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Relative losses of agricultural areas to urbanisation

Figure Created 08 Dec 2010 Published 03 Jan 2011 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Topics: Soil Land use

Graph showing estimated loss of agricultural land in 20 EU countries due to urbanization between 1990 and 2000 based on an analysis of CORINE Land Cover Data

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Area of agricultural land from CORINE 1990 was assessed using GIS. Comparison made against CORINE 2000 to locate areas which were agricultural in 1990 but artificial surfaces in 2000. % compared to area of country.

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