Crossing Knowledge Frontiers
Serving the Territories / Liége, Belgium
EU-LUPA European Land Use Patterns
Applied Research 2013/1/8
Consortium
Netherlands
 ALTERRA
Sweden
 NordRegio
Poland
 IGSO
Basque CountrySpain
 TECNALIA
Catalonia- Spain
 UAB ETC-LUSI
EU-LUPA Project aim
This project is about combining and aggregating
land use, land cover and administrative data into
meaningful typologies that can be used for
policy design at European, national and regional
level.
Challenge
Changes in land cover in Europe reflect modifications in the uses of land,
which often compete for the same resource.
Accounting for land cover change in a consistent way at the European scale
has been made possible with CORINE Land Cover, covering the period
1990, 2000 and 2006. However, land use and land use change in Europe
have been mainly addressed from a thematic perspective.
There is a need to integrate different sector views, realizing that land-use
characteristics are becoming increasingly multi-functional, crossing not
only sectors but also administrative boundaries, and thereby becoming more
demanding in relation to background information and institutional and
administrative structures.
Challenge (2)
Given the complexity of process that drives land uses and land use changes,
a complete understanding requires consistent framework for integration
of scales and themes which currently is lacking.
Understand the complexity of the interactions between the multiple
uses of land, their temporal and spatial changes is seen crucial to
analyse the significance that policies might have on steering those changes
towards sustainability.
Project Objectives
- Analyse comparable information about European regions and cities,
based on already available data from different sources and at different
levels, in order to
-Supply regionalised information integrating physical dimension (land
cover) with socio-economic (land use) and environmental
- Understand and obtain a clear view on land use dynamics, land use
changes and current land use patterns in the European territory,
- Identify main challenges and related drivers in different types of
territories, regions and cities by means of their territorial efficiency
and
- Define the policy options and recommendations to cope with these
challenges
Working approach
•What are the main characteristics of ongoing changes in land use
characteristics and land use patterns?
•To what extend and how are changes in land use patterns interacting with
ongoing urban and socio-economic developments?
•How can typologies reflect on both levels of change, i.e. the physical
characteristics of land use patterns, and the dynamics behind these
changes?
•Are the trends sustainable, and to what extent will the ongoing changes
compromise future developments?
Project Structure
Territorial
Performance
Characterization
L.U. Efficiency
Task 2.1
Data assessment and
management
(UAB)
Task 2.2
Characterization of
Land uses in Europe
(Nordregio)
Task 2.3
Performance evaluation
and land use efficiency
(Alterra)
Task 2.5 Policy
options and
Recommendations
(Tecnalia)
• Land cover data
• Socio-economic and
Environmental data
• Land Use Dynamics/
Challenges/ Functionality
• Clustering of Regions
• Land use efficiency
Indicators
• Macro European
Indicators (Goteborg/ Lisbon)
• Evaluation per typology
• Policies as drivers
• Experts consultation
• Guidelines/response
Feedback
Policy options
per typology
Policy recommendations
based on evidence
Task 2.4 Case Studies (IGSO)
Methodological Approach
Specific
regions
(mainly
cross-border)
Task 2.2
Characterisation
and typologies
Task 2.4 Case studies
Detailed
multifunctionality
Land use/cover (stock)
Land use/cover changes
(1990-2006)
Urban sprawl
Task 2.1 Data
assessment and
management
Demography
Drivers
Socio-economic
Accessibility
Planning
Typologies
Task 2.3 LU
performance
& efficiency
Task 2.5
Policies
Land Use
Functions
Performance
LU Efficiency
Macro indicators
Socio-economic
Environment
Drivers: conceptual
J. Fons (ESPON-FOCI)
Methodological Approach
Specific
regions
(mainly
cross-border)
Task 2.2
Characterisation
and typologies
Task 2.4 Case studies
Detailed
multifunctionality
Land use/cover (stock)
Land use/cover changes
(1990-2006)
Urban sprawl
Task 2.1 Data
assessment and
management
Demography
Drivers
Socio-economic
Accessibility
Planning
Typologies
Task 2.3 LU
performance
& efficiency
Task 2.5
Policies
Land Use
Functions
Performance
LU Efficiency
Macro indicators
Socio-economic
Environment
Land use efficiency
50
LU
GDP per capita
40
DK
30
AT
DE
FR
20
NL
BE
UK
ES
GR
10
MT
LT
SK
CZ
0
0
5
10
15
% Built-up area
20
25
EEA 2009
Methodological Approach
Specific
regions
(mainly
cross-border)
Task 2.2
Characterisation
and typologies
Task 2.4 Case studies
Detailed
multifunctionality
Land use/cover (stock)
Land use/cover changes
(1990-2006)
Urban sprawl
Task 2.1 Data
assessment and
management
Demography
Drivers
Socio-economic
Accessibility
Planning
Typologies
Task 2.3 LU
performance
& efficiency
Task 2.5
Policies
Land Use
Functions
Performance
LU Efficiency
Macro indicators
Socio-economic
Environment
Land Use Functions
Functions Mainly
SOCIETAL
Functions Mainly
ECONOMICAL
Functions Mainly
ENVIRONMENTAL
Provision of work
Residential and LandProvision of abiotic
independent production
resources
Human health &
recreation
Land-based production
Support and provision
of biotic resources
Cultural
Transport infrastructure
Maintenance of
ecosystem
processes
Alterra
Expected results of the Project
 Geodatabase of land use information in EU
 Characterization of land use in EU : In depth assessment of land use
dynamics
 Definition of Regional typologies in Europe based on land use dynamics
as a result of a clustering exercise and production of maps with European
coverage.
 Assessment of territorial performance and related land use efficiency
 Guidelines for Policy Recommendations for spatial development based
on land use patterns in Europe in view of regional specificities
Questions to be addressed during the workshop
New facts and results which would have the highest relevance for current
policy development
How and where can these results be used in an operational way in
support to the European 2020 Strategy aims of smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth and territorial cohesion?
Which strategic linckages can be identified between the projects
presentetd in the workshop?:
Previous espon project results/ typologies for instance
- ESPON Climate
- ReRisk
- FOCI
- EDORA