Impact of Soil Sealing on Soil Carbon Sequestration, Water Storage Potentials and Biomass Productivity in Functional Urban Areas of the European Union and the United Kingdom

The negative impacts of soil sealing are numerous, from withdrawing fertile soil from biomass production to modifying the microclimate and decreasing biodiversity. Many of the processes are interrelated and propagate further undesirable consequences from local to global levels. Three issues are especially important from the viewpoint of multiscale ecological cycles and consequent environmental impacts. One is soil organic carbon (SOC), the other is soil water management and the third is biomass productivity. In this study, we assessed the lost carbon sequestration potential due to soil sealing in functional Urban Areas (FUAs) of Europe, the potential effect of soil sealing on the topsoil to hold water to its full capacity and the loss of biomass productivity potential. Findings revealed that one-fifth of the area of soil that became sealed between 2012 and 2018 was of high productivity potential, and almost two-thirds was of medium productivity potential. New soil sealing caused a loss of carbon sequestration potential estimated at 4 million tons of carbon of the FUAs and also caused an estimated potential loss of water-holding capacity of 668 million m3

Desarrollo de un prototipo para el Geoportal del Centro Temático Europeo de Usos del Suelo e Información Espacial de la Agencia Europea del Medio Ambiente

El projecte ha estat elaborat amb la col·laboració del LIGIT i del ETC LUSI. Serveix per a gestionar les Metadades i visualitzar-les a través del Web. El programari utilitzat és Geonetwork opensource, gestiona Metadades conformes als estàndards OGC i ISO. S'han implementat, a través de local o a través de connexions a servidors Web com Dav, CSW o OAI-PMH, en MckoiDB. Es visualitzen en el seu visor, a través de connexions a servidors de mapes WMS i ArcIMS i en visors externs com GoogleEarth. S'ha millorat l'aspecte gràfic i implementat amb noves funcionalitats editant el codi dels fitxers interns com Javascript, XML, XSL, JavaEl proyecto se ha elaborado con la colaboración del LIGIT y del ETC LUSI. Sirve para gestionar Metadatos y visualizarlos a través del Web. El software utilizado es Geonetwork opensource, gestiona Metadatos conformes a los estándares OGC y ISO. Se han implementados, sea desde local sea a través conexiones a servidores Web como Dav, CSW o OAI-PMH, en MckoiDB. Se visualizan en su visor, a través conexiones a servidores de mapas WMS y ArcIMS y en visores externo como GoogleEarth. Se ha mejorado el aspecto gráfico e implementado con nuevas funcionalidades editando el código de los ficheros internos como JavaScript, XML, XSL, Java

With Contributions From

framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU27, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Each partner is represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility t

Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) in inoperable oligometastatic disease from colorectal cancer: a safe and effective approach

Background: To assess the safety and efficacy of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) in oligometastatic patients from colorectal cancer. Methods: 82 patients with 1-3 inoperable metastases confined to one organ (liver or lung), were treated with SABR for a total of 112 lesions in an observational study. Prescription dose ranged between 48 and 75Gy in 3 or 4 consecutive fractions. Primary end-points were local control (LC), overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary end-point was toxicity. Results: Median follow-up was 24 months (range 3-47). One, two and three years LC rate was 90%,80% and 75% (85%,75% and 70% for lung and 95%, 90% and 85% for liver metastases; no statistically significance was found). The difference in LC between the subgroup of lesions treated with >= 60 Gy (n = 58) and those irradiated with 3 cm (p 3 toxicity. Conclusions: SABR is a safe and feasible alternative treatment of oligometastatic colorectal liver and lung metastases in patients not amenable to surgery or other ablative treatments

Desarrollo de un prototipo para el Geoportal del Centro Temático Europeo de Usos del Suelo e Información Espacial de la Agencia Europea del Medio Ambiente

El projecte ha estat elaborat amb la col•laboració del LIGIT i del ETC LUSI. Serveix per a gestionar les Metadades i visualitzar-les a través del Web. El programari utilitzat és Geonetwork opensource, gestiona Metadades conformes als estàndards OGC i ISO. S'han implementat, a través de local o a través de connexions a servidors Web com Dav, CSW o OAI-PMH, en MckoiDB. Es visualitzen en el seu visor, a través de connexions a servidors de mapes WMS i ArcIMS i en visors externs com GoogleEarth. S'ha millorat l'aspecte gràfic i implementat amb noves funcionalitats editant el codi dels fitxers interns com Javascript, XML, XSL, JavaEl proyecto se ha elaborado con la colaboración del LIGIT y del ETC LUSI. Sirve para gestionar Metadatos y visualizarlos a través del Web. El software utilizado es Geonetwork opensource, gestiona Metadatos conformes a los estándares OGC y ISO. Se han implementados, sea desde local sea a través conexiones a servidores Web como Dav, CSW o OAI-PMH, en MckoiDB. Se visualizan en su visor, a través conexiones a servidores de mapas WMS y ArcIMS y en visores externo como GoogleEarth. Se ha mejorado el aspecto gráfico e implementado con nuevas funcionalidades editando el código de los ficheros internos como JavaScript, XML, XSL, Java

Input collection

This folder is including the input data necessary to fully replicate the generation process of the enviroGRIDS scenarios described in the Future Land-Use change scenarios for the Black Sea catchment [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.02.008" target="doilink">doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2014.02.008]</a

Proposed demographic scenario analysis and overview of driving forces and justification, model input parameters and allocation rules

This document illustrates the different phases leading to the creation of demographic scenarios for the countries included in the Black Sea Catchment (BSC). According with the enviroGRIDS scenarios, we analyze the UN projection variants for population, and we propose a methodology for the downscaling from national to regional level (NUTS2). Results include urban and total population trends over the period 2010-2050 for the 214 enviroGRIDS regions, consistent with BS HOT, BS ALONE, BS COOP and BS COOL scenarios. Successively, we illustrate the methodology do define the estimation of future urban area surfaces, based mainly on the historical and future trends of urban densities

Proposed land use scenario analysis, model input parameters and allocation rules

This report presents the analyses of the land use scenarios, a review of the combined method used to quantify the enviroGRIDS land use demand and the disaggregation of the global scenarios at a regional scale