Economic position of the Economic position of the Functionnal Urban RegionsFunctionnal Urban Regions

Dominique Lecomte

IAURIF, Paris

• PopulationPopulation

• EmploymentEmployment

• UnemploymentUnemployment

• GDPGDP

• SynthesisSynthesis

• RecommendationsRecommendations

SUMMARY

PopulationPopulation

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Population

Year Population

(million)% of the country

London 1 997 13.2 23Paris 1 999 11.8 21RheinRuhr 1 997 11.7 15Randstad 1 998 6.8 44RheinMain 1 997 4.0 5Brussels 1 999 3.7 36Birmingham 1 997 3.1 5Manchester 1 997 2.7 5Lille 1 999 1.9Glasgow 1 997 1.8 3Antwerpen 1 999 1.5 15Liverpool 1 997 1.4 2Dublin 1 996 1.3 37Edinburgh 1 997 0.8 1

Population Trends in the 90 ’s

-0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

% per year

14 regions

Age Index

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

12 regions

%

Higher Education in1999

15

20

25

30

35

%

11 regions

Employment Employment

2

Employment Rate in 1999

50556065707580

11 regions

%

Employment trends from 1994 to 1999-2000

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

% per year

14 regions

Part Time Jobs in 1999

10

15

20

25

30

35

%

14 regions

Industry and Services in 1999

0102030405060708090

industry services14 regions 14 regions

%

14 regions 27%

14 regions 75%

Unemployment

3

Unemployment rate in 1994 and 1999

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16%

1994 1999

Unemployment rate of people under 25 years old

6.9 7.18.6 8.6 9.9 9.9 11.2 11.2

15.617.2 17.5

22.1

25.9

37.5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40%

14 regions

Share of long-term unemployment in 1999

2025303540455055606570

12 regions

%

GDPGDP

4

GDP in 1998

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Euro billion

GDP per inhabitant in 1998 at PPS

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000

30 000

35 000

Euros

13 regions

Productivity in 1998

30 00035 00040 00045 00050 00055 000

60 00065 00070 00075 00080 000

13 regions

Euros GDP per JOB (equivalent full time)

GDP at constant prices from 1995 to 1998

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Europe 15

% per year

SynthesisSynthesis

5

Scoring on dynamic indicators

Population Employment GDP Unemployment Position

More than 3 millions inhabitantsRandstad 2 2 2 2 8London 2 1 2 2 7Brussels 0 2 2 0 4Birmingham 1 0 1 2 4Paris 1 1 1 0 3RheinMain 1 0 1 0 2RheinRuhr 0 0 0 0 0

Less than 3 millions inhabitantsDublin 2 2 2 2 8Manchester 1 2 1 2 6Edinburgh 2 2 0 2 6Antwerpen 1 2 2 0 5Liverpool 0 2 1 1 4Glasgow 0 1 0 1 2Lille 0 0 0 0 0

RECOMMENDATIONSRECOMMENDATIONS

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Definition of European Functional Urban Regions

• Production of annual data for the FURs

• Cooperation of National Institute of Statistics

• European network of RDA requiring economic information