Glossary:Urban audit

From Statistics Explained

The Urban audit data collection system provides information on different aspects of the quality of urban life in a cross-section of Europe’s cities. The Urban audit is the result of a joint effort by the participating cities, the statistical offices belonging to the European statistical system (ESS) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional Policy.

At present the Urban audit includes 321 cities from the 27 European Union (EU) Member States, 26 Turkish cities, six Norwegian cities and four Swiss cities; in the course of 2008 data collection from five Croatian cities was started (see full list).

In the Urban audit more than 300 indicators are defined and calculated. These indicators are derived from the 336 variables collected by Eurostat. The 300 Urban audit indicators cover most aspects of quality of life including:

• demography;
• housing;
• health;
• crime;
• labour market;
• income disparity;
• local administration;
• educational qualifications;
• environment;
• climate;
• travel patterns;
• information society;
• cultural infrastructure.

Related concepts

• Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)