Losses of agricultural areas to urbanisation

Figure Created 08 Dec 2010 Published 03 Jan 2011 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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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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Last upload:

08 Dec 2010

Temporal coverage:

1990 , 2000

Tags:

soer2010 , soil , loss of land , soil sealing , thematic assessments , urbanisation

Geographic coverage:

Austria , Belgium , Czech Republic , Estonia , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain

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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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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 Commission.

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Soil — SOER 2010 thematic assessment Nearly all of the food and fibres used by humans are produced on soil. Soil is also essential for water and ecosystem health. It is second only to the oceans as a global carbon sink, with an important role in the potential slowing of climate change. Soil functions depend on a multitude of soil organisms which makes it an important part of our biodiversity. Nevertheless, soil in many parts of Europe is being over-exploited, degraded and irreversibly lost due to impacts from industrial activities and land use change, leading to soil sealing, contamination, erosion and loss of organic carbon. Due to these problems, legislation for the protection of soils has been proposed at EU level.

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