Q. Name of project
Desequilibrios socioeconómicos y cohesión territorial en Europa, 1850-2000.
Q: Name of project IN ENGLISH:
Socio-economic disequilibrium and territorial cohesion in Europe, 1850-2000.
Q: Principal researcher(s):
Jordi Martí-Henneberg, Albert Barrufet, Montserrat Guerrero, Francesc Relaño.
Q. Who can/should be contacted now, and how?
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Jordi Martí-Henneberg (Professor of Human Geography) |
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Departament de Geografia i Sociologia. Universitat de Lleida. Plaça Víctor Siurana,1 25.003 LLEIDA (Spain) |
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Q. When did research begin?
In 1999 for the study of boundaries and the assembling of information.
Q: Is the project still in existence? If it has ended, when did it end? If it still exists, when is it expected to end?
We expect to end in 2003.
Q: What institution(s) was/is the project based in?
It is carried out at the University of Lleida.
Q: How many people were/are employed, and for how long? Were these peoplerecruited specially for the project, or were they already employed by the institution(s)?
Nobody has been employed. A part-time scholarship will be involved in summer 2000.
Q: How much did the project cost?
Impossible to calculate, because it’s mainly done by teachers.
Q: Who paid for the project?
A small part (10.000 Euros for three years) is paid by the Municipality of Lleida as is one of their research-programs. Recently, a project has been presented to the Ministry of Research for more funding. We wil have an answer by the end of 2000.
Q: If the project is still underway, has all necessary funding tocomplete the project been raised?
No, we haven’t. More funding is needed, basicaly to employ one person for the digitation on GIS and to produce maps.
Q: How easy has it been to raise the money?
The second we tried, we obtained just a part of the funding requested. So, it is difficult.
Q: Other than raising the money, what are the biggest problems your project has faced?
The complexity of sources (cartographical and statistical) to handle with.
Q: How likely is it that further funding might be raised within your country for a collaborative European project?
That is we need to really advance on our research. If we become members of this European project, we will have more possibilities to obtain funds in our country.
Q. What geographical area is covered by the project? What is the MODERN legal status of this area? (i.e. is it a nation state, a province of a nation state, etc). If the area currently lacks a legal definition, when was it defined and by whom?
The European Comunity of 15 member states from 1850.
Q: Does the project aim to: (a) Reconstruct boundaries at a single date (b) Reconstruct boundaries at a series of dates (c) Construct a continuous record of changing boundaries over a period
We aim to reconstruct boundaries at a series of dates.
Q: What is the earliest date covered by the project?
1850, because the sources are not available since the mid XIXth century.
Q: What is the latest date covered by the project?
2000 as far as we have data.
Q: What systems of units are included?
States, Nuts 2 and 3.
Q: What is the project's final product?
A published paper atlas and a CD version about the historical geography of Europe.
Q: What other publications has your project produced? In particular, please give details of any publications on your methods, and any publications in other languages?
"Regional distribution of Agricultural and European Cohesion Funding", Iberian Studies, Keele University, Staffordshire, 1999 (under publication).
"The regional distribution of the European Community Budget", Proceedings of the 37th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Rome, 1997, 15 pp. (available in CD).
"La definición histórica de las regiones en la Europa comunitaria (1850-1995)" (The historical definition of regions in the European Community), Actas del VIII Coloquio Ibérico de Geografía, vol. 2, Lisboa, 1999 (729-734).
Q. What base map is/was used to record the information? When was it created, and by whom? Is it published or in an archive?
Created by ourselves from different ancient maps. It is in an archive.
Q: What scale was this base map on?
Different scales depending on the subject: Europe or states.
Q: If the base map was not already in digital form and your project created a digital version, how was this done?
It has been digitised manually.
Q: If your project constructed a record of boundary CHANGES, what sources of information were used? How was this information gathered?
It is a long job of assembling information from many different archives, but the job is not finished; it should be one of the goals of our European project.
Q: What other maps besides the base map were used? When were they created, and by whom? What scale were they on? What boundaries did they show? How reliable are they?
We just need one base map because our project concerns mainly the production of thematic cartography.
Q: Did your project make any use of DESCRIPTIONS of boundaries?
No, we didn’t.
Q. Please give full publication details (author(s), title, place of publication, date of publication).
We do not have any end product yet.
Q: What software was used?
All the information we have is compiled in Arcview 3.1.
Q: What were your reasons for your choice of software? If you started again now, would you use the same software?
The same if an easier one is not available. The problem with ArcView is that all the job has to be done in the same PC.
Q: Describe the data files making up the final system:
It is a standard GIS file format.
Q: What map projection is used?
The European Community standard.
Q: From your existing experience, what methodological recommendations do you have for a larger collaborative project?
We have to decide what projection we will use.
Q. What place-names are built-in to your mapping? Is each point/area (node/polygon) labelled with a single name, or is there some system for linking to different versions of names?
Names of regions. Each one is labelled in ArcView.
Q: Does the history/linguistic geography of your area raise special problems with naming places?
Some problems arise with names in so many languages.
Q: What sources have you used to research place- and area-names for use in your system?
The official names and codes for regions of the European Community.
Q: Was the GIS/digital resource constructed for use by its creators ONLY, or was it intended for wider use?
For wider use.
Q: Are you willing to make it available for use by others?
Yes, certainly.
Q: Are you willing to make it available for free, or for distribution costs only? If not, what plans have you for commercial distribution?
No plans yet.
Q: Is the resource available NOW?
Not yet
Q: Are there any limitations on access?
No
Q: What file format or file formats is the resource available in?
Maps on ArcView 3.1. and data base in dBase and Excel.
Q: What plans are there for updating the data files to include the results of more recent historical research?
No plans yet, but we are open to include recent research.
Q: Do you own all intellectual property rights in the resource created by your project? If not, what other rights exist, and who do they belong to? What limitations have they imposed?
We have all property rights.
Q: How have Intellectual Property Rights issues limited your project?
Not at all.
© Jordi Martí Henneberg (Lleida, May 2000)