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This technical guide is an addendum to the CORINE Land Cover Technical Guide, published by the European Commission within the frame of the CORINE Programme (CEC, 1994).This addendum 2000 was prepared by the European Topic Centre on Land Cover and Phare Topic Link on Land Cover to support the land cover monitoring activities of the European Environment Agency (EEA Multi-annual Work Programme 1998-2002, project 1.3.5 Land Cover).[Author vide copyright]

This report presents an inventory of existing scenarios studies relevant for Europe in the context of sustainable development, including European and global models. It also provides a useful review of a selected number of scenarios and pinpoints their strengths and weaknesses.[Author vide copyright]

Corine land cover 2000 (CLC2000) was produced by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its member countries in the European environment information and observation network (Eionet), based on the results of IMAGE2000, a satellite imaging programme undertaken jointly by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the EEA. CLC2000 is an update for the reference year 2000 of the first Corine land cover database which was finalised in the early 1990s as part of the European Commission programme to COoRdinate Information on the Environment (Corine). The resulting national land cover inventories were integrated into a seamless land cover map of Europe, which is based on a standard methodology and nomenclature, providing consistent information on land cover across Europe. LUCAS (European Land Use/Cover Area Frame Statistical Survey) is a project managed by the Eurostat, which main purpose is to provide harmonised information on agri-environment for Europe. LUCAS records land use (LU) and land cover (LC) information and stores digital field photographs in a two-level regular grid. The purpose of this report is to assess the thematic accuracy of CLC2000 by means of an independent data source, the LUCAS data (not used in the compilation of the target database - CLC2000) and statistical methods homogeneously applied to as many of the participating countries as possible. The purpose of validating geographical data is to derive final accuracy/reliability figures by means of independent, high resolution and more accurate data, which is related to a similar data acquisition period. [Author vide copyright]

The NUTS (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics) system as Eurostat uses it, contains some limitations when doing statistical analysis using geographical information system. The TANDEM GIS report analyses the feasibility of creating smaller statistical areas for the purpose of comparing statistical data at a level below the NUTS 5 (commune). In the report a prototype is presented which consists of two different systems: regular tessellations (grids) and irregular tessellations (polygons) as they are used in Finland and the United Kingdom. The conclusion of the report is that such a system is feasible but that further development is necessary. [Eurostat]

A comprehensive overview of the evolution of the regional division used by Eurostat for regional statistics, the NUTS (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics).[Eurostat]

This technical report provides guidelines for the update of Corine land cover data for the reference year 2006. A Corine land cover map for the year 2006 (CLC2006) will be produced by integrating the data of land cover changes 2000?2006 with the land cover map from the year 2000 (CLC2000). The map of changes in land cover between the years 2000 and 2006 will be based on visual image comparison using satellite data from 2006 (+/? 1 year), so called IMAGE2006.[Author vide copyright]

The goal of this report is to disseminate the first results of a research project dedicated to measuring and assessing urban dynamics through the creation of land use databases for 25 cities and urban areas within Europe. A joint publication of the European Environment Agency and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the report describes the work developed by the MURBANDY/MOLAND project (Monitoring Urban Dynamics/Monitoring Land Use Changes), with the aim of proposing a methodology for strategic monitoring of the impact of urban development on the environment.[Author vide copyright]

Corine Land Cover 2000 (CLC2000) is an update for the reference year 2000 of the first Corine Land Cover database which was finalised in the early 1990s as part of the European Commission programme to coordinate information on the Environment (Corine). It provides consistent information on land cover and land cover changes during the past decade across Europe.[Author vide copyright]

The Sahel region constitutes Europe’s southern geopolitical border. Any instability there will eventually find its way into the European neighbourhood and Europe itself. The present study examines the main challenges affecting the region and offers a critical evaluation of the 2011 EU ‘Strategy for Security and Development in the Sahel’. The strategy identifies the lack of governmental capacity and systemic poverty as the key challenges the region faces and rightly points to concerted action in the security and development domains as the way forward. As such, we take a generally positive view of the diagnosis and the lines of action it envisages. However, we argue that one year after its adoption, the EU’s Sahel strategy has not lived up to expectations. For all the praising about the need for comprehensiveness, the EU’s efforts in the realm of security and development remain significantly disconnected. But ultimately, it is national caveats that pose the greatest threat to a more political implementation of the Sahel strategy. These include a denial of the strategic importance of the region, a lack of willingness to engage with Algeria and a resistance to incorporating military assistance into the EU’s toolbox. [European Parliament]