1. Management of territorial classifications
LAU – DEGURBA – Cities
Oliver Heiden Eurostat.E4
WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – 2014 October

2. Harmonised spatial concept (1)
Densely populated
Urban clusters
1 km2 Population grid
GRID
High density clusters
LAU & DEGURBA
Rural
Intermediate
Urban Statistics
Cities, Greater cities
October 2014

3. Correspondence tables (start: Census)
NUTS_3
LAU1_ CODE
LAU2_CODE
NAME_1
NAME_2_LAT
DEG-URBA
COAS-TAL
GRD_ POPL
URB_ CLST_GRD_ POPL
HDENS_CLST_ GRD_ POPL
URAU_ CITY_ID
URAU_ CITY_ NAME
URAU_ KERNEL_ID
URAU_ KERNEL_NAME
URAU_ FUA_ID
URAU_ FUA_NAME
BE100
n.a.
21001
Anderlecht 1
101377
101220
99767
BE001C1
Bruxelles / Brussel
BE001L2
21002
Auderghem
Oudergem
28879
28807
21003
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
Sint-Agatha-Berchem
17604
21004
Bruxelles
Brussel
163438
163219
161321
21005
Etterbeek
34384
21018
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
48565
21019
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Sint-Pieters-Woluwe
49315
48590
BE211
11001
Aartselaar 2
15940
15600
BE002L2
Antwerpen
11002
Anvers
462098
459804
431807
BE002C1
October 2014

4. Harmonised spatial concept (2)
DEGURBA
LAU
Cities
October 2014

5.       Changes (1) GRID LAU & DEGURBA
Densely populated
Urban clusters
1 km2 Population grid
GRID 
High density clusters 
LAU & DEGURBA
Rural
Intermediate 
Urban Statistics Definitions
Cities, Greater cities   
= new Grid
= LAU changes
= City changes
October 2014

6.    Changes (2) New Grid – multi-annual LAU changes – annual
When new population grid is available
To be done by Eurostat
LAU changes – annual
Merges, splits and boundary changes
May lead to changes in DEGURBA and Coastal typologies
Changes in DEGURBA may lead to City changes
City changes – annual
Change in population may lead to new cities
New city leads to changes in DEGRUBA of its LAUs  
October 2014

7. Changes (3): Proposed workflow (Page 5 of E4/REG/2014/52)
ALL NSI send to Eurostat BY 30 JUNE
LAU list via EDAMIS
Information about
LAU changes (Yes/No, if Yes details)
City boundary changes (Yes/No, if Yes details)
Emerging city (Yes/No, if Yes details)
Eurostat validates
Checks coherency between cities and DEGURBA codes
Assigns new codes (if necessary) & publishes LAU list
October 2014

8. Thank you for your attention!
More information on CIRCABC:
Contact:
October 2014