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Land take in Europe

Land take in Europe . Gordon McInnes , EEA Fifth Joint Task Force Meeting Geneva , 04-06 July2012. What is land take?. EEA definition: Loss of agriculture , forest and other semi-natural and natural land taken by urban and other artificial land development .

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Land take in Europe

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  1. Land take in Europe Gordon McInnes, EEA Fifth Joint Task Force Meeting Geneva , 04-06 July2012

  2. What is land take? EEA definition: • Loss of agriculture, forest and other semi-natural and natural land taken by urban and other artificial land development. • It includes areas where soil is sealed by construction and urban infrastructure as well as urban green areas and sport and leisure facilities. Roadmap on Resource Efficient Europe: • Milestone: no net land-take by 2050. What does this mean? No net change (increase) in built-up areas. If built-up new infrastructure have to reclaim the area some where else (e.g. transform brownfields into agriculture or natural land).

  3. Outline • A reality check – land use and land take in Europe • Policy responses to land take

  4. A reality check - land use and land take in Europe

  5. Full coverage CLC 2000

  6. CLC 2006 v.13 (status Feb 2011, base for the indicator)

  7. Trend - land take is increasing

  8. Residential growth Economic sites Baltic States, 2000-2006

  9. Lost land cover due to land take in Europe 2006 • Relative contribution of land-cover categories to urban and other artificial land development

  10. Where have the more important artificial land uptakes occurred?

  11. Mean annual land take before and after 2000

  12. What are the drivers of uptake for urban and other artificial land development? 2000 – 2006 EUR36

  13. Urban land take 1990-2006 (Copenhagen)

  14. Policy responses to land take

  15. What are the policy responses to land take? • Cohesion Policy (2014-2020) – thematic objective: environmental protection and resource efficiency. Funds flow to infrastructure developments (e.g. in 2000-2006 period – 5100 km road built, 8400 km rail built, etc.) • Roadmap on Resource Efficient Europe – milestone: no net land-take by 2050. • Territorial Agenda 2020 - changes in land use (urbanisation, mass tourism, etc.) threaten landscapes and lead to fragmentation of natural habitats and ecological corridors. • Guidelines to limit soil sealing - measures for limiting soil sealing include 'land take' targets, planning restrictions and rules on preferential development of brownfield sites.

  16. What are the policy responses to land take? • Rural Development Policy (towards 2020) - priorities include restoring, preserving, and enhancing ecosystems e.g. N2000 , landscapes, soil management, etc. • The Common Transport Policy - development of transport services must take account of their possible effects on the environment. • European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) - advocates the development of a sustainable, polycentric and balanced urban system with compact cities. • Leipzig Charter of Sustainable European Cities – compact settlement structure as especially sustainable.

  17. Thank you for your attention http://www.eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications-ru/emep-eea

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