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Urban soil sealing in Europe: Soil is the earth's living skin and provides us with essential services for life in our planet: production of food; infiltration and cleansing of water and protection against flooding; habitat for plants; areas for recreation and mental health; micro climate regulation, etc. It is such a crucial resource that it can't be ignored. However, particularly in urban areas, soil is being sealed off with increasing housing and infrastructure.
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Changes in land covers inside and outside Natura 2000 sites in the Czech Republic and Germany from 1990 to 2000: The bar charts show the percentage of each and cover flows in and outside Natura2000 sites, within Czech Republic and Germany from 1990 to 2000.
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Contribution of each land cover flow in the total amount of changes per year in mountains (100%) between 1990 and 2000 for six selected countries.: Proportion of each land cover flows in the total amount of land cover changes observed inside mountain massifs per year for six European countries.
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Distribution of land cover changes in mountain massifs of EU-15 Member States (excluding Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden) and the new EU-27 Member States (excluding Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) in 1990-2000: Comparison of the distribution of land cover changes according to the LEAC land cover flow classification in mountain massifs, between EU-15 members (excluding Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Sweden) and new EU-27 members (excluding Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.)
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Dominant landscape types in mountain areas of Europe, 2006: The maps describes the dominant landscape types (artificial dominance, dispersed urban areas, broad pattern intensive agriculture, rural mosaic and pasture, forest, open semi-natural or natural and composite
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Average contribution of each land cover flow to the total amount of changes between 1990-2000 and 2000-2006 in European mountain massifs: Proportion of each land cover flows in the total amount of land cover changes observed in mountainous regions.
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Distribution of land cover changes in mountain massifs of EU-15 Member States (excluding Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden) and the new EU-27 Member States (excluding Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) in 2000-2006: Comparison of the distribution of land cover changes according to the LEAC land cover flow classification in mountain massifs, between EU-15 members (excluding Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Sweden) and new EU-27 members (excluding Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.)
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Land use — SOER 2010 thematic assessment: Land use shapes our environment in positive and negative ways. Productive land is a critical resource for food and biomass production and land use strongly influences soil erosion and soil functions such as carbon storage. Land management largely determines the beauty of Europe's landscapes. It is important therefore to monitor land cover and land-use change through tools such as Corine land cover. Data on land-cover change in Europe from 2000–2006 show that growth in built-up areas and forest land leads to a continued loss of agricultural land. In turn, global economic and environmental change will increasingly influence the way Europeans use land (e.g. as communities work to mitigate and adapt to climate change). Policy responses are needed to help resolve conflicting land-use demands and to guide land-use intensity to support environmental land management.
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European land cover in 2006, main land-cover categories of Europe: -
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Land use - National Responses (Poland): SOER Common environmental theme from Poland
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