URBACT City Lab on Metropolitan Governance Workshop 1

URBACT City. Lab on Metropolitan Governance Workshop 1: Land Use, Housing and Urban Planning Lille – 12 February 2010 The ESPON 2013 Programme Territorial Evidence with an Urban Dimension

Structure of Intervention • The ESPON 2013 Programme • Territorial Evidence with an Urban Dimension • Considerations For Urban Governance

Section I The ESPON 2013 Programme

The ESPON 2013 Programme Role in Structural Funds 2007 -2013: – Support policy development with evidence on European territorial structures, trends, perspectives and policy impacts. Mission: – Provision of comparable information on territorial dynamics that can reveal territorial capital and potentials. Partners: EC, Member States EU 27 and Partner States Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland Budget: – 47 Million Euro

P 1 - Applied Research / First 6 Themes – – – Cities and Urban Agglomerations Rural Areas Demography and Migration Energy Territorial Impact of EC Policies Climate Change

P 1 - Applied Research / New Themes – – – Attractiveness Land Use Territorial co-operation Accessibility Secondary Growth Poles Specific Types of Territories Innovation and Knowledge Economy Globalisation Services of General Interest European Seas Territorial Sensitivity to EU Directives

P 2 - Targeted Analyses First 6 themes: – Agglomeration Economies Development of Islands – Cross-border Polycentric Metropolitan Regions – Convergence Regions – Spatial Scenarios in Local-Regional Development – Territorial Diversity Additonal: Rural regions, NWE Co-operation Zone P 3 - Scientific Platform Data, indicators, typologies, mapping P 4 - Capitalisation Publications, events, website –

Section II Territorial Evidence with an Urban Dimension Examples

Classification and identification: Urban Areas in Europe

Classification and identification: The challenge of sustainable resource management Sprawl Growth LUZ Slow growth Slow compact source: Corine Land Cover

Classification and identification: The challenge of social cohesion source: Urban Audit, Eurostat (NUTS 2 proxies)

Cities as motor for regional development: Urban–rural relations in Europe

Cities as motor for regional development: Macro-regions

Cities as motor for regional development: Main places driving the European territory • Urban fabric with diversity of nodes with distinct functionality and growth potentials • Urban places key drivers of the economy

Urban conncetions: Rail

Urban connections: Air-travel and research co-operation

Section III Considerations for Urban Governance

Know who you are! - The wider territorial context as starting point for co-operation ESPON Experiences in Targeted Analyses Characteristic city Define partners with common interest (exchange experience + advocacy) Performing city Define (private) target groups / partners on the basis of strengths Related city Define city-city partnerships on the basis of relevant spatial networks Integrated city Define (macro)regional, cross-border and urban-rural partnerships on the basis of coherent territorial area Influenced city Define multi-level partnerships on the basis of shared responsibilities Influencing city Define multi-level partnerships on the basis of shared responsibilities

Urban Governance and ESPON Support Complex challenge Governance ESPON Territorial support Different themes come together Multi-sector Integrated analysis Economy, environment, social, transport, housing Different policy domains work together Define thematic issues involved – what sectors concerned? Different geographical levels come together Multi-level analysis Global, European, (trans)national, regional, local, neighbourhood Different administrative levels work together Define the level of scale – what administrative levels need to be involved? Different actors come together Multi-actor Case-studies Public, semi-public, private Public and private bodies work together

Conclusions • Territory matters when defining governance arrangements: – Governance for what? – Governance with whom? • Characteristics of good territorial governance: – Inclusion of different policy domains (integrated approach) – Inclusion of different administrative levels (multilevel) – Inclusion of partners within geographical reach of the policy challenge – Inclusion of (semi)public and private stakeholders (multi-actor)

More information Thank you for your attention! More information, project results, maps, data, etc. , can be found for free on www. espon. eu/ESPON 2013