ESPON Database 2013
Theme
ESPON database and data development.
Thematic scope
At the European level several initiatives have been carried out to promote data comparability and data quality, e.g. the INSPIRE Directive which aims at making available relevant, harmonised and quality geographic information for the purpose of formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policy-making and the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) initiative launched in 1998.
For ESPON, the database is considered a central element in the programme’s scientific platform and a tool providing input for analysis based on territorial indicators. It is equally important as a tool for a continuous territorial monitoring. Against this backdrop, it is crucial to maintain, update, further develop and expand the ESPON database, resulting from the ESPON 2006 Programme.
Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.
For ESPON, the database is considered a central element in the programme’s scientific platform and a tool providing input for analysis based on territorial indicators. It is equally important as a tool for a continuous territorial monitoring. Against this backdrop, it is crucial to maintain, update, further develop and expand the ESPON database, resulting from the ESPON 2006 Programme.
Please read more about the main research areas and main results envisaged on the next page.
Lead Partner
University of Paris 7 Denis Diderot on behalf of UMS2414 RIATE, France.
Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.
Budget: € 1 300 000,00
Project’s lifetime: July 2008 – February 2011
Detailed information on the contracted project team can be found under Transnational Project Groups.
Budget: € 1 300 000,00
Project’s lifetime: July 2008 – February 2011
Delivery of Reports
Inception Report: 26 September 2008
Interim Report: February 2009 (1st), February 2010 (2nd)
Draft Final Report: December 2010
Final Report: March 2011
Publishing
Reports will be published once they are approved by the ESPON Monitoring Committee
More information
Please contact the Project Expert at the ESPON Coordination Unit:
Sandra DI BIAGGIO, e-mail: [email protected]
Main research areas
- Integration of data from different spatial scales (from global to local levels) – broadband spatial analysis. In fact many policy objectives, especially in the field of territorial cohesion or in management of functional urban regions, can only be observed at local level but at the same time taking into account the global level. Considering that the EU is not a closed system, many of its internal dynamics need to be related to global trends at world level or at neighbourhood scale.
- Combination of heterogeneous sources – different types and sources of data have to be integrated, despite the fact that they are produced by different organisations using different spatial delimitations or statistical definitions.
- Reconstitution of medium and long-term time series – MAUP and missing values - to be able to estimate missing values both in a prospective (estimation of future trends) and retrospective way (reconstitution of past trends).
- Exploration of new thematic fields – zooms, surveys and case studies to make ESPON highly innovative to explore precisely new topics and suggest how to collect relevant data in a systematic way in the future.
Main results envisaged
- Updated version of the ESPON 2006 database (EUROSTAT data, plus selection of ESPON 2006 indicators).
- Updated versions of the ESPON mapping tool facility, covering the entire EU plus Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
- A continuously updated and validated ESPON 2013 Database (internal use) including datasets from ESPON projects developed under Priority 1 and 2, as well as relevant regional data in the field of European territorial development and cohesion.
- A continuously updated and validated ESPON 2013 Database (public use) including derivative data from ESPON projects developed under Priority 1 and 2, as well as relevant public regional data in the field of European territorial development and cohesion. This database will also include selected datasets covering the entire world, which are relevant for the ESPON thematic and for understanding the position of Europe in the world.
- Enhance cooperation with other international and European institutions with relevant data for ESPON and integration in European Initiatives related to geographic information and regional analysis.
- A map collection from ESPON projects under Priority 1 and 2.