Description
This product contains the summary statistics of GHS-BUILT-S multi-temporal (1975-2020) at Local Administrative Unit Level 2 (LAU2) from the 2020 layer provided
by GISCO. For each LAU2 the table contains the sum of built-up surface (GHS-BUILT-S R2022) between 1975 and 2020 in 5 years interval, expressed in square kilometres.
Contact
Contributors
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- Marcello Schiavina
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0000-0003-3399-3400
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- Michele Melchiorri
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0000-0002-3009-8868
How to cite
Schiavina, Marcello; Melchiorri, Michele (2022): GHS-BUILT-LAU2STAT R2022A - GHS built-up surface statistics in European LAU2, multitemporal (1975-2020). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/94D62A61-25D0-42FD-9E1E-A41F877CF788 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/94d62a61-25d0-42fd-9e1e-a41f877cf788
Keywords
Built-up surface EU Europe GHS BUILT GHS-BUILT GHS-BUILT-S GHSL LAU2 SDG 11 SDG monitoring
Data access
This product contains the summary statistics of GHS-BUILT-S multi-temporal (1975-2020) at Local Administrative Unit Level 2 (LAU2) from the 2020 layer provided
by GISCO. For each LAU2 the table contains the sum of built-up surface (GHS-BUILT-S) between 1975 and 2020 in 5 years interval, expressed in square kilometres.
Project Web site
Project Web site
Publications
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ENGLAND
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Abstract
Human settlements typically expand to accommodate additional housing demand from a growing population and their socio-economic activities. This implies consumption of land, a limited resource necessary for many other goods and services. The efficiency of this exploitation in relation to demographic trends is key to preserve soils and natural capital that could otherwise be lost or degraded. Here we assess recent (2000 – 2015) patterns of population and built-up growth, the latter assessed through remote sensing. We find that built-up areas have been growing at a faster pace than population on average for the EU27 and that built-up areas expand even where population declines. We quantify the impact of future population growth under different assumptions on future built-up efficiency. Keeping current built-up per capita fixed could preserve up to 9,000 km2 of land until 2030, mostly in predominantly rural and intermediate regions, where land use efficiency is low and has been declining.
Geographic areas
Spatial coverage
Type | Value |
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WKT | POLYGON((-79.7 88.92,62.29 88.92,62.29 -26.64,-79.7 -26.64,-79.7 88.92)) |
Temporal coverage
From date | To date |
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1975-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2022-06-01
- Modified date
- 2022-06-24
- Issued date
- 2022-06-25
- Landing page
- http://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Environment, Regions and cities
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/94d62a61-25d0-42fd-9e1e-a41f877cf788
- Popularity
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