Regional and urban Policy

Enhancing the information on Cohesion Policy interventions by geo-referencingmajor projects 2007-2013

Hugo PoelmanAnalysis Unit - REGIO-GIS

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The context

• ERDF and Cohesion Fund programmes 2007-13 represent a total EU allocation of about EUR 263 bn

• More than half of this amount is dedicated to multiregional programmes => no detailed information about regional (NUTS2) breakdown

• Major projects (ERDF or Cohesion Fund) are projects with a total cost of more than EUR 50 mio

• Major projects inside the programmes cover an EU expenditure of almost EUR 60 bn, most of these in multiregional programmes (approx. EUR 50 bn)*

• projects approved until May 2014

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Scope of the project

• Major projects 2007-2013• Co-funded by ERDF or Cohesion Fund• Geo-referencing covers all approved projects• Represent projects by points, lines or polygons as

appropriate• Data should be appropriate for mapping at and fit

for EU-wide analytical purposes

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Input data on projects

• List of projects from data warehouse• CCI code used as project identifier

• WFS (workflow system) files• Approving decisions• Information sheets• Detailed project descriptions (mostly text,

sometimes with local map images)

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Reference geo-data

• Location of projects compatible with existing (reference) data whenever possible• Local administrative units boundaries (EuroGeographics

EuroBoundaryMap)• NUTS regional boundaries (Eurostat)• Transport networks (DG MOVE GETIS)• Urban Waste Water Treatment plants (EEA) + identifiers

• Auxiliary sources when needed, e.g.• Road network (TomTom – OpenStreetMap)• Background/context imagery of Google Maps

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Results

• More than 600 projects geo-referenced• Level of geographic detail mostly dependent on

input data (project descriptions)• Most often point locations, lines (parts of

transport networks) or location of municipality where the project takes place; sometimes region(s)

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Relationship between projects and regions

• 72% of the major projects are located inside one NUTS3 region per project; 89% of the projects are located inside one NUTS2 region per project

• Remaining part: distribution key amongst NUTS3/NUTS2 regions, according to the number/length/surface of the features representing the project

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Relationship between projects and regionsLocation information allows the aggregation of project related data, e.g. by NUTS region:- Allocations- Regional aid

intensity

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Available geodata

• Location points, lines and polygons representing the projects

• In REGIO-GIS ArcSDE:• MP_RG_07_13 (polygons)• MP_LI_07_13 (lines)• MP_PT_07_13 (points)• MP_AT_07_13 (attributes of all referenced projects)

• Shapefiles with the same content available for download from CIRCABC:https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/c1d6d354-861c-4648-8469-81b86e4975bd/major_projects_07_13_shp.zip

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Next steps ?

• Regular update by adding newly approved projects

• Publish interactive maps on Inforegio website• Compile geodata for new major projects 2014-

2020

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Interactive map services (intranet)All major projects:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=6342e808bd4e43f295eaf3de8e5c4548

Environmental projects: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=3d95389a6e02475ea6cee331754d7ab2 Transport projects: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=e40c6083186d4285aa18c694366f68b5 R&D projects: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=2e0110853d384eb0a495aab7c42db460 Energy projects: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=8de03db160974b41938c9a3460bfb3a6 Other projects: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=b3fa4e06c32842b88e4ebba585bb3fe4 

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Some other REGIO-GIS projects

• With JRC: building footprints: imagery-based layer of building probabilities; improved population disaggregation (2011) where no point-based population data are available

• Population estimates by Urban Atlas 2012 polygon, based on sub-local population data

• Time series of local (LAU2) population data 1961-2011• Indicators on urban public transport:

• Frequency of departures in relationship to population / employment (Regional Focus forthcoming)

• Services' speed inside cities, by transport mode• Rail services between cities:

• Frequency and average speed of services