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Title: | Key sustainability issues and the spatial classification of sensitive regions in Europe |
Other Titles: | Book of abstracts, international conference, impact assessment of land use change |
Authors: | Dilly, Oliver Camilleri, Marguerite Dörrie, C. Formosa, Saviour Galea, Roberta Hallenbarter, D. Hasenauer, H. Imrichová, Z. Korzeniowska-Pucuek, R. Kowalik, M. Koza, P. Kräuchi, N. Kull, A. Łopatka, A. Mander, Ü. Moncada, Stefano Oja, T. Pudelko, R. Putzhuber, F. Rogass, C. Schneider, B. U. Siebielec, G. Stuczyñski, T. Hüttl, R. F. |
Keywords: | Technological innovations Information technology -- Social aspects Statistics -- Study and teaching Sustainability Environmentally sensitive areas -- European Union countries |
Issue Date: | 2008-04 |
Publisher: | Humboldt University, Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany |
Citation: | Dilly, O. , Camilleri, M., Dörrie, C., Formosa, S., Galea, R., Hallenbarter, D., Hasenauer, H., Imrichová, Z., Korzeniowska-Pucuek, R., Kowalik, M., Koza, P., Kräuchi, N., Kull, A., Łopatka, A., Mander, Ü., Moncada, S., Oja, T., Pudelko, R., Putzhuber, F., Rogass, C., Schneider, B.U., Siebielec, G., Stuczyñski, T., and Hüttl, R.F., (April 2008). Key sustainability issues and the spatial classification of sensitive regions in Europe, IN O. Dilly and K. Helming, (Eds.). Book of Abstracts, International Conference, Impact Assessment of Land Use Change, 06-09 April 2008, Humboldt University, Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany |
Abstract: | Cross-cutting environmental, social and economic changes may have harsh impacts on sensitive regions. To address sustainability issues by governmental policy measures properly, the geographical delineation of sensitive regions is essential. With reference to the European impact assessment guidelines from 2005, sensitive regions were identified by using environmental, social and economic data and by applying cluster analysis, United Nation Environmental Policy priorities and expert knowledge. On a regionalised ‘Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics’ (NUTS) level and for pre-defined sensitive region types (post-industrial zones, mountains, coasts and islands) 31 % of the European area was identified as sensitive. However, the delineation mainly referred to social and economic issues since the regional data bases on environmental indicators are limited and do not allow the separation of medium-term vital classes of sensitive regions. Overall, the sensitive regions showed indicator values differing from the EU-25 average. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/117271 |
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