ESPON Internal Seminar

30.11.2011, Kraków

Vanessa Rousseaux, University of Geneva

Erik Gløersen, Spatial Foresight

INTERCO Indicators of Territorial Cohesion

Aim:

To develop indicators and indices that can be used to measure territorial cohesion, complex territorial development, structural issues, territorial challenges and opportunities as well as territorial effects at different geographical levels and types of regions.

Main challenges:

- Find a shared understanding of territorial cohesion (TC) and of means to achieve it.

- Define what to measure and how

Project background

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Partners

– University of Geneva, SWITZERLAND (Lead)

– National Technical University of Athens, GREECE

– Nordregio ‐ Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, Stockholm, SWEDEN

Experts

– Spatial Foresight, Heisdorf, LUXEMBOURG

– RRG Spatial Planning and Geoinformation, Oldenburg i.H., GERMANY

Timeframe

Draft Final Report December 2011

Final Report February 2012

Project background

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Selection process

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Data availability

UsePolicy relevance INTERCO Territorial objectives

Final set of indicators

EU key / territorial strategies

Well-being Framework

Participatory approach

Sub-national level, time series, coverage

Wishlist

Initial set of indicators (>600)

- Strong local economies ensuring global competitiveness

- Innovative territories

- Fair access to services, market and jobs

- Inclusion and quality of life

- Attractive regions of high ecological values

- Integrated polycentric territorial development

INTERCO territorial objectives6 territorial political priorities towards cohesion

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Final sets of indicators (1/3)

Employment rate 20-64

Intramural expenditures on R&D

Population aged 25-64 with tertiary educationInnovative territories  

Old age dependency ratio

Overall unemployment rate

GDP per capita in PPP

Labour productivity in industry and servicesStrong local economies ensuring global competitiveness   

IndicatorsTerritorial objectives

Final sets of indicators (2/3)

Ageing index

Different female-male unemployment rate

Gender imbalances

Proportion of early school leavers

Life expectancy at birh

Disposable household incomeInclusion and quality of life     

Accessibility potential by air

Accessibility potential by rail

Accessibility potential by road

Access to university

Accessibility of grocery services

Access to hospitals

Access to compulsory schoolFair access to services, market and jobs      

IndicatorsTerritorial objectives

Final sets of indicators (3/3)

Polycentricity index

Cooperation degree (the number of regions cooperating with each other, from ESPON TERCO)

Cooperation intensity (number of common projects between partners, from ESPON TERCO)

Net migration rate

Population potential within 50 km Integrated polycentric territorial development  

Renewable energy potential

Biodiversity

Mortality, hazards and risks

Soil sealing per capita

Air pollution: Ozone concentrations

Air pollution: PM10

Potential vulnerability to climate change (ESPON Climate)

Attractive regions of high ecological values and strong territorial capital   

IndicatorsTerritorial objectives

wishlist

wishlist

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GDP per Capita  

Spatial disparities at

a given time

What does these charts mean in terms of territorial cohesion?

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Gross Domestic Product - Purchasing Power Parity - per Capita

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Romania Slovakia Slovenia

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Data source : The World Bank : World Development Indicators 2009

GDP per capita

Sigma convergence

GDP per capita

Coefficient of variation

Unemployment rate (total, male, female)

 

Total

Male

Female

Difference male-female

decrease desired

Disposable household income

 

increase desired, lagging regions catch up faster

Household income 2007 (NUTS-2)

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- Representing divergence or convergence of territories towards main EU territorial policy priorities.

- Visualizing the regions that diverge clearly from average / target and in what kind of policy priority.

- Classifying the regions by results: new typologies?- Flexible indicators, will follow policy development

and data availability.

Use of the results

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- Problem of definition of TC- Diverging goals of TC and means to achieve them- Many possibilities to measure - Find a few understandable indicators (no complex)

representing many goals- Lack of data despite huge number of indicators

(problem of level and coverage)- Follow recent policy development and new

challenges

Experiences of the project

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Thank you for your attention !

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