GEMACA II: Group for European Metropolitan Areas Comparative Analysis (2001)

The INTERREG IIC project "The Competitiveness of the Leading European Metropolitan Areas" conducted by the Group for European Metropolitan Areas Comparative Analysis (GEMACA) aimed at generating comparable information and data on the economic development of the major metropolitan regions of north-west Europe over the past ten years and at identifying the conditions which favour the development of economic activities with strong potential for growth and the role policy can play to facilitate their growth. S&W together with the Institute of Spatial Planning of the University of Dortmund (IRPUD) calculated accessibility indicators for the fourteen study areas at the municipal level. The GEMACA II project was co-ordinated by the Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la région d'Ile de France (IAURIF), Paris.