Focus on urban, regional and local issues

摘要

Within the International Statistical Institute (ISI) the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS) maintains and develops its flagship journal SJIAOS, the Statistical Journal of the IAOS. SJIAOS is attractive to SCORUS, the Standing Committee of Urban and Regional Statistics and Research, which is part of the IAOS. The papers in this issue of the SJIAOS focus on current trends and future prospects in urban and regional statistics. Current trends in city and regional statistics feature attributes of open, comparative, compatible, spatial, and collaborative networks as mode of working. In particular, this issue will highlight the role of open data, making the volume both timely and relevant. Many of the papers originate from presentations given at the 59th World Statistical Congress of the International Statistical Institute held in August 2013 in Hong Kong. However, the authors have further developed and up-dated their papers.