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Indicators on Continuing Urbanisation

Urbanization trends

urbanun
(© UN)

urbanregions
(© United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects)

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects

urbanization-city-database
(© EU)

Source: City Centres Database (interactive map),  JRC European Commission

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Sustainable Cities Index 2018 (© Arcadis)

Source: Perpina, C., Population trends in EU28: historical and projected data by Degree of urbanisation. JRC, Forthcoming 2020.

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Source: Perpina, C., Population trends in EU28: historical and projected data by Degree of urbanisation. JRC, Forthcoming 2020.

degree_of_urbanisation_perpina_c_2020_population_trends_in_eu28_historical_and_projected_data_by_degree_of_urbanisation

Source: Perpina, C., Population trends in EU28: historical and projected data by Degree of urbanisation. JRC, Forthcoming 2020.

share_of_agricultural_land_abandonment

Source: Perpiña Castillo C., Kavalov B., Diogo V., Jacobs-Crisioni C., Batista e Silva F., Lavalle C, JRC113718, European Commission 2018

European Union Performance towards the SDGs
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/4031688/9226701/KS-02-18-827-EN-N.pdf/99e61150-e84c-4d5b-ba16-36a75d55855d (© European Union, 2018)