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Term

land consumption

Term

'Consumption' of land cover means: (a) The expansion of built-up area which can be directly measured; (b) the absolute extent of land that is subject to exploitation by agriculture, forestry or other economic activities; and (c) the over-intensive exploitation of land that is used for agriculture and forestry.

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Source:

EEA Glossary

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Definition source publication

EEA. 1997. The concept of environmental space. Copenhagen

Publication year

1997

Definition source URL

http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/EEAGlossary

Organisation

EEA

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Subjects

Long definition

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