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ROGER READ
> > > > > Architect and Town Planner Deputy Director of Physical Planning Strathclyde Regional Council 1976-1996 Strathclyde Structure Plan 1976-1996 First EU Award for Regional Planning
Secretary General METREX 1996-present
OVERVIEW
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Metropolitan dimension to European affairs
Climate change/Urban change Metropolitan dimension Key issues and governance Integrated metropolitan strategies Steps to a metropolitan Europe InterMETREX and PolyMETREXplus
METROPOLITAN
METREX
> > > Founded at the Glasgow Metropolitan Regions Conference in 1996 Network of practitioners (politicians, officials and their advisers) in spatial planning and development
Twin purposes are the exchange of knowledge and the contribution of the metropolitan dimension to planning at the European level
METREX
> > > > > > Members from 40 of the 120 recognised European metropolitan regions and areas (500k+) Meets twice a year in the spring and autumn Holds a biennial Conference Works through Expert Groups on key issues Promotes Interreg IIIC projects
Details at www.eurometrex.org
CLIMATE CHANGE/URBAN CHANGE
> > > > > 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 or earlier Efficiency savings and renewable energy will not achieve this Must include changes in urban life (personal and corporate)
Carbon light urban life is the necessity for survival Effective metropolitan governance will be a key factor in achieving this
CLIMATE CHANGE/URBAN CHANGE
> > > > Carbon heavy activities (energy generation and use/travel) decline Emphasis on the local, metropolitan and regional Better European urban balance will have to be carbon light
Territorial cohesion will have to be carbon light
METROPOLITAN DIMENSION
> > Europe’s metropolitan regions and areas contain 60%, or 280m, of the 470m population of the EU27+
Their prosperity and wellbeing are central to the achievement of the Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas, the objectives of the ESDP and the EU Constitutional objective of territorial cohesion
METROPOLITAN DIMENSION
KEY METROPOLITAN ISSUES
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Balancing
expansion urban redevelopment with urban
Integrating
transport, land use and infrastructure
Sustaining
town centres the vitality and viability of city and
Enabling
economic competitiveness
Promoting
social inclusion
Assessing
the environmental impact of development
Safeguarding
natural and heritage resources
Achieving
a carbon light future
METROPOLITAN DIMENSION
> > > > Such key issues can only be addressed (MEGA)
effectively
at the level of the Functional Urban Area (FUA) or Region or Metropolitan European Growth Area These are the key building blocks for any European spatial perspective or strategy They are recognised in the ESDP, by ESPON, by the CoR and in the Third Cohesion Report
They need to be made operational through effective metropolitan governance
METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE
> > > > Subsidiarity in Europe will only become a reality if there is effective governance at the metropolitan level Without effective metropolitan governance the populations of metropolitan areas are unable to influence some of the key issues affecting their future and its sustainability
Without effective metropolitan governance the EU will be without a key level of partnership to implement its wider strategies An integrated approach to key metropolitan issues requires effective governance
INTEGRATED METROPOLITAN STRATEGIES VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE
> > The mechanisms for governance may range from the statutory and
comprehensive,
through the
selective,
to the
voluntary,
depending on the range of key strategic issues that need to be addressed and their severity
Effective metropolitan governance and economic competitiveness and sustainability are interrelated
ELECTED METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY WITH CORE PLANNING, OPERATING AND MANAGING POWERS
22 Primary stakeholders in the Metropolitan strategic planning and development process [denotes privatised].
COMPETENCE, CAPABILITY AND PROCESS
> > > > Effective metropolitan governance requires the three key functions of
competence, capability and process
Competence
means having the authority to adopt, implement and safeguard an Integrated Metropolitan Strategy
Capability
means having the knowledge and understanding to take informed decisions
Process
means having the means to regularly monitor, review and update the strategy
An assessment process
that can provide the basis for informed decision making on those aspects of the Metropolitan Spatial Plan that are market related, that is, industry and business, offices, retailing, housing and transportation.
The diagram summarises an approach to balancing supply and demand for sectoral issues.
THE INTERRELATED ACTION INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF AN INTEGRATED METROPOLITAN SPATIAL PLANNING STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ON A POLYCENTRIC BASIS
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT [SEA]
> > > > An integrated strategy always involves a balanced judgment of the relative environmental impact of a package of policies, programmes and projects An integrated strategy can demonstrate environmental impact avoided or compensated for as well as impact judged acceptable Assessing the impact of specific development proposals individually does not allow such an overall judgment to be made
The process of producing an Integrated Metropolitan Strategy is the only effective means of assessing the relative environmental impact of the spatial planning and development choices available
STEPS TO A METROPOLITAN EUROPE
1 Population mass and proximity/connectivity 2 Identity
3 Definition of Functional Urban Region/Area or Metropolitan European Growth Area (MEGA) 4 Recognition
5 Marketing 6 Influence 7 Support
STEPS TO A METROPOLITAN EUROPE
8 Governance 9 Strategic issues and the longer term view
10 Visions and strategies to engage stakeholders 11 Competencies related to issues 12 Capability for informed decision making on the issues 13 Processes to implement strategies, policies, programmes and projects 14 Processes to regularly roll forward a longer term view
STEPS TO A METROPOLITAN EUROPE
INFORMED EU POLICY MAKING
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Policy drives data collection EU policy to address disadvantage
Role and remit of Eurostat NUTS statistical areas Objective 1,2,3 areas etc.
League tables Statistical exclusion Either in or out of policy framework
STEPS TO A METROPOLITAN EUROPE
INFORMED METROPOLITAN DECISION MAKING
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Not only NUTS but also FUA/R or MEGA (metropolitan dimension)
Definition…..labour markets/journey to work areas……and comparability Recognition, governance, issues, information, informed policy decisions, effective action A policy issue…….
polycentricity
Based on specialisation (complementarity) for collective competitiveness (clusters, corridors)
TERRITORIAL COHESION
WHAT MIGHT BETTER URBAN BALANCE LOOK LIKE?
> > > Territorial cohesion is now a European constitutional objective The ESDP is concerned about the longer term urban balance of a Europe where over 50% of the GDP is produced in the core area around the London/Paris/Rhine axis
Metropolitan regions and areas have a central role to play in achieving territorial cohesion and better urban balance
TERRITORIAL COHESION
WHAT MIGHT BETTER URBAN BALANCE LOOK LIKE?
> > > > > > > Recognised inner core (GIZ) and related outer core bridging areas linking to the periphery Balance between the inner core and the Mediterranean and Danubian/Baltic transnational areas Improved East/West, North/South and peripheral connectivity Good connectivity from all areas to the core area Good connectivity to European gateways Recognition of Europe’s metropolitan regions and areas
In consequence, strong polycentric relationships within European inter regional areas and between them
INTERMETREX AND POLYMETREXPLUS
> > > > InterMETREX seeks to enable them to become as individually strong as possible through effective spatial planning and development practice
within
metropolitan regions and areas PolyMETREXplus seeks to enable them to become as collectively strong as possible though the development of effective polycentric relationships
between
metropolitan regions and areas
A polycentric Europe cannot be built without strong metropolitan regions and areas InterMETREX enables PolyMETREXplus
INTERMETREX
> > > METREX has received approval of the InterMETREX project, under the Interreg IIIC programme, to apply and develop the METREX Practice Benchmark across the wider Europe Led by Glasgow, involves 32 metropolitan partners and will run from 2003-2006 with a budget of €1.16m
Purpose is to assist the function of spatial planning and development to become as effective as possible within metropolitan areas
POLYMETREXPLUS
> > > > METREX has also received approval to the PolyMETREXplus project under the Interreg IIIC programme Led by Catalunya with 19 partners, will run from 2004-2007 and has a budget of €1.84m A Framework for a Polycentric Metropolitan Europe, a related Action Plan, a programme of representative interregional networking activities (RINA's) and a Polycentric Practice Benchmark
Purpose is to respond the challenge in the ESDP to develop a better urban balance across Europe through the promotion of polycentric relationships, including social, economic, transportation and environmental linkages
METROPOLITAN
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Facilitate
metropolitan recognition and definition (data collection and comparative indicators)
Promote
mechanisms for appropriate and effective metropolitan governance
Promote
the production of key issue based Integrated Metropolitan Strategies (with stakeholder involvement)
Actively support
the implementation of such Strategies through the Structural funds
Actively support
the exchange of practitioner knowledge on metropolitan affairs