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EEA’s contribution to spatial assessments:

CORINE land cover 2000 & Land Accounts

Stefan Kleeschulte, Project leader, EEA/ETC Terrestrial Environment

Jean-Louis WeberProject manager, Environmental Accounting/ Spatial Assessment, EEA

ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg

Corine land cover 2000 data are available…

ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg

… they can be downloaded now from the EEA website

http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/dataservice/available2.asp?type=findkeyword&theme=clc2000

ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg

EEA is developing land accounts from CLC

By grid-cells, regions, river basins► Statistical analysis► Cartographic analysis

Land Accounts can be combined with other data for integrated spatial assessments

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Natura 2000 sites

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Total urban sprawl

F2F3_N4.SUMOFAREAH

0 - 2%

2% - 5%

5% - 10%

more than 10%

Urban morphological zones, pop. > 50000

High natural potential: 100

Low natural potential: 0

Landscape Natural Potential

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Ecological corridors are fragmented by roads, railways, dams, and urban sprawl, which partition Natura2000 sites from other sites and ecosystems. In addition to losses of habitats, species trend to be isolated and therefore endangered.

Effect of artificialisation of land cover on nature protection

Source: EEA/Corine land cover 1990-2000/ Land Accounts ProjectProvisional results

Portugal-Algarve

Main Flows of Consumption (-) and Formation (+) of dry semi-natural land in ha/year

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Creation of semi-natural dry landcover

Withdrawal of farming withoutwoodland creation

Forest creation, afforestation overdry semi-natural land (-)

Conversion of semi-natural landcover to agriculture (-)

Consumption of dry semi-naturalland cover by urban sprawl (-)

Algarve

Main Flows of Consumption (-) and Formation (+) of dry semi-natural land in ha/year

0 200 400 600 800 1000

Creation of semi-natural dry landcover

Withdrawal of farming withoutwoodland creation

Forest creation, afforestation overdry semi-natural land (-)

Conversion of semi-natural landcover to agriculture (-)

Consumption of dry semi-naturalland cover by urban sprawl (-)

C. de Madrid

Comunidad de Madrid

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Provisional land accounts data can be downloaded from

http://eea.eionet.eu.int/Public/irc/eionet-circle/leac/library