Urban sprawl for six European cities

Figure Created 13 Jun 2016 Published 11 Jul 2016 Last modified 21 Feb 2017

Urban sprawl at 1-km2 scale in 2009 (WUPp) in six examples of zoom-ins: (a) from the coast of Spain (Barcelona), (b) Paris, (c) from the Benelux countries, (d) Dublin (e), Helsinki, and (f) Warsaw.

Hard copy

Map3.4-29944-Urban-sprawl-in-Barcelona-Paris-Helsinki-Warzaw.eps

Map3.4-29944-Urban-sprawl-in-Benelux-Dublin.png

European data

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
6.91 MB

29944-Countries-Metadata.xls

Metadata

Last upload:

13 Jun 2016

Temporal coverage:

2009

Tags:

weighted urban proliferation , urban sprawl

Geographic coverage:

Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) , Benelux (België, Nederland, Luxemburg) , Dublin (Leinster, Ireland) , Helsinki (Uusimaa, Finland) , Paris (Île-de-France, France) , Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)

Units:

UPU/m2 (WUP)

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 (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Owners:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Processors:

Concordia University - Geography, Planning and Environment

GISAT

Figure type:

Map

Related content

Data references

URBAN SPRAWL 2016

Used in publications

Urban sprawl in Europe - joint EEA-FOEN report This report provides a comparable measurement of urban sprawl for 32 European countries at three levels (the country level, the NUTS-2 region level and the 1-km2 cell level) and for two years (2006 and 2009). The analysis is based on the Copernicus system which monitors the Earth and collects data by different sources. This data provides information about a number of thematic areas, including land. Under land a pan-European component delivers information about various areas, including the level of sealed soil (imperviousness), through high resolution layers taken from satellite imagery. The analysis uses new urban sprawl metrics taking into account the way built-up areas are laid out and how they are used. It also looks at the factors which contribute to an increase or decrease in urban sprawl. The results confirm the conclusions of earlier EEA reports namely that in many parts of Europe current levels of urban sprawl have contributed to detrimental ecological, economic and social effects. This gives cause for concern and such effects may increase alongside planned urban development.

Permalinks

Permalink to this version: a3466037f25c4b3abe03b86af9d7b332
Permalink to latest version: 9WKUYZHIBX

Document Actions

For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/urban-sprawl-for-six-european-cities or scan the QR code.

PDF generated on 23 Jun 2017, 12:36 AM

Write to us

Call us

Sound and independent information
on the environment

Sections

Urban sprawl for six European cities

Hard copy

European data

Metadata

Related content

Data references

Used in publications

Permalinks

Document Actions

This site uses cookies

Write to us

Call us

Sound and independent information on the environment

Sections

Urban sprawl for six European cities

Hard copy

European data

Metadata

Related content

Data references

Used in publications

Permalinks

Document Actions

Share with others

This site uses cookies

Sound and independent information
on the environment