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Land take in protected areas of FUAs in 2018, by country and protection type

Figure Created 02 Mar 2022 Last modified 02 Mar 2022

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Topics: Climate change adaptation Biodiversity — Ecosystems Land use

Left chart: The extent of land take during 2012-2018 (in % of the 2012 value) in protected areas of the FUAs is presented in the bar chart, broken down by countries and protection type. The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but the figure only presents EU-27 (2020) +UK countries. Right map: Land take is derived from comparing the Urban Atlas 2012 and 2018 datasets of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. Land take is expressed as the converted area in % of the 2012 land cover extent (% of non-urban land cover in 2012 that is converted to urban land cover by 2018). The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but Figure 2.3 only presents EU-27 (2020) +UK countries.

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Methodology:: Land take is defined as the conversion of non-urban land covers, such as e.g. semi natural areas, agriculture or open spaces into urban land cover classes. Converting these land cover classes into urban green areas is also defined as land take. The area of land take was computed by comparing the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service Urban Atlas datasets for 2012 and 2018 in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs).
Units:: Percentage of 2012
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)
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