Standing Committee on Regional and Urban Statistics

SCORUS (Standing Committee on Regional and Urban Statistics) is the international network for regional and urban statistics providing a platform to facilitate the development of urban and regional statistics and research.

SCORUS's mission is to stimulate and organise a worldwide dialogue on urban and regional research and statistics and to promote in-depth statistical analyses with the aim to contribute to progress in this field and to improve the understanding of urban and regional phenomena as well as the comparability of concepts and results. SCORUS aims to enhance the knowledge created for urban and regional policy.

SCORUS is a committee of the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS), which is an association of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).

To become a member of SCORUS all you have to do is to join IAOS. Visit this link (http://isi.cbs.nl/iaos-form.asp)and follow the instructions

For further information on SCORUS visit the website: http://scorus.org/index.php/home/