ESPON 2013 DATABASEMalmö Seminar, 2-3 December 2009

World Dictionary of units

MAIN RESULTS:

1.Description of the provisional WORLD ESPON 2013 DATABASE

2.Overview and description of a sample of world databases

3.Comparison between world databases and Eurostat databases: preliminary results.

WORLD DICTIONARY OF UNITS

1. Description of the provisional WORLD ESPON 2013 DATABASE

The database can be subdivided into two main components:

• References tables including country subdivisions and regional/thematic aggregations used by global providers and Eurostat

• The Indicators including the data sensu stricto with global extent, mainly from International organizations and data provided by Eurostat, which cover the European region.

2. Overview and description of a sample of world databases

Chelem

Espon 2006United Nations

World Development Indicators (WDI) UNEP GEO Data Portal

3. Comparison between world databases and Eurostat databases: preliminary results.

• Define and add new datasets (pop period indicators, Economical, land).

• Adapting World Database following the ESPON 2013

standards

• Produce world metadata in ESPON 2013 compliance

• Select (generalized) geometries for cartography

• …….

Next steps

ADDED VALUE OF WORLD DATABASE FOR ESPON the example of the relocation of textile industry

A problem with strong impact at regional level …

… which can not be explained without a pan-european view …

…. And which is embedded in global trends.

The relocation of Textile industry (1) Regional scale

The relocation of Textile industry (2) Pan European Scale

The relocation of Textile industry(3) Global Scale

Thank you for your attention !