Large metropolitan spaces are growing exponentially throughout the world, with an increase of 600 million inhabitants projected by 2030. The initial sample contains 58 metropolitan spaces from all across the world, which in turn comprise 69 local governments–Metropolis members–for a total of 2,789 data points. To fill this knowledge gap, Metropolis has teamed up with researchers from LSE-Cities to produce a new set of 38 indicators, covering six issues: context and governance, economic development, social cohesion, gender equality, environmental sustainability, and quality of life. Metropolitan data for social, environmental and gender indicators were much harder to find, which pushed us to work with approximations of data from municipal, regional and national levels. While we may have access to an abundance of statistical evidence, this is usually constrained by the traditional administrative boundaries of our governance structures (cities, regions, provinces, countries etc.). One of the reasons for this is a simple lack of data at the metropolitan level. But while these topics are commonly discussed both in the private and public spheres, solutions to the problems they engender are often hard to come by. Urbanisation, gentrification and metropolitan finance are by now rather well-known and reported-upon issues. By Eugeni Villalbí Godes, Project Officer, Metropolis Observatory
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