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SEiSMiC (Science Engagement in Society – Mutual learning in Cities)
Posted on: 27 May 2014
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The SEiSMiC project on urban research is beginning its implementation phase in 10 participating countries. This project aims to promote citizen engagement to identify social innovation needs in urban development, and to contribute to future urban research strategies. The project started in November 2013 and is currently at the end of its inception phase, ready to be fully implemented in the 10 participating countries. The main objective of SEiSMiC is to set up 10 national networks to engage society in urban research. The participating countries are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom. These networks will include: civil society organisations; the media; schools and universities; scientific associations; museums; science centres; research funding organisations; industry; businesses; and policy makers. Bringing these networks together for a structured dialogue will build a bridge between society and the scientific community working on urban research.
Tourism statistics: Top destinations
Posted on: 23 May 2014
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This article provides recent statistics on tourism demand in the European Union (EU) and EFTA countries, taking a closer look at the destinations chosen by the residents of those countries for their trips in 2012.
Application of the Airport Charges Directive
Posted on: 23 May 2014
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This report takes stock of EU Member States’ implementation of the airport charges directive, which was adopted at EU level in 2009 and became applicable in 2011. The directive sets out a number of principles on airport charges to be followed by the main airport in each Member State and all airports handling more than 5 million passengers per year and provides for the setting up of independent bodies for the monitoring of its application.
A harmonised definition of cities and rural areas: the new degree of urbanization
Posted on: 21 May 2014
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This regional working paper explains the new degree of urbanisation. This new classification of local authorities into (1) cities, (2) towns and suburbs and (3) rural areas. Eurostat uses this classification to produce a wide range of indicators, including poverty, employment, educational attainment and ICT use. In the period 20014-2020 period of Cohesion Policy this classification will be used to provide a spatial breakdown of expenditure. This classification is based on a new tool: a 1 square km population grid. This improves the accuracy as each grid cell has the same area size, while using local authorities differ widely in area which distorted older methodologies. Due to these distortions, older methodologies sometimes misclassified cities as rural areas and vice versa.
The OECD Metropolitan Governance Survey: A quantitative description of governance structures in large urban agglomerations
Posted on: 16 May 2014
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Even though metropolitan areas account for half of the population, and an even larger share of economic activity of OECD countries, almost no systematic information on governance structures in these areas exists. This study presents an overview of governance arrangements in OECD metropolitan areas. It shows that organisations dedicated to metropolitan area governance are common, but often have little powers. Nevertheless, the existence of such organisations is related with better performance on a range of important outcome variables, such as public transport systems, environmental issues, and urban sprawl.
Apps for visiting Europe
Posted on: 2 May 2014
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VisitEurope Magazine for May 2014 outlines some of the tops apps for travelling in Europe.
Exploring a regional approach to EU energy policies
Posted on: 30 April 2014
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A new report by the Centre for European Policy Studies explores whether regional energy initiatives are an efficient, effective and politically acceptable approach toward reaching three EU energy policy objectives: competitiveness, supply security and sustainability.
ENTER.HUB Newsletter
Posted on: 29 April 2014
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The EU-funded project, ENTER.HUB, promotes the role of railway hubs and multimodal interfaces in medium-sized cities as engines for integrated urban development and economic, social and cultural regeneration. The latest newsletter is now available online.
Urban renewal after the Berlin Wall
Posted on: 28 April 2014
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Urban renewal areas are popular but empirically understudied spatial planning instruments designed to prevent urban decline and induce renewal. The authors of this report use a quasi-experimental research design to study the effects of 22 renewal areas implemented in Berlin, Germany, to increase housing and living quality in the aftermath of the city’s division during the Cold War period.
The State of the Union Road Transport Market
Posted on: 25 April 2014
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This report from the European Commission to the European Parliament and the Council brings together evidence from several studies, and it uses road freight transport statistics collected by Eurostat, as well as information on the enforcement of the social rules in road freight transport collected from Member States. It also draws on the Report of the High Level Group on the Development of the EU Road Haulage Market of 19 June 2012. It also takes into account the results of the extensive stakeholder consultation which took place before and after the drafting of the High Level Group report. Finally, it follows the identification by the Commission of the need for a revision of Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009 and (EC) No 1072/2009 under the REFIT exercise.
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