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Desertification in the Mediterranean region

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Created 29 Apr 2009 Published 29 Apr 2009 Last modified 17 Mar 2023

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The European Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment (ETC-TE) has been asked by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to support the development of a sensitivity mapping on desertification and drought in the Mediterranean countries at scale 1 : 1.000.000

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Zipped GRID format, raster data

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Mapping sensitivity to desertification (DISMED), 2003

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Relation:: Parent data set: Indices of climate, soil and vegetation quality
Geographic accuracy:: 1000 meters
Scale of the data set:: 1:1000000
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Methodology:: The adopted methodology is inspired by the one developed in the framework of the MEDALUS project (Mediterranean Desertification And Land Use). Sensitivity to the desertification of the different spatial homogeneous units is defined by an index (SDI: Sensitivity to desertification index) obtained from the geometrical average of three indexes of the soil quality, climate and vegetation. Land planning and socio-economic aspects have not been included because further work is required in order to test methodologies implemented at regional or national level.
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: The European Topic Centre on Land Use and Spatial Information

Additional information

This is part of the project Desertification Information System to Support National Action Programmes in the Mediterranean (DISMED), where the EEA is involved. Since March 2002 a Working group on sensitivity mapping on desertification and drought has been established with the mandate of defining technical specification of the cartography. By the end of June 2003 the ETC prepared an assessment report on the feasibility of the map where it was concluded that a minimum data sets and methodology existed for Europe except for the socio-economic layer. Since no new data has been available, the map developed corresponds to the minimum requirements described in the above mentioned report.
Geographical coverage note: data for the Mediterranean parts of France only

For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/desertification-in-the-mediterranean-region or scan the QR code.

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