Transcript Comparison across Cities the example of German Co-operation Klaus Trutzel KOSIS association of Urban Audit cities.

Comparison across Cities the example of German Co-operation
Klaus Trutzel
KOSIS association of Urban Audit cities
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Organising co-operation
Most large German cities have their own department for statistics and
urban research to support urban planning.
KOSIS-Verbund – established in 1981 – is an open association of
more than 100 European, mainly German municipalities and public
institutions promoting the municipal statistical information system.
Cities and other public institutions co-operate in self-governing subgroups to develop statistical tools and organise urban data collections.
The KOSIS association for the Urban Audit is one of them.
 http://www.statistik.nuernberg.de/urban-audit
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Urban Audit data collection
The Urban Audit is organised by the KOSIS association of UA cities,
in co-operation with Federal and State statistics.
In Germany, half the city data to be collected and all sub-city data
are provided by the cities or estimated by them from state statistics.
Urban Audit prov ision of city data in DE
State Statistics
culture & recreation
11
information society 1
UA domains
travel & transport
10
13
10
environment
provided by cities
0
0
13
8
18
training & education
8
civic involvement
3
10
economic aspects
27
19
0
1
59
28
demography
0
9
11
social aspects
8
10
45
0
10
estimates by cities
20
8
30
40
50
8
60
number of variables
70
80
90
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Co-operative analysis of
the UA with “Dashboard” *)
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Comparison between cities
*) European Statistical Laboratory of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre JRC
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Co-operative analysis of
the UA with “Dashboard” *)
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Comparing aspects of one city
*) European Statistical Laboratory of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre JRC
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
German cities’ long tradition in perception surveys
Number of German UA-cities recently asking citizens about their perception of
Source: Difu – German Institute for Urban Affairs
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
“Coordinated perception survey on the quality of life in DE cities”
• Initiated by the KOSIS association of Urban Audit cities
• Managed by a sub-group of VDSt, the association of German municipal
statisticians,
chair of the sub-group: Ulrike Schoenfeld-Nastoll, Oberhausen
• Involving 15 cities not included in the EU sample
• Conducted by IFAK institute at the same time (Nov.-Dec.2006) as the survey
of the EU, with the same questions, same method (telephone interviews),
sample size 500 - 1200 per city
• DG Regio and the German cities group agreed to exchange the data for
combined comparisons.
• The cities can make their own analyses, in addition to common evaluations.
• Repeated attempts to encourage similar projects in other countries
remained without success, so far.
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Strongly
disagree
1.6
Cleanliness & satisfaction to live in this city – „Co-ordinated perception survey“
Saarbrücken
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt am Main
1.5
Darmstadt
Satisfaction
to live in this
city (mean)
Oberhausen
Bremen
Köln
1.4
Koblenz
Braunschweig
Stuttgart
Heidelberg
Nürnberg
Strongly
agree
1.3
Konstanz
r= .664
Dresden
Freiburg
1.8
Strongly agree
2
2.2
2.4
This is a clean city (mean)
(mean) quality of life
2.6
2.8
Strongly disagree
Fitted values
Source: Stefanie Neurauter, Anke Schöb, Ulrike Schönfeld-Nastoll – presentation in Gera 2007
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Green space area per capita and citizens‘ satisfaction –
UA data and “Co-ordinated perception survey“
Braunschweig
47,1
Bremen
40,4
Koblenz
37,0
Wiesbaden
35,8
Köln
35,3
Oberhausen
26,1
Städte insgesamt
23,9
Darmstadt
21,0
Frankfurt a.M.
17,8
Konstanz
16,7
Stuttgart
14,0
Dresden
13,1
Nürnberg
11,2
Saarbrücken
10,1
Heidelberg
8,4
Freiburg i.Br.
5,1
0,0
10,0
20,0
Green space
area per capita
30,0
40,0
Proportion
“very satisfied”
Grünfläche in qm pro Kopf
Anteil sehr zufrieden
Source: Stefanie Neurauter, Anke Schöb,
Ulrike Schönfeld-Nastoll
– presentation in Gera 2007
50,0
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Satisfaction with cultural facilities – “Coordinated perception survey”
Koeln
45,5
Frankfurt
Size of city
49,0
Stuttgart
60,3
Bremen
35,5
Nuernberg
450.000 1.000.000
45,8
Dresden
60,2
Wiesbaden
37,0
Braunschweig
41,8
Oberhausen
180.000 300.000
34,7
Freiburg
49,4
Saarbruecken
31,9
Heidelberg
29,5
Darmstadt
80.000 150.000
40,8
Koblenz
31,3
Konstanz
Anteil
sehrsatisfied
zufrieden
%
very
27,2
0%
25%
50%
Source: Stefanie Neurauter, Anke Schöb, Ulrike Schönfeld-Nastoll – presentation in Gera 2007
75%
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Conclusions
 Nothing can generate awareness for necessary actions better than
a demonstration of strengths and weaknesses by comparison.
 Co-operation creates comparability and can lead to even more effective surveys.
How safe do you feel in the daytime / at night
“I feel safe / rather safe”
in parks / recreation
areas
in the daytime
at night
27
86
in the unterground /
tram
39,7
89
53,3
in the city centre
93
68,9
in your neighbourhood
94,7
91,8
in your home
98,2
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Source: Bureau for Statistics and Urban Research “Living in Nuremberg” 2005
Comparison across cities – the example of German co-operation
Thank you for listening!
…any questions?
For further information please visit the German Urban Audit
cities website: http://www.statistik.nuernberg.de/urban-audit
or send an e-mail to Klaus Trutzel via [email protected]