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23-Net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe
Net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe | European Environment Agency's home page 8TH EAP HEADLINE INDICATOR, 2024 Land take: net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe 8th ... Environment Action Programme Analysis and data Indicators Net land take in cities and commuting … Land conversion to arti�cial surfaces impairs the ecological functions of land and makes ecosystems ... In Europe, this conversion takes place primarily in cities and commuting zones. Between 2012 and 2018, the net land take in the EU in these zones was 450 km annually. ...
19 Feb 2025
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Annex 1: Teleworking and virtual mobility
Key messages Teleworking can reduce demand for commuting which currently accounts for 27-47% of daily travel. The impact of this strongly depends on the commuting mode. ...
13 Jan 2025
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23-Land take. Net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe-indicator
8TH EAP HEADLINE INDICATOR, 2023 Land take: net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe 8th Environment Action Programme Analysis and data Indicators Net land take in cities and commuting ... In Europe, this conversion takes place primarily in cities and commuting zones. Between 2012 and 2018, the net land take in the EU in these zones was 450 km annually. ...
17 Dec 2023
Topics: Various other issues
Air pollution in EU cities
Cities are defined as greater cities, i.e. including a core city as well as a commuting zone. For details, see the Urban PM 2.5 Atlas (Thunis et al. 2023) ...
20 Dec 2024
Topics: Air pollution
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Functional Urban Area (FUA) boundaries
A FUA consists of a city and its commuting zone. ... Functional urban areas therefore consist of a densely inhabited city and a less densely populated commuting zone whose labour market is highly integrated with the city. ...
6 Jan 2023
Topics: Land use
Net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe
In Europe, this conversion takes place primarily in cities and commuting zones. Between 2012 and 2018, the net land take in the EU in these zones was 450 km 2 annually. ...
23 Mar 2023
Topics: Land use
Net land take in cities and commuting zones by land cover category, 2012-2018, EU-27
The FUAs are composed of cities and commuting zones, where cities with over 100.000 inhabitants are considered. Net land take is the mathematical difference of land take and land recultivation. ... . - Cities and their commuting zones are known as Functional Urban Areas (Eurostat, 2018), representing circa 23% of the EU. ...
23 Mar 2023
Topics: Land use, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation
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Net land take in cities and commuting zones by land cover category, 2012-2018, EU-27
The FUAs are composed of cities and commuting zones, where cities with over 100.000 inhabitants are considered. Net land take ...
23 Mar 2023
Topics: Land use, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation
Annex 1: Teleworking and virtual mobility
Transport and environment report 2022 - Digitalisation in the mobility system: challenges and opportunities Transport and environment report 2022 | Digitalisation in the mobility system: challenges and opportunities 102 Annex 1 Teleworking and vi…
13 Jan 2025
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Land take and land degradation in functional urban areas
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. ...
5 May 2022
Topics: Land use, Biodiversity, Sustainability challenges, Urban sustainability
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