Losses of agricultural areas to urbanisation

Figure Created 08 Dec 2010 Published 03 Jan 2011 Last modified 29 Nov 2012
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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08 Dec 2010
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Area of agricultural land from CORINE 1990 was assessed using GIS. Comparison made against CORINE 2000 to locate areas which were agricultural in 1990 but artificial surfaces in 2000.

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Hectare

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