ESPON BSR-TeMo Territorial Monitoring for the Baltic Sea Region Scientific Platform and Tools Project 2013/3/9 Final Report | Version 14/3/2013 Part C | Scientific Report Volume C2 | The Territorial Monitoring System ESPON 2013 i This report presents the final results of a “Scientific Platform and Tools” Project conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU27, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Each partner is represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects. This basic report exists only in an electronic version. © ESPON & Nordregio, 2014. Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorised provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON Coordination Unit in Luxembourg. ESPON 2013 ii List of authors Nordregio Lisbeth Greve Harbo Gunnar Lindberg Linus Rispling Anna Berlina Gustaf Norlén University of Gdańsk Jacek Zaucha Aalto University Tomas Hanell RRG Spatial Planning and Geoinformation Carsten Schürmann Stanislaw Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences Tomasz Komornicki Piotr Rosik Rafał Wiśniewski BGI Consulting Ltd. Inga Bartkeviciute Jonas Jatkauskas Geomedia LLC Rivo Noorkõiv ESPON 2013 iii ESPON 2013 iv Table of Contents 1. Conceptual framework .......................................................................................................................... 2 2. Elements of the territorial monitoring system ........................................................................................ 5 2.1. Overall framework.......................................................................................................................... 5 2.2. Selection of domains, subdomains and indicators ......................................................................... 5 2.3. Simple and advanced module ..................................................................................................... 12 3. Domains, indicators and headline indicators ....................................................................................... 14 3.1. Domains and indicators ............................................................................................................... 14 3.2. Headline indicators ...................................................................................................................... 21 3.3. Advanced module: ten indicators for measuring BSR territorial cohesion ................................... 25 4. Discarded indicators ........................................................................................................................... 28 5. Data collection .................................................................................................................................... 34 5.1. Principles behind data collection ................................................................................................. 34 5.2. Time frame(s) .............................................................................................................................. 35 5.3. Spatial distribution ....................................................................................................................... 35 5.4. General data coverage ................................................................................................................ 36 5.5. Gaps explanation ......................................................................................................................... 38 5.6. Strategies to overcome missing data entries ............................................................................... 59 6. Russian and Belarus data ................................................................................................................... 60 6.1. Data sources and data exchange ................................................................................................ 60 6.2. Reliability of data and important gaps .......................................................................................... 66 6.3. Comparability ............................................................................................................................... 67 6.4. Comparability of ROSSTAT/BELSTAT data between levels ....................................................... 67 6.5. Oblasts and rayons – why rayons are not used in BSR TeMo ..................................................... 69 7. Indicators at LAU-2/raster level ........................................................................................................... 70 7.1 Status of indicators at or below LAU-2 / raster level ..................................................................... 74 7.2 TeMo BSR example maps on LAU-2 level ................................................................................... 80 7.3 Specificities in data handling below NUTS level for the BSR ........................................................ 83 8. Data handling, M4D requirements and data deliveries ....................................................................... 92 8.1. The TeMo data delivery template ................................................................................................ 92 8.2. Adjustment to the ESPON M4D project and ESPON Database requirements, and the usage of SNUTS codes ..................................................................................................................................... 93 8.3. TeMo data delivery template structure ......................................................................................... 94 8.4. Data delivery within the TeMo project .......................................................................................... 96 8.5. Data delivery to the ESPON M4D project and ESPON Database ............................................... 97 9. Database structure .............................................................................................................................. 99 9.1. Map template files...................................................................................................................... 100 9.2. Charts and diagrams ................................................................................................................. 100 9.3. Documentations ......................................................................................................................... 100 9.4. Excel files .................................................................................................................................. 101 9.5. HTML files ................................................................................................................................. 101 9.6. LYRS files .................................................................................................................................. 102 9.7. PNG, AI and SVG files ............................................................................................................... 102 9.8. The TeMo GIS database ........................................................................................................... 102 10. Data sources and future updates .................................................................................................... 104 10.1. Data sources ........................................................................................................................... 104 10.2. Statistical bureaus ................................................................................................................... 104 10.3. Institutes/projects ..................................................................................................................... 105 10.4. Future updates ........................................................................................................................ 105 11. Suggestion for further work after project end .................................................................................. 111 11.1. Structural data gaps from 2012-2013 (and previously) ............................................................ 111 11.2. Possible update of the Territorial Monitoring System ............................................................... 111 11.3. Headline indicators updates .................................................................................................... 113 ESPON 2013 v Figures Figure 1 The elements of the TeMo territorial monitoring system ............................................................. 5 Figure 2 Schematic overview of the simple and the advanced module ................................................... 13 Figure 3 Model of the steps included in the process of construction of an indicator ............................... 34 Figure 4 Employment Rate in 2011, according to Nordic labour market areas divisions. ....................... 71 Figure 5 Delimitation of Functional Urban Areas (FUAs): Number of inhabitants per FUA (2004). ......... 73 Figure 6 Total population change 2006-2011 on municipality