Regional co-operation in Helsinki Region – new products and services
Information Manager Leila Lankinen Researcher Tea Tikkanen City of Helsinki Urban Facts
26th SCORUS BIENNAL CONFERENCE 14-16 October 2008, Shanghai, China
Content:
• Helsinki regional key figures – a driving force of Finnish economy – internationally competitive metropolis • Regional database (HRD) – short overview to the past development • How does the region look like when analysed using HRD statistics • New features and plans
1 Helsinki among the Metropolises in Europe
Helsinki Region
Helsinki Metropolitan Area 1 007 611 inh.
The rest of the Helsinki Region 295 968 inh.
Hyvinkää Mäntsälä
Järvenpää Nurmijärvi Vihti Pornainen Tuusula Kerava
Kauniainen Helsinki
Kirkkonummi
2 Helsinki Region – some key figures
• Population 2008 – 1.3 million – 25 per cent of the whole country • Jobs and enterprises 2005 – 670 000 jobs – 29 per cent of the whole country – employment rate 75 per cent • Gross domestic product 2006 – GVA per capita 42 500 euros in Helsinki region, 30 000 in Finland • Investments in research and development 2006 – R&D 4.3% of GVA in Helsinki region, 3.4% in Finland – 41% of the whole country • Students and schools – 10 polytechnics and 4 universities – about 100 000 students • People with foreign background – 6 per cent
GVA growth in selected metropolises forcast 2006-2011
Warsaw Prague Helsinki region is one of the fastest Dresden Dublin Helsinki growing metropolises in Europe. Budapest Stockholm The growth rate of GVA was in the Oslo Athens first five years in 2000 about three Utrecht Madrid percent and the newest estimations Edinburgh Cardiff show that the same direction will Vienna Munich Amsterdam continue in near future. Toulouse Lyon London Barcelona Same positive development can be Stuttgart Mean of 45 cities seen in employment: Helsinki is Zurich M arseille rated number 10 among 48 studied EU 27 Brussels Glasgow metropolises in Europe and the Manchester Leipzig position will be even higher in 2006- Dusseldorf Copenhagen 2011 accoding the research done The Hague Birmingham by Cambridge Econometrics. Hamburg Rotterdam Paris Lisbon Rome One of the most important features Frankfurt Cologne in the background of Helsinki’s Geneva Bordeaux positive situation is high standard of M ilan Berlin education measured by the level of Lille Bologna qualification or the standard of Turin
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Source:Cambridge Econometrics Ltd)
3 Total number of residents qualified at ISCED 5-6 as a share (%) of persons aged 24 or over, in core city 2001
Helsinki regional database
• Overview to past development
– First steps were taken in Helsinki in early 1980’s when the city’s Statistical Office in co-operation with the City Office and the City Planning Office decided to collect district time series from old statistical sources and computerize it.
– Databases’ first users were planners and researches in the city administration. The database operated in main frame environment and the number of users was very few.
– Development to the regional database took place in late1980’s when neighbouring cities and the regional and the metropolitan council joined to the project. At the same time the computing environment was transformed to client server system and the number of potential users exploded.
– After the first enthusiasm turned up some problems. The main problem was that the content of the database was not harmonized. The time series and variables were different in each city mostly because of different resources to provide the data. The updating of database turned to be everyday hard work and was done separately by each organisation in consequence the quality of the content weakened. The organisation of the project was too weak to meet and solve the problems.
4 New start and working model Content harmonizing in 1990’s • In early 1990’s stated a new project as target to harmonize the content of the database, to develop a centralized updating system and to switch the database to an open internet based operating system. • The reform was realized step by step during 5 years. The biggest challenges were the content harmonizing. The cities information needs were not identical. Helsinki needed more multidimensional tables and data than the other partners and had longer time series available. New operating system with both intranet and internet versions • PC-axis based database made it possible to create more individual system to each partners. At the same time privacy protection made it necessary to build two separate databases one for users inside cities’ administration and the other with open internet access. • The updating was agreed to be done by City of Helsinki Urban Facts, who was also responsible for the implementation of the development projecets agreed by the partners. • The HRD included now three metropolitan cities’ information on small area level, municipal level statistics from Helsinki and Uusimaa regions. • Also the Nordic major urban regions database NORDSTAT was connected to the same environment.
The Content of the database
The Helsinki Regional database includes statistics on the following phenomena: •population •labour force and jobs •dwellings •construction •income level Nordstat – Scandinavian major city statistics database contains statistical data on 16 major cities and their regions. National-level data is also included. The statistics are updated annually and the following statistical fields are covered: •population •housing •jobs and employment •education •communication •construction
5 13 Search Helsinki Region Statistics
Suomeksi Maps Home pages
Database Quicktables • Helsinki Metropolitan Area • Uusimaa and Itä-Uusimaa Municipalities • NORDSTAT - Nordic Major City Statistics PC-AXIS for Windows If you have not installed PC-Axis you can download it here PC-Axis for Windows
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Population •H1. Helsinki: Population by age group starting from 1 Jan. 1962 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 4/25/2007 12:24:13 PM •Statistical District: 091 Helsinki, 091 1 Southern Major District, 091 50 Punavuori, ... (172) •Age Group: Population total, 0-6 years old, 7-12 years old, ... (14) •Year: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, ... (46) •H2. Helsinki: Population by mother tongue starting from 1 Jan. 2000 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 4/25/2007 12:29:58 PM •Statistical District: 091 Helsinki, 091 1 Southern Major District, 091 50 Punavuori, ... (172) •Mother tongue: Population total, Finnish, Swedish, Other (4) •Year: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (8) •E1. Espoo: Population by age group starting from 1 Jan. 1975 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 4/25/2008 11:54:24 AM •Statistical District: 049 Espoo, 049 1 Suur-Leppävaara, 049 112 Etelä-Leppävaara, ... (127) •Age group: Population total, 0-6 years old, 7-12 years old, ... (14) •Year: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, ... (34) •E2. Espoo: Population by mother tongue starting from 1 Jan. 1999 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 4/25/2008 11:58:28 AM •Statistical District: 049 Espoo, 049 1 Suur-Leppävaara, 049 112 Etelä-Leppävaara, ... (127) •Mother tongue: Population total, Finnish, Swedish, Other (4) •Year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, ... (10) •V1. Vantaa: Population by age group starting from 1 Jan. 1971 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 4/25/2007 12:46:22 PM •Statistical District: 092 Vantaa, 092 1 Myyrmäki Service District, 092 33 Seutula, ... (68) •Age Group: Population total, 0-6 years old, 7-12 years old, ... (14) •Year: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, ... (37) •V2. Vantaa: Population by mother tongue starting from 1 Jan. 1999 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 4/25/2007 12:49:22 PM •Service District: 092 Vantaa, 092 1 Myyrmäki Service District, 092 33 Seutula, ... (68) •Mother tongue: Population total, Finnish, Swedish, Other (4) •Year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (9)
6 Jobs •H1. Helsinki: Workplaces total starting from 31 Dec.1988 and by industry classification 1995 since 31 Dec.1993 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 2/24/2005 11:52:22 AM •Statistical District: 091 Helsinki, 091 1 Southern Major District, 091 50 Punavuori, ... (172) •Industry classification 1995: Workplaces total, A Agriculture, hunting and forestry, ... (19) •Year: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, ... (15) •E1. Espoo: Workplaces by industry classification 1995 starting from 31 Dec.1998 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 5/3/2006 1:32:44 PM •Statistical District: 049 Espoo, 049 1 Suur-Leppävaara, 049 112 Etelä-Leppävaara, ... (127) •Industry classification 1995: Workplaces total, A Agriculture, hunting and forestry, ... (19) •Year: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (5) •V1. Vantaa: Workplaces by industry classification 1995 starting from 31 Dec.1995 Select part / Download total file -Modified: 2/24/2005 1:42:54 PM •Statistical District: 092 Vantaa, 092 1 Myyrmäki Service District, 092 33 Seutula, ... (68) •Industry classification 1995: Workplaces total, A Agriculture, hunting and forestry, ... (19) •Year: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (6)
Helsinki region comprises a wide variety of municipalities
• The core city Helsinki has 291 000 households and the number of small units with less than two persons is 80 per cent • The smallest one Pornainen has only 1 700 households from which about 50 per cent is 1 or 2 person’s households and the number of families with children is high about 30 per cent
7 •The population growth concentrates on the surrounding more distant municipalities where the number of children and middle aged adults is growing fast. •In Helsinki the only fast growing age group is elderly people – 75 years old and older – and young adults who move to the city for study and work. •The immigration is directed mostly to Helsinki and other big municipalities near the core city
New features and future plans
• Organization is based on mutual co-operation and partnership. Distribution of work and other resources used is agreed in mutual contract. Helsinki Urban Facts function as developer and administraror • Complementary system: Environmental database in Helsinki was opened in year 2007 and is planned to expand to neighbouring municipalities • New technical system was introduced year 2008 with better functional qualities. • The content of database remained as before • Regional comparisons and instant analyses • Figure database for decision makers’ and residents’ small area comparisons has been introduced 2008 • Readymade maps for end users. Development project is planned to start year 2009 • New potential users for small area statistics have turned up from region’ s middle size municipalities – the agreements are under considerations
8 Thank you!
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