Project "Urban Audit data collection 2012"

NSI has started a project with continuous actions “Urban Audit data collection 2012”, in accordance with the Grant agreement with the European Commission № 50403.2011.001-2011.539. The NSI of Bulgaria participated in the project since 2004.

The aim of the project is to ensure reliable and comparable information on indicators connected to geographic and temporal aspect of the cities and their Larger Urban Zones with their demographic, social, economic and environmental conditions.

The project aim will be achieved through the application of uniform city definition and a pilot application of new methodology for production of Small Area Estimates at Local Administrative Units level. Bulgarian cities, subject of the Urban Audit survey at this stage of the project are chosen according to the new rural – urban typology, jointly developed by the following European Commission Directorates-General: DG Agriculture and Rural Development, Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and DG Regional Policy. As a result, the spatial coverage of inquiry reached 25% of the country territory (18 cities with more than 50 000 inhabitants and 58 municipalities composing their Larger Urban Zones).

The project’s activities have to be implemented until February 2014.

The new rural – urban methodology is available on:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Urban-rural_typology