ESPON EULUPA European Land use Patterns ESPON 2013

ESPON EU-LUPA European Land use Patterns ESPON 2013 Programme – Open Seminar “European Territorial Evidence for EU Cohesion Policy and Programming” 13 -14 June 2012 - Aalborg, Denmark Session 2 - Workshop 7 Environmental Resources, Climate Change and Risk Prevention

Challenges Given the complexity of process that drives land uses and land uses changes, a complete understanding requires consistent framework for integration of scales and themes. Policy responses, are needed in order to resolve potential conflicts in land use demand also guiding land use intensity towards sustainable development.

Project approach EU-LUPA approach assesses land use patterns and dynamics at regional level in the EU with a multisector perspective addressing major territorial challenges and political priorities. This project is about combining and aggregating land cover, land use and administrative data into meaningful typologies as potential input for policy making at European, national and regional level.

Project approach Corine Land Cover baseline How much Corine Land Cover changes Quantity Hot spots expert judgement Intensity Dominant processes Typology of changes Corine Land Cover Socio-economic data Prevailing characteristics expert judgement aggregation Land Use Functions 4 Challenges Opportunities Performance

How much has changed (1990 -2006)? 5

Land use change: Hot spots 1990 -2006 2000 -2006 6

Typologies of change 7

Land Use Functions • Changes analysis based on CLC could be broaden to better understand land use dynamics in EU 27 • To assess the impacts of land use change in a comprehensive way: multi-criteria analysis of indicators • The Land Use Functions provide a way to enhance the understanding of: – Multi-functionality – Sustainability: integration of the economic, social and environmental dimension

The LUFs method: aggregation scheme Sustainability 0. 333 Society Economy 0. 166 LUF 1: Work LUF 2: Leisure & recreation Environment 0. 166 LUF 3: Food & bio-energy LUF 4: Housing Infrastructure 0. 166 LUF 5: Abiotic resources LUF 6: Biotic resources 7 8 2 7 1 4 5 7 1 3 3 12 12 15 9 11 6 21 13 18 5 12 16 17 17 18 12 15 24 27 21 26 16 17 19 20 19 21 25 19 20 21 25 1 Indicator 21 Basic aggregation scheme, after Paracchini et al. (2008). The symbols represent individual indicators contributing to more than one LUF

LUF 1 – Provision of work

LUF 3 – Provision of food and bioenergy 3

contribution to the Common Strategic Framework Eu-lupa could be used as basis for building territorial evidence relevant for the Common Strategic Framework, providing inputs to: – thematic objectives mentioned in the Common Strategic Framework, and; – also as an input for the Partnership Contracts. 12

contribution to thematic objectives Ob 5. Promoting climate change adaptation Potential links between land use patterns and climatevulnerability if combining EU-LUPA with ESPON-CLIMATE or other vulnerability assessments: – Artificialisation and sprawl intensification patters in regions with foreseen urban climate risks could increase their vulnerability. – Forest and agriculture land use changes (extensification or intensification) in regions with foreseen changes in agricultural productivity or ecological niche due to climate should explore the potentials or define how to reduce vulnerability (soil degradation, hydrological cycle regulation, economic activities). 13

Ob 5. Promoting climate change adaptation

contribution to thematic objectives Ob 6. Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency EU-LUPA could help identifying regional challenges and related objectives: • water supply, waste-water, waste management, reduce transport related air pollution and integrated urban development, including through sustainable urban drainage, soil desealing measures, rehabilitation of contaminated sites Through sprawl dynamics and Land Use Functions • green infrastructure, including Natura 2000 sites Through land use patterns • protecting and enhancing cultural heritage and landscapes Through land use patterns • efficiency in the use of water by agriculture Through land use patterns • improvement of water and soil quality, and contribute to protecting soil from erosion, compaction, salinisation, landslides, and loss of organic matter Through land use patterns 15

contribution to the Partnership Contracts Relevant elements mentioned by the Commission to be taken into account in the design of the PC: 1) An analysis of the Member State’s or region’s development potential and capacity justifying links between land use patterns and socioeconomic performance 2) An assessment of the major challenges to be addressed by the region or Member State, including the identification of the bottlenecks and missing links, innovation gaps, the lack of planning and implementation capacity etc. land use patter as a potential major challenge to be included 3) horizontal coordination; and 4) vertical coordination also to be analyzed in the field of spatial planning policies and instruments 5) Partnership Contract and programmes based on appropriate result indicators. Typologies, Land Use Functions and Land Use Efficiency as potential indicators. 16