Land use monitoring and land take in international comparison: methods and data : final report
In: Texte 2023, 126
In: Ressortforschungsplan of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
This report compares different international approaches to land use monitoring and examines the comparability of the results concerning land take. Within the context of an international literature study, key statements on European land take were made, with the underlying numbers reconstructed from the original data. Comparing these numbers with those of official land use statistics in Germany, it becomes clear that statements on land take in particular must be considered in a differentiated manner, taking into account the land monitoring methodology used in each case, in order to arrive at meaningful interpretations and allow international comparisons. The situation is similar when comparing national data from Belgium, Switzerland and England.