EEA LAUNCHES DVD OF VISUAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SERIES of detailed and striking data-based images has been released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) starkly portraying western Europe's density of development, and hence its exposure to environmental health problems. These make up the 'Corine Land Cover 2000' database, which offers information on land cover and land cover changes over the past decade in 32 European countries, using photo-interpretation of satellite images. This image, for instance, shows graphically how England is one of Europe's most pollution-vulnerable areas given ...
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