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Built-up areas, road network and population increases, selected EEA countries

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Last upload:: 29 Nov 2006
Tags:: urban sprawl , roads
Geographic coverage:: Austria , Belgium , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Montenegro , Portugal , Serbia , Slovakia , Spain , Turkey , United Kingdom
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