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In 1900, there were 1.6 billion people on Earth; today, that number has already reached 7 billion. Of these, 54 percent currently live in cities. By 2030, the number of city dwellers is expected to reach 5 billion. However, this so-called urbanization also brings its own set of problems. Cities offer opportunities for sustainable development, but at the same time, they are also risky places to live. 31 October is World Cities Day. On this occasion we are taking a look at the land us in urban agglomerations comparing the European Urban Atlas from 2006 and 2018.
Open Map for Vienna-Bratislava region
Open Map for Győr region
Open Map for České Budějovice region
Open Map for Brno region

On the occasion of school start in September, we are taking a look at a very similar topic for this month's chart: the participation in early childhood education (children ages 3 and over). The participation ratio is on the rise in each of the Centrope countries. Hungary and Austria show the highest participation rates, Czechia and Slovakia have smaller numbers. In both Austria and Czechia, the values have kept the approximately same level during the past few years, there was no further rise. Data source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sdg_04_31/default/table

Every September school is starting again after the summer holidays. Where is the most demand of primary schools in the Centrope region? To get an overview about that, we can use the percentage of 5 to 9 year old children in relation to the total population as approximated value. We can see a higher percentage of 5-to-9-year-old children along the Danube from around Bratislava to the West of Lower Austria as well as in and around the bigger cities in the Czech area, České Budějovice, Jihlava and Brno. The percentage of 5-to-9-year-old children is amaller in the North of Lower Austria and in the Burgenland/Hungary area. The map is available through our geoportal map.centropemap.org
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On the occasion of International Youth Day, celebrated on 12 August, we are taking a look at the development of the youth ratio in Centrope's population, displayed as percentage of people aged 15 to 29 years. The chart shows an overall decrease during the last 10 years in all Centrope countries as well as in the EU-27 average – except the Czech Republic, where the youth ratio is rising again since a few years. The trend is generally pointing towards a flatter curve, which means that the decrease of youth population is slowing down. Data source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_pjangroup/default/table