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Term

pressure

Term

In the EEA indicator system, pressure indicators describe developments in release of substances (emissions), physical and biological agents, the use of resources and the use of land. The pressures exerted by society are transported and transformed in a variety of natural processes to manifest themselves in changes in environmental conditions.

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Source:

EEA Glossary

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Definition source publication

EEA. 1999. Environmental indicators: Typology and overview. Technical report No 25. Copenhagen.

Publication year

1999

Definition source URL

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

Organisation

EEA

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Subjects

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

Long definition

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