Towards European Urban Balance - · PDF filePROJECT PART-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION 1...

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Towards European Urban BalancePolyMETREXplus Interreg IIIC project

METREX Barcelona Conference27-30 October 2004


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PolyMETREXplus

PROJECT IDEA

The European Spatial Development Perspective(ESDP) contains spatial planning guidelines which support the development of a polycentric and balanced urban systemand three Policy Optionsaimed directly at metropolitan regions and areas.

TOWARDS EUROPEAN URBAN BALANCE


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PolyMETREXplus

PROJECT IDEA

The PolyMETREXplus project idea is to providea concrete and effective metropolitan response to the Policy Options in theESDP.



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PolyMETREXplus

PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPING THE THE PROJECTPolyMETREXplus has been developed and promoted by the members of METREX

• 4 Partner meetings at Schiphol(Amsterdam) and Genova in 2002,Stuttgart and Stockholm in 2003

• 2 published Prospectus in 2001and 2003 which explained the form,content, logistics, management and finance of the project in detail.



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PolyMETREXplus

PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPING THE THE PROJECTThe long gestation periodallowed a substantial and committed partnership to beformed which provided theterritorial balance and coherence required by the project.



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MAIN ISSUES

The ESDP seeks a metropolitan response to 3 key strategic issues.

1- Zones of Global Economic Integration (GIZ)"strengthening of several larger zones of global integrationin the EU, equipped with high quality global functions andservices..."(Policy Option 1).

2- Polycentricity,"strengthening a polycentric and more balanced systemof metropolitan regions, city clusters and networks.“(Policy Option 2).

PolyMETREXplus



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Development of several Global Integration Zones (GIZ) at the European level


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Development of several Global Integration Zones (GIZ) at the European level


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MAIN ISSUES

3 –Complementarity"To strengthen a balanced settlement structure ways andprocedures must be found to enable cities and regions to complement one another and co-operate."

"...complementarity should not be focused solely on economiccompetition but expanded to all urban functions...".

"Promoting co-operation...with towns and cities in the countries of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region; strengthening North-South linksin Central and Eastern Europe and West-East links in NorthernEurope"(Policy Option 5).

PolyMETREXplus



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RELEVANCE

European metropolitan areas are concerned totake advantage of their strengths and address theirweaknesses and to maintain their individual identity and competitive advantage in a rapidly changingand uncertain world.

However, they also recognise that co-operation andcomplementarity and the development of polycentricrelationships with other metropolitan areas willalso be important in securing their future.

PolyMETREXplus



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It is also relevant that, in addition to Social and Economic Cohesion, Territorial Cohesion is now an objective of the European Convention.

PolyMETREXplus and ESDP



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RELEVANCEIn responding to these challenges PolyMETREXplus directlyassists the objective of Interreg IIIC "to improve the effectiveness of policies and instruments for regionaldevelopment and cohesion" through

a Planning Component• Framework for a Polycentric Metropolitan Europe• Action Plan

and a Practice Component• Programme of Representative Interregional Networking

Activities (RINA's) and• Polycentric Practice Benchmark.




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ACTIVITIES/OUTPUTSPlanning Component

Four inter regional Analysis Workshops in 2004 through whichpartners can explore the potential for polycentric metropolitanrelationships on a geographical basis.

Four Synthesis/Sectoral Workshops in 2005 through whichpartners can synthesize their findings and conclusions(Towards European Urban Balance) and identify specificpolycentric relationships that can be developed on a sectoralbasis (Framework for a Polycentric Metropolitan Europe andAction Plan).




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ACTIVITIES/OUTPUTSPractice Component

A programme of Representative Interregional Networking Activities (RINA's) in 2006-2007(Polycentric PracticeBenchmark) to initiate the implementation of the Action Plan.




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LONG TERM IMPACTS

In the longer term, PolyMETREXplus will contributeto " the more balanced and sustainabledevelopment of the territory of the European Union“sought by the ESDP.

Through its programme of representativeInterregional networking activities (RINA's) it willprovide a context for effective Structural Fund implementation.




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INTER REGIONALANALYSIS WORKSHOPS


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BACKGROUND / CONTEXT

- ESPON Studies (1.1.1)

- CPMR Study on Polycentricity at EU level

- Interreg III projects

- Spatial Visions

(NWMA, Vasab 2010, Vision Planet, ...)

-TEN/TINA

- Partner Posion Stayements (SWOT Analysis, current/intended relationships)




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ESPON Studies




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ESPON Studies

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The strongholds of polycentrism outside the Pentagon




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PolyMETREXplus CPMR typologies and graphicsCurrent situation


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PolyMETREXplus CPMR typologies and graphicsCurrent situation


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PolyMETREXplus CPMR typologies and graphicsLong term voluntarist development


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PolyMETREXplus CPMR typologies and graphicsIllustrative hypothesis


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Drawing on the ESPON/CMPR Studies,as well as other context materials, PolyMETREXplus partners and invited contributors have been asked

• to carry out a SWOT analysis of their metropolitan areas.

• to consider which relationships, networking activities and cooperation actions, both current and future (existing or expected), with other metropolitan areas and regions best contribute or could contribute to building a polycentric Europe through its different scales of implementation.




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DISCUSSION NOTES: Building Blocks


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DISCUSSION NOTES: Connectivity


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What might better European urban balance

look like?




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1. The issue of the definition of the Pentagon/GIZ and the priorities for improved connectivity to promote balance based on polycentricity




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There is economic imbalance between the inner core of the GIZ (London, Paris, Rhine-Ruhr area) and other parts of the EU 27+.

However, the strengths of the inner GIZ are a major asset to Europe and all parts will want to establish productive and mutually beneficial relationships with it.

Similarly, the inner GIZ will wish for the same positive relationships.


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It has been suggested that the way forward is to seek to establish a number of balancing GIZ’s outside the core.

Initial analysis suggests that it might be more feasible to move towards better urban balance through the progressive linking of individual inter regional areas around the outer EU, particularly within the Baltic, Danube and Mediterranean areas.


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The concept of the Pentagon that has been equated to the GIZ is also a matter for debate.

Around the inner core GIZ are a number of bridging areas with strong links to the GIZ and outer areas.

They also have their own distinctive role to play and polycentric relationships to establish and maintain. Itmay be that a more useful approach would be to recognise an inner and outer core area with the outer core having distinctive bridging functions.


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What better urban balance might look like?

What the priorities for improved connectivity might be?

Existing radial linkages tend to be well established between theGIZ inner and outer core areas.

Linkages to improve peripheral connectivity would enable polycentric relationships to be developed and support better urbanbalance.

These would be on an East/West, North/South and circumferential basis.


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What might better urban balance look like?

1. A recognised inner core (GIZ) and related outer core bridging areaslinking to the periphery

2. Balance between the inner core (GIZ) and the Mediterranean and Danubian/Baltic transnational areas

3. Improved East/West, North/South and peripheral connectivity

4. Good connectivity from all areas to the core area


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5. Good connectivity to European gateways, particularly from land locked countries or countries with limited coastal access

6. Recognition for Europe's metropolitan regions and areas (the main Functional Urban Areas) to foster effective metropolitan governance, economic development, social complementarity and environmental cooperation

7. In consequence, strong polycentric relationships within recognised European inter regional areas and between them


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2. The issue of linked inter regional areas and their connectivity


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Discussion Note 2 suggested that better urban balance through polycentricity might be progressed by considering the Europe of the EU27+ as comprising 18 inter related inter regional areas, or Tiles.

Connectivity is an issue within each tile, between neighbouring tiles and from each tile to the wider Europe, particularly the inner GIZ, and beyond.


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An approach to the development of the PolyMETREXplus project might be for all partners/contributors to express their views on the following issues.

1. Do partners that the 18 European tiles reflect your immediate inter regional relationships?

If not what is partners view of the wider Inter regional area of which they are part?


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2. Within the inter regional area that partners recognise, do partners feel that the ESPON anlaysis, as shown on the diagrams in this Discussion Note, reflects their views?

If not, what metropolitan/potential metropolitan areas/clusters do partners feel should be included in the PolyMETRExplus project? What do partners feel are their areas of influence?


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3. Within the inter regional area that partners recognise is there good internal connectivity?

If not what are the priorities for improvements? For example, to European gateways, possibly in neighbouringtiles.

4. Beyond the inter regional area that partners recognise is there good connectivity to neighbouring inter regional areas (tiles)?

If not what are the priorities for improvements?

5. Beyond the inter regional area that partners recognise is there good connectivity to the wider Europe, particularly the inner GIZ, and beyond?

If not, what are the priorities for improvements?


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6. In the longer term, perhaps 10-20 years ahead, whatare the relationships that partners imagine might be developed if internal and external connectivity was improved on the basis of your priorities?

These might include economic and trading relationships, based on cooperation for improved competitiveness (business, tourism etc.), social relationships, based on cooperation to develop complementary functions and activities (health, education, culture etc.) or environmental relationships based on shared concerns or interests (natural resources, urban heritage etc.).


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7. Based on the above assessment, what would be partners priorities for action on connectivity and the development of relationships from which a RINA project might be developed for the second phase of the PolyMETREXplus project?

8. The purpose of such an early view is to begin toexplore the RINA’s that might emerge from PolyMETREXplus, even at this early stage, so that they can be borne in mind through the Synthesis stage.


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