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Imperviousness density 2009 aggregated to 10km grid cells

External Data Spec Published 08 Feb 2016

Topics: Land use , Soil , Sustainability transitions ,

Shapefile showing using a 10km reference grid, the imperviousness density 2009 status layer. The dataset is derived from aggregating the original Imperviousness 2009 status layer, 100m spatial resolution, copyright by the Geoland2 project consortium.

Provider:: European Commission
Dataset URL:: http://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/land-use-cases/lea_cube_10km_from1kmcube_v2

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Indicators using this data

Imperviousness and imperviousness change The imperviousness indicator is defined as the yearly average imperviousness change between two reference years, as measured by imperviousness change products. The change is aggregated for a certain reference unit, and expressed and relative to the size of said unit (as a percentage). The imperviousness change value for a 100 m raster cell is based on 100 m imperviousness change products, corresponding to the difference in imperviousness status values (e.g. IMD2009-IMD2006). The default reference unit is the country, but the indicator can be aggregated based on different spatial units. For example, for a certain country, a n imperviousness indicator value of 0.2 %, means that an additional 0.2 % of this country's area has been sealed annually during the period between the two reference years in question. If above a certain rate of increase (threshold values) , this value can be used as a warning sign. The aggregation of imperviousness values to reference units is performed using the LEAC CUBE method.

Produced figures

Imperviousness density in 2009 The map shows the density of soil sealing in 2009, based on a 10 km2 reference grid. Green and light orange colors show areas with no or very limited sealing, while red and dark red colors show highly to fully sealed grid cells (mainly urban areas).

Average annual increase in soil sealing (imperviousness indicator) The map shows the yearly average imperviousness density change, relative to 10 km grid cells. The unit is the average percentage of newly sealed 10 km cells between 2006 and 2009.

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