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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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Soil sealing and population density in the capitals of EEA countries and the Western Balkans: -
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Losses of agricultural areas to urbanisation: 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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Estimated nitrogen surplus across Europe, 2005: Estimated nitrogen surplus (the difference between inorganic and organic fertilizer application, atmospheric deposition, fixation and uptake by crops) for the year 2005 across Europe.
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Relative losses of agricultural areas to urbanisation: 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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Annual impact of soil losses due to urbanisation: Graph showing annual impact of soil losses, due to urbanisation, on the production capability of agriculture between 1990 and 2000 based on an analysis of CORINE Land Cover Data
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Landslides in Italy: The map shows: LEFT: Distribution of landslides with human consequences from AD 1300 to 2002. The size of the triangle indicates the intensity of the event. RIGHT: Landslide susceptibility map of Italy.
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Distribution of nematodes: Map showing the distribution of Nematodes.
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Exceedance of critital loads of acidity: Maps showing changes in the extent to which European ecosystems are exposed to acid deposition (i.e. where the critical load limits for acidification are exceeded). Values for 2010 are predicted based on adherence to implementation of NEC Directive.
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Principle areas of irrigation: The Global Map of Irrigation Areas was developed by combining sub-national irrigation statistics with geospatial information on the position and extent of irrigation schemes to compute the fraction of 5 arc minute cells that was equipped for irrigation, which is called irrigation density.
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