of the population in these cities
Target: even geographical distribution
E.g. Regional capitals, peripheral cities

7. 5% of the medium-sized cities could mean:
Belgium 2
Denmark 2
Germany 7
Greece 2
Spain 5
France 6
Ireland 2
Italy 6
Luxembourg 1
Netherlands 2
Austria 2
Portugal 2
Finland 2
Sweden 2
United Kingdom 7

8. Large-sized cities 58 cities of the pilot phase London and Paris
Targeted population coverage, approximately 20%
Around 100 large-sized cities
More balanced population coverage between the Member States

9. Pilot phase

10. Proposal

11. Proposal for large cities

12. Proposal for large cities

13. An example: France and Belgium

14. Participating cities in Urban Audit II If Eurostat’s proposal is followed…

15. Cities of the candidate countries
Candidate countries are invited to participate on a voluntary basis
Data for cities of the candidate countries, especially their capitals will enhance the representativeness of Urban Audit

16. Summary Medium-sized cities London and Paris Large-sized cities
Candidate countries cities
Improved representativeness