Maps and graphs

World Bank Government effectiveness index, 2010

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:46:43 +0200

The map shows the population’s perception of the quality of public and civil services and their degree of independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies.

Human resources — age dependency index, 2004

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:33:56 +0200

The map shows an index on demographic dependency for European cites

Economic determinant — GDP per capita figures for European cities, 2004 (EUR)

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:20:12 +0200

The map shows the GDP per capita for European cites

Infrastructure as one determinant of adaptive capacity

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:44:39 +0200

The infrastructure determinant as a part of adaptive capacity is described through 3 indicators: density of roads networks, number of hospitals beds and sustainable water use index values resulting in 5 classes and presented per NUTS 3 unit

Technology as one determinant of adaptive capacity, based on the NUTS 3 level

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:48:54 +0200

The technology determinant as a part of adaptive capacity is described through 3 indicators: R&D expenditure as % of GDP, number of R&D personnel, number of patent application per resulting in 5 classes and presented per NUTS 3 unit.

Equity — percentage of women among elected city representatives, 2004

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:33:09 +0200

The map shows the proportion of women who are elected as city representatives

Perceptions on 'city committed to fight against climate change' (synthetic index 0–100), 2009

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:19:14 +0200

The map shows the perception of the cities’ population how committed the city’s administration is in its fight against climate change

Education — percentage of population aged 15–64 having a level of education following secondary schooling (qualified at tertiary level), 2004

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:39:09 +0200

The map shows the proportion of the city population between 15 and 64 years with a higher education (ISCED level 5 and 6).

Change in population between 2005 and 2050 under a status quo scenario

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:23:49 +0200

The relative changes in population numbers are presented in 9 classes per NUTS 3 unit

Water stress indicator WEI for annual average on river basin level for the a) baseline, b) 2050 under the 'economy comes first' scenario, and c) compared with urban population numbers

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:45:00 +0200

Annual average water stress indicator WEI on river basin level for baseline and 2050 period with SCENES scenario Economy First (EcF)

Precipitation deficit in summer (JJA) and winter (DJF) for the periods 2021–2040, 2041–2060 and 2061–2080

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:23:52 +0200

Precipitation deficit in summer (JJA) and winter (DJF) for the periods in the future 2021-2040, 2041-2060 and 2061-2080.

Relative change of mean annual storm loss potential on nine GCM (upper row) and eight RCM (bottom row) simulations for 2071–2100 compared to 1961–2000 (SRES A1B scenario)

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:08:31 +0200

Potential inundation exposure for coastal cities due to projected sea level rise and storm surge events

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:53:59 +0200

The map shows the proportion of the city area (UMZ inside the core city) that would be affected by potential inundation caused by a sea level rise of 1m.

Degree of mean soil sealing per city — share of cities per class per country

Mona Poulsen — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:33:45 +0200

The diagram shows the proportion of cities per country that falls in a particular class regarding the degree of average soil sealing.

Urban flooding — impervious surfaces reduce the drainage of rain water and increase the risk for urban flooding

Mona Poulsen — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:38:06 +0200

The map shows the average soil sealing degree inside the UMZ of European core cities (core city defined in Urban Atlas / Urban Audit). Soil sealing degrees are represented in coloured dots. The city dots are overlaid onto a modelled map displaying the change in annual number of days with heavy rainfall between the reference periods 1961-1990 and 2071-2100.