espon 2013 database malmö seminar, 2-3 december 2009 world dictionary of units
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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
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Espon 2006United Nations
World Development Indicators (WDI) UNEP GEO Data Portal
• 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.