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A recent analysis by PBL, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, has mapped key EU policies that influence land in the Netherlands. This map shows the results, including: locations supported by EU subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (pillars 1 and 2), EU regional policy, the LIFE+ Programme and the fisheries fund; Trans-European Transport networks (TEN-T); safety zones designated under the Seveso Directive (2012/18/EU); river basin districts as well as water bodies who quality is insufficient; and Natura 2000 sites (both terrestrial and marine) as well as their zones of influence.
The European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion (ESPON) presented a forecast of land-use trends in Europe for the coming two decades
Blue dots indicate outflow to suburban areas; red dots indicate inflow to cities. The largest blue dots indicate areas in which there has been a 2.9 % or higher outflow of the urban population to the suburban area, medium-sized dots indicate a 1.45 %–2.9 % outflow and the smallest dots represent an outflow of 0.29 %–1.45 %. Red dots indicate the reverse phenomenon (i.e. the concentration of the population in city centres). Source: Euroreg (2010).
Urban sprawl at 1-km2 scale in 2009 (WUPp) in six examples of zoom-ins: (a) from the coast of Spain (Barcelona), (b) Paris, (c) from the Benelux countries, (d) Dublin (e), Helsinki, and (f) Warsaw.
Differences between observed and fitted (predicted) values from the ridge regression model for Weighted Urban Proliferation (WUP) in absolute terms and percentages for the year 2009 at the country level.
Maps of changes in WUP at the 1-km2 grid scale 2006 - 2009 for three zoom-ins: Portugal (a), Ireland (b), Prague (c), London (d).
Maps of urban sprawl per NUTS‑2 region for weighted urban proliferation (WUP), dispersion of the built-up areas (DIS), land uptake per person (LUP) and percentage of built‑up area (PBA)
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/find/global or scan the QR code.
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