Measuring the wellbeing at urban level: the project UrBES Adolfo Morrone www.misuredelbenessere.it Local statistics for decision-making on well-being and vulnerability, Livorno, 16 june2015
The UrBes project Born in 2012 as a network of metropolitan towns promoted by Istat and ANCI. Aim: build a tools that allows administrators and local communities to analyses in detail the level of well-being of their territory. It is a sister project of the Bes which measures the equitable and sustainable well-being at national level. In 2013, Istat and 15 municipalities realize the first pilot UrBes report, based on only 26 indicators. In the first half of 2014, a team of Istat and municipalities experts design a wider set of indicators to measure in a more appropriate way the well-being at urban level. The second UrBes report has been published the 23rd of April 2015. 2
UrBes report 2015 Ø UrBes 2015 describes urban well-being using 64 indicators (25 in the 1 report). Ø The municipalities participating in the project spiked from 15 to 29. Ø This report pays more attention to specific indicators of urban well-being and the relationship between measuring well-being and policies.
UrBes 2015: 29 municipalities Ø Metropolitan tows: 10 created by the law 7 April 2014, n.56; 4 by regional laws in Sicilia and Sardegna: in total about 22 millions people about one third of the Italian population) Torino Genova Milano Venezia Bologna Firenze Roma Napoli Bari Reggio C. Palermo Messina Catania Cagliari Ø Other municipalities: 15 municipalities which participated in the 1 st report or that manifested a strong interest in being part of the network. Brescia Bolzano Verona Trieste Parma Reggio E. Cesena Forlì Livorno Prato Perugia Terni Pesaro Potenza Catanzaro
Evidences: 1) strong inequalities between towns Differences between towns, and in particular between metropolitan towns, are in most cases stronger than the differences between regions or geographical areas such as north vs south. For example: life expectancy non participation rate people aged 30-34 with tertiary education..
Tertiary education People aged 30-34 years old with tertiary education: comparison between min and max values. Year 2011 (per 100 people aged 30-34 years) 40,0 35,0 30,0 26,4 5,8 28,4 10,1 34,5 17,0 25,0 20,0 20,5 18,3 17,6 15,0 10,0 5,0 0,0 Centro Mezzogiorno Molise Sicilia Trieste Palermo = Difference between min and max value Fonte: Istat, Censimento della popolazione
Evidences: 2) the tows of the south are disadvantaged on several aspects The classic dichotomy center-north vs south is confirmed at urban level too. Towns of the south are disadvantaged on many aspect such as: Education level, income, employment, life expectancy, conservation of historic urban fabric, r&d, non-profit, cultural services or childcare services.
Employement rate
Early childhood services
Evidences: 3) towns of the center and of the north are also affected by important problems Important criticalities are measured in some towns of the center and of the north. For example: burglary rate quality of urban air time devoted to mobility for study or work
Burglary rate Burglary rate Year 2012 (per 100.000 unhabitants) Città metropolitane Altre città UrBes Fonte: Ministero dell'interno, dati SDI = Italia
Time devoted to mobility Tempo dedicato alla mobilità per comune capoluogo di provincia - Anno 2011 (numero medio di minuti) 40 Città metropolitane 40 Altre città UrBes 35 35 30 30 25 25 20 20 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 0 Fonte: Istat, Censimento della popolazione = Italia
Evidences: 4) metropolitan tows vs provinces Metropolitan tows have, in comparisons with the rest of their provinces: higher education levels a lower percentage of low income households a higher productive specialization in knowledgeintensive sectors and Internet access.
Productive specialization in knowledgeintensive sectors
Evidences: 5) the tows incubator of smartness The most innovative smart solutions are concentrated in towns (in particular in those of the center/north). For example: urban orchards, district heating, smart info mobility services. Also: pedestrian areas: on the total of the municipalities they increase from 31,1 to 33,4 m2 per 100 inhabitants (2008-2012); cycle lanes: on the total of the municipalities they increase from 13,6 to 18,9 km per 100 km 2 di total municipality area (2008-2013)
Conclusions It is of paramount importance that the Urbes report is disseminated and used at local levels as a tool to inform citizens and shape policies. After the release of the report different initiatives have been carried out at local level: dissemination through official website of different municipalities and press releases: Genova, Brescia, Bolzano, Venezia, Trieste, Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Cesena, Firenze, Prato, Roma, Potenza, Catanzaro, Palermo, Messina e Cagliari. presentations to the citizens with participation of local policy makers: Trieste, Reggio Calabria e Messina, Potenza, Parma. use of UrBes indicators to monitor specific policies: Reggio Emilia, for example, is using UrBes indicators in the strategic section of DUP 2015-19.
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