Jo Reynaerts, Lieselot Baert (p)

Stefano Aragona

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Carlo Lavalle, Mert Kompil (p), Claudia Baranzelli, Filipe Batista e Silva, Vasco Diogo, Chris Jacobs-Crisioni, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Ricardo Ribeiro Barranco

Lieselot Baert

Cities are the cores of economic activity and innovation in Europe. They host majority of the population, but they are confronted with serious environmental, social and economic problems. Today, Europe needs to have well-grounded policies for the sustainable development of its cities and urban areas, and the evaluation of the potential implication of such policies is becoming increasingly important. This study aims to contribute to this evaluation efforts by introducing a set of spatial indicators in various thematic fields to assess the current state of European cities and their possible future development. It follows a common reference scenario for the future that has been developed within the LUISA Territorial Modelling Platform. In particular, it focuses on the analysis of changes and trends in urban demographics, economic activity, productivity and resilience as well as accessibility. It confirms the prevalence of metropolitan regions, in particular the capitals, above non-metropolitan regions across all indicators and points towards a further widening of the gap that separates them.

Stefano Aragona (p)

Mert Kompil

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