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Land take and land degradation in functional urban areas

Publication Created 04 Jan 2022 Published 05 May 2022
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This report analyses data from the Urban Atlas of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. It focuses on land use changes (land take, soil sealing) and socio‑economic trends in 662 functional urban areas — cities and their commuting zones — in the EU and the UK.
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Publication Created 04 Jan 2022 Published 05 May 2022
EEA Report No 17/2021
This report analyses data from the Urban Atlas of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. It focuses on land use changes (land take, soil sealing) and socio‑economic trends in 662 functional urban areas — cities and their commuting zones — in the EU and the UK.

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Land take in 2012-2018 in floodplains of the FUAs of the EU-27 and the UK region by country and FUA structure Left chart: The extent of land take during 2012-2018 (in % of the 2012 value) in floodplains of the FUAs is presented in the barchart, broken down by countries and protection type. The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but the figure only presents EU-27+UK countries. Right map: Land take is derived from comparing the Urban Atlas 2012 and 2018 datasets of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. Land take is expressed as the converted area in % of the 2012 land cover extent (% of non-urban land cover in 2012 that is converted to urban land cover by 2018). The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but the Figure only presents EU-27+UK countries.
Landscape fragmentation in FUAs in 2018 in the EU-27 and the UK region, by country and FUA structure Fragmentation is measured as the density of continuous, i.e. unfragmented, semi-natural landscape elements (i.e. meshes). This is calculated by dividing the number of meshes with a unit area, e.g. 1 or 1 000 km². If the landscape is not fragmented, i.e. it consists of a completely continuous landscape, the mesh density is 1. If the number of natural and semi-natural landscape elements in a unit area increases, the landscape becomes more fragmented and the mesh density increases.
Land take in 2012-2018 in protected areas of FUAs of the EU-27 and the UK region, by country and protection type Left chart: The extent of land take during 2012-2018 (in percentage of the 2012 value) in protected areas of the FUAs is presented in the barchart, broken down by countries and protection type. The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but the figure only presents EU-27+UK countries. Right map: Land take is derived from comparing the Urban Atlas 2012 and 2018 datasets of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. Land take is expressed as the converted area in percentage of the 2012 land cover extent (percentage of non-urban land cover in 2012 that is converted to urban land cover by 2018). The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but te map only presents EU-27+UK countries.
Estimated potential loss of water-holding capacity in FUAs caused by sealing in the EU-27 and the UK region during 2012-2018 The map visualizes water holding capacity loss due to the estimated soil sealing increase during 2012 and 2018 in FUAs. Although the figure presents EU27+UK values only, data is available for the EEA-38 region and the UK.
Land take in 2012-2018 in FUAs of the EU-27 and the UK region, as a percentage of the area of artificial surfaces in 2012 Land take is derived from comparing the Urban Atlas 2012 and 2018 datasets of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. Land take is expressed as the converted area in % of the 2012 land cover extent (% of non-urban land cover in 2012 that is converted to urban land cover by 2018). The dataset covers the entire EEA-39 region but Figure 2.5 only presents EU-27+UK countries.
Granularity of Corine Land Cover (left) and Urban Atlas (right) data for Helsinki, Malaga and Varna The map composition intends to show the different granularity, i.e. spatial resolution, between Corine Land Cover and Urban Atlas datasets, providing three examples in three different cities from different countries.
Estimated loss of carbon sequestration potential in FUAs due to sealing in the EU-27 and the UK region between 2012 and 2018 (in tonnes of carbon) The map visualizes loss of potential carbon sequestration due to the estimated soil sealing increase during 2012 and 2018 in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). Although the figure presents EU-27+UK values only, data is available for the EEA-38 region and the UK.

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