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Fragmentation pressure and population density in EEA member countries

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Figure Created 18 Dec 2017 Published 26 Apr 2018 Last modified 26 Apr 2018

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems , Land use ,

The map shows the correspondence between fragmentation pressure from urban expansion and traffic infrastructure and population density in Europe.

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Temporal coverage:: 2012
Tags:: landscape fragmentation
Geographic coverage:: Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Montenegro , Netherlands , North Macedonia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil Systems (ETC-ULS)
Figure type:: Map

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With the average population density in Europe in 2006 estimated at 114 inhabitants per km² (Eurostat, 2011), the population density dataset was classified into densely populated areas (>100 inhabitants per km²) and into sparsely populated areas (<100 inhabitants per km²). The five fragmentation pressure classes were classified into 3 classes: 1) Very low and low number of meshes, 2) Medium number of meshes and 3) high and very high number of meshes. The three fragmentation classes and two resident population density classes were combined resulting in six combinations explained in the legend. The map shows data from the EU-28 countries, EEA Member States and Cooperating countries (EEA-39). No data available for Turkey.

This map relates to the "Landscape fragmentation pressure from urban and transport infrastructure expansion (LSI004)" indicator.

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Based on data

Landscape fragmentation indicator effective mesh density (seff) - major and medium anthrophogenic fragmentation (FGA2_S_2016) The raster file is the basis of the indicator for assessing landscape fragmentation due to urban and transport expansion. The computation is based on the method of Effective Mesh Density (seff). The Effective Mesh Density (seff) is a measure of landscape fragmentation, i.e. the degree to which movement between different parts of the landscape is interrupted by a Fragmentation Geometry (FG). FGs are defined as the presence of impervious surfaces and traffic infrastructure. The Effective Mesh Density gives the effective number of meshes (or landscape patches) per 1000 km2, in other words, the density of the meshes. The more FGs fragment the landscape, the higher the effective mesh density. The seff values are reported within the 1km sq regular LEAC grid.

Data references

GHS resident population grid

NUTS 2013 (EUROSTAT) plus Balkan countries

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