The OECD and the European Commission have jointly developed a methodology to define functional urban areas (FUAs) in a consistent way across countries. Using population density and travel-to-work flows as key information, a FUA consists of a densely inhabited city and of a surrounding area (commuting zone) whose labour market is highly integrated with the city (OECD 2012). The ultimate aim of the OECD-EU approach to functional urban areas is to create a harmonised definition of cities and their areas of influence for international comparisons as well as for policy analysis on topics related to urban development.
The following profiles provide the functional urban areas of each country. The following information is included:
The map and list of urban areas are in pdf and shapefile format below:
Japan - shapefile | |
Korea - shapefile | |
Latvia - shapefile | |
Lithuania - shapefile | |
Luxembourg - shapefile | |
Mexico - shapefile | |
Netherlands - shapefile | |
New Zealand - shapefile | |
Norway - shapefile | |
European Union - shapefile |
Poland - shapefile |
Portugal- shapefile | |
Slovak Republic - shapefile | |
Slovenia - shapefile | |
Spain - shapefile | |
Sweden - shapefile | |
Switzerland - shapefile | |
Turkey - shapefile | |
Israel - shapefile |
United Kingdom - shapefile |
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