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Spatial pattern of net land take in EEA-39 in the period 2000-2018

Figure Created 02 Aug 2019 Published 03 Dec 2019 Last modified 24 Jun 2020

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Topics: Land use

Net land take as a result of urban sprawl is measured from the Copernicus Corine Land Cover dataset between 2000-2018. The map shows for each grid cell the area in km² which was covered with sealed surfaces. For visualisation land take data is presented in a 10km grid.

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Units:: Percentage (of 2009 values)
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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The map presents fragmentation increase after outliers have been removed using the 5 and 90 percentiles thresholds.

The orginal data which statistics are derived from is from the 100m spatila resolution CLC dataset series. Se also: Land take indicator (LSI001).

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