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Who are we?

Metropolitan Dimension is a Platform through which experienced colleagues with a common interest in European metropolitan affairs can network and make their knowledge and expertise available.

Eurostat has identified 272 European metropolitan regions with populations over 250k, which together comprise some 60% of Europe's population of about 500m.

The Metropolitan Dimension is clearly central to European affairs

Current Initiatives

The Platform is able to take collective initiatives and promote events and projects. It is currently promoting the following.

 

 

    • CO2 80-95% Metropolitan Decarbonisation Initiative

      Proposed 5 yearly Standing Conference to facilitate a Metropolitan Dimension, and contribution, to the 5 yearly Review of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and the achievement of its decarbonisation targets.

    • ENHANCE Project

      The application and use of the ENHANCE metropolitan decarbonisation tool which enables metropolitan regions and areas to assess the effectiveness of measures to achieve the Paris Agreement decarbonisation targets.

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    • Metropolitan Foresight

      This initiative is to review, update and roll forward the European Spatial Planning Observatory Network (ESPON) Project 1.1.1 'Potentials for Polycentric Development in Europe', originally commissioned from Nordregio in 2005. The project identifies and assesses 76 Metropolitan Growth Areas (MEGA). The review could focus on a selected number of the 272 European metros identified by Eurostat.

    • Strathclyde Structure Plan 1975-1996

      This website and archive has been created to hold and make available, as an open source, the 70 or so documents that comprised the process of two yearly monitoring, review and update of the Strathclyde Structure Plan over a twenty-year period.

    • Irvine New Town Archive

      This website has been created to hold and make available, as an open source, 34 documents that cover the process of planning and developing this innovative Scottish New Town, over a thirty year period from its designation to its winding up.

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Services we offer

The services currently available through the Platform include the following.

  • Metropolitan spatial planning and development, including sectoral planning for housing and retailing
  • Metropolitan governance
  • Climate change mitigation - using the reMAC decarbonisation tool
  • Metropolitan conference planning and support services
  • Language services
  • Graphics, including publications and exhibitions Web site development and services

Colleagues on the Platform

There are currently 17 colleagues on the Platform, in alphabetical order.

Stefanie Becker, Janis Clarke - Stone Circle Design, Max Cowan, Gianfranco Fiora, Klito Gerardi, Vincent Goodstadt, Alicia Harland, Hans Hede, Adriano Muratori, Tim Page - Contour Design, James Parke, Roger Read, Fred de Ruiter, Rainer Scheppelmann, Claudio Tolomelli, Alastair Wyllie - Wyllie and Reid.

 

  • Stefanie Becker
    •  20 years experience in providing high-level European language services in German and
    French
    •  20 years experience in providing specialised language services to metropolitan interests
    in German
  • Janis Clarke
    •  Principal of Stone Circle Design
    •  20 years, continuing, as Graphic Designer for a major European metropolitan network
  • Max Cowan
    •  20 years experience as a Principal in a major UK Regional planning authority
    •  Specialist in metropolitan housing and retailing
  • Arch Gianfranco Fiora
    •  Urban planner for a major Italian metropolitan authority
    •  National representative in Italian metropolitan government reorganisation
  • Klito Gerardi
    •  Former President of the organisation for the planning of Athens
    •  Professor at the Technical University of Athens
  • Vincent Goodstadt
    •  20 years experience as an Assistant Director for a major UK Regional planning authority
    •  Former President of the Royal Town Planning Institute
  • Alicia Harland
    •  20 years experience in providing high-level European language services in Spanish
    •  20 years experience in providing specialised language services to metropolitan interests
    in Spanish
  • Hans Hede
    •  20 years experience at Directorate level in a major Swedish county authority
    •  Authority on metropolitan governance and strategic planning
  • Adriano Muratori
    •  20 years experience in providing high-level European language services in Italian and French
    •  20 years experience in providing specialised language services to metropolitan interests
    in Italian
  • Tim Page
    •  Principal of Contour Design - IT Communications and management
    •  Creator of the reMAC metropolitan decarbonisation tool
    •  10 years, continuing, as Head of Secretariat for a major European metropolitan network
  • James Parke
    •  20 years experience as an Assistant Director for a major UK Regional planning authority
    •  Authority on metropolitan governance and strategic planning
  • Roger Read
    •  5 years as Deputy Chief Planner for a UK New Town
    •  20 years as a Deputy Director for a major UK Regional planning authority
    •  20 years as Secretary General for a major European metropolitan network
  • Fred de Ruiter
    •  30 years experience of planning at Directorate level and as the Manager of a major Netherlands city authority
  • Rainer Scheppelmann
    •  10 years experience directing the Climate Unit of a major German city
    •  5 years experience leading a major sponsored European climate change mitigation project
    •  Facilitator for the use of the reMAC metropolitan decarbonisation tool
  • Claudio Tolomelli
    •  20 years experience with responsibility for Interna1onal and European relations for a major Italian Regional authority
    •  Former Vice President of a major European metropolitan network
  • Alastair Wyllie
    •  Principal of Wyllie and Reid - People and Organisational Development
    •  Former Head of Secretariat for a major European metropolitan network

 

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