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Written by Vector1Media
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In the European Union, about 80% of the population lives in cities and towns. In the next 15 years the population living in urban agglomerations is expected to increase by more than 4%. (EEA, 1999). As a consequence urban settlements are continuing to sprawl, causing land use stress and social inequities.
As strategies and instruments aimed at reducing the expansion of the towns and cities strongly depend on local, regional and national conditions of the Member States, however many EU policies can be addressed in the same direction, although at a different scale. This requires the implementation of a monitoring and assessment framework to quantify and compare information on the environmental impact of development and policies throughout Europe.
An example in this direction had been the Murbandy / Moland project (Monitoring Urban Dynamics/Monitoring Land Use Changes) which proposed a methodology for strategic monitoring of the spatial evolution of a selected set of urban and their effects on the environment. This project is able to organize databases and derive relevant information to construct indicators that can give information about spatial processes such as urban growth, land use changes, intensity and directions of urban sprawl, etc.
The present report is the result of an activity included in a ETC/TE project aiming at analyzing the impact of urban sprawl on sealing high valuable soils for agriculture and consequences (e.g. for erosion).
View Online (2005)
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Written by Vector1Media
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In order to analyze changes and trends between CLC90 and CLC00, the change database should be used rather than computing differences between CLC90 and CLC00. This report demonstrates the differences that can be found using different methodologies.
Download Report (2005) (19 PAGES; 1.35MB PDF)
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Written by Vector1Media
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This report provides information on the state of the environment in the coastal areas of Europe, and provides evidence of the need for a more integrated, long-term approach. Since 1995, concern about the state of Europe's coastline has led to a number of EU initiatives, which build on the concept of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). ICZM attempts to balance the needs of development with protection of the very resources that sustain coastal economies.
It also takes into account the public's concern about the deteriorating environmental, socio-economic and cultural state of the European coastline.
Download Report (2006) (112 pages, 10.4MB PDF)
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