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	Owner of the map(s)  (Please copy and paste this section to match the number of sources)

Organisation name: EEA
Contact person: Gorm Dige 
Address (email): gorm.dige@eea.eu.int
Address (web site): www.eea.eu
*Address (delivery point): 

Map
Title: Natural and environmental assets for mountain areas of the EU-27
Geographical coverage: EU-27
Description: The map present the natural and environmental assets for the EU-27.

Tags / keywords: mountain, cohesion, 
Theme (EEA): Land use, specific regions, 
Temporal coverage: 2000
*Additional information:   <Type in footnotes and any other relevant information>
*EEA management plan year: 2010
*EEA project code or ETC implementation plan code: 323
*Link to the original delivery (e.g. on CIRCA): <Type in link>   
*Unit: <Type in unit(s)>
*Methodology: 

Persons involved
Contact person(s) for EEA: Gorm Dige
*Creator: Manuel Löhnertz
*Processor: Manuel Löhnertz
*Contributor: Stefan Kleeschulte, Mirko Gregor, Manuel Löhnertz

Copyrights
Does EEA have the copyright to publish  
the map in reports?                                          Yes:               
Does EEA have the copyright to publish 
the map as a pdf.doc on the web?                     Yes:               
Does EEA have the copyright to publish the 
underpinning data on the EEA Data Service?     Yes:               

Methodology description
Background: The aim of the current map was to develop one such “new geography” which supports their territorial identity through the identification of natural and environmental assets. The characterisation of territories provides baseline information about the environmental “value” of a specific region, i.e. if the region owns environmental assets that make it unique and that hence could support the development of the region by properly and sustainably exploiting the asset item.
Input Data: 
•	Urban – rural typologies / Rural typologies  
•	High nature value farmlands 
•	Proximity to natural areas (CLC semi-natural classes, N2000, CLC water) 
•	Air quality (PM10) 
•	Degree of soil sealing
The range of values in the different input data sets was standardised to five classes. These five classes were assumed to represent a gradient of “natural and environmental assets” for each grid cell. 
The distribution of input data values to the five output classes were based on the median of the original data and their standard deviation. Scores are attributed to each class.
Processing and results:
The degree of “natural and environmental assets” is calculated from the sum of the five individual input layers. The range of values is between 5 (= 5 x 1) and 75 (= 5 x 15). The resulting layer was classified into five classes:
Class name	
Definition	

1 Very low natural assets	
5 – 22 points	

2 Low natural assets	
23 – 35 points 	

3 Average natural assets	
36 – 48 points 	

4 High natural assets	
49 – 60 points	

5 Very high natural assets	
61 – 75 points	

In a next step, the “natural and environmental assets”-classification was clipped to the mountain-layer.

Coordinate system (if not EEA standard): <Coordinate system>

Datasets retrieved from: 
1.	Urban – rural typologies / Rural typologies  
2.	High nature value farmlands 
3.	Proximity to natural areas (CLC semi-natural classes, N2000, CLC water) 
4.	Air quality (PM10) 
5.	Degree of soil sealing
6.	Mountain
Source Dataset 1
Name: Urban – rural typologies / Rural typologies 
Organisation/source name: FARO-EU (Foresight Analysis of Rural areas Of Europe)
Address (web site): http://www.faro-eu.org
Production year: <Type in the year of production>
*Contact person: <Type in name>
*Address (email): <Type in email>
*URL: http://www.faro-eu.org
Source Dataset 2
Name: High nature value farmlands
Organisation/source name: JRC
Address (web site): http://agrienv.jrc.ec.europa.eu 
Production year: 2000
*Contact person: <Type in name>
*Address (email): <Type in email>
*URL: http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/atlas/viewdata/viewpub.asp?id=931
Source Dataset 3
Name: Proximity to natural areas (CLC semi-natural classes, N2000, CLC water)
Organisation/source name: Annex to green Paper (REGIO GIS)
Address (web site): http://ec.europa.eu
Production year: 2000 
*Contact person: Hugo Poelman, European Commission - DG Regional Policy, REGIO-GIS
*Address (email): Hugo.Poelman@ec.europa.eu
*URL: 
Source Dataset 4
Name: Air quality (PM10)
Organisation/source name: EMEP data 
Address (web site): http://www.eea.europa.euProduction year: 2006
*Contact person: <Type in name>
*Address (email): <Type in email>
*URL: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/airbase-the-european-air-quality-database-2
Source Dataset 5
Name: Degree of soil sealing
Organisation/source name: EEA
Address (web site): http://www.eea.europa.eu
Production year: 2000
*Contact person: <Type in name>
*Address (email): <Type in email>
*URL: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/eea-fast-track-service-precursor-on-land-monitoring-degree-of-soil-sealing-100m-1
Source Dataset 6
Name: Mountain zones
Organisation/source name: WCMC
Address (web site): www.unep-wcmc.org
Production year: 
*Contact person: <Type in name>
*Address (email): <Type in email>
*URL: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/habitats/mountains/eur.htm# ???