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Losses of agricultural areas to urbanisation
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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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Methodology:
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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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Units:
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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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Owners:
- European Commission
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Figure type:
- Graph
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Temporal coverage
1990
2000
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/losses-of-agricultural-areas-to-urbanisation or scan the QR code.
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