multiscale approach in the following years. • It considers • The provisioning Corine ecotones Corine • The creation transition areas of multiple and green Land aspect of the between two habitats for infrastructure Cover and data sets was different species Natura only completed ecosystems, which interaction 2000 data in 2011, and so can support high makes ecotone sets many levels of zones of high exploratory biodiversity by biological analyses have providing flora and interest. yet to be fauna with diverse • Corine ecotones performed to environments on can add value to gauge the which to interact. land cover product's full • The ecotone not analyses in the potential. only contains context of green species common to infrastructure the communities on used both sides; it may to make also include a landscape number of species analyses in only able to several different colonise such contexts, from transitional areas. analysing landscape diversity to assessing habitat fragmentation. Quickscan • It is a flexible and • Green • The method green modular modelling infrastructure adapted in the infrastructure environment can be explored Quickscan tool System currently being either as a purely is purely (GIS) tools developed in the structural theme, exploratory and European by looking at not designed as Environment different land an exact Agency (EEA). It cover types and method for allows the users to administrative measuring explore the declarations, or it green different can be explored infrastructure, implications and with a more but rather as a trade-offs which functional valuable way to occur when approach, which explore the developing and seeks to identify data sets in a implementing policy areas and green options for Europe. networks that infrastructure might not be context. measured using purely mechanical means. • Aims to provide a • The approach on • The approach Regional scientifically identification of on identification environmental relevant and common assets of common characterisation politically can potentially assets does not System operational be used to explicitly (GIS) tools description of the contribute to the incorporate environmental assessment of limits and characteristics of the spatial carrying European territories impact of capacity.
multiscale approach in the following years. Corine ecotones and green infrastructure Corine Land Cover and Natura 2000 data sets • It considers transition areas between two different ecosystems, which can support high levels of biodiversity by providing flora and fauna with diverse environments on which to interact. • The ecotone not only contains species common to the communities on both sides; it may also include a number of species only able to colonise such transitional areas. • The provisioning of multiple habitats for species interaction makes ecotone zones of high biological interest. • Corine ecotones can add value to land cover analyses in the context of green infrastructure used to make landscape analyses in several different contexts, from analysing landscape diversity to assessing habitat fragmentation. • The creation aspect of the data sets was only completed in 2011, and so many exploratory analyses have yet to be performed to gauge the product's full potential. Quickscan green infrastructure System (GIS) tools • It is a flexible and modular modelling environment currently being developed in the European Environment Agency (EEA). It allows the users to explore the different implications and trade-offs which occur when developing and implementing policy options for Europe. • Green infrastructure can be explored either as a purely structural theme, by looking at different land cover types and administrative declarations, or it can be explored with a more functional approach, which seeks to identify areas and networks that might not be measured using purely mechanical means. • The method adapted in the Quickscan tool is purely exploratory and not designed as an exact method for measuring green infrastructure, but rather as a valuable way to explore the data sets in a green infrastructure context. Regional environmental characterisation System (GIS) tools • Aims to provide a scientifically relevant and politically operational description of the environmental characteristics of European territories • The approach on identification of common assets can potentially be used to contribute to the assessment of the spatial impact of • The approach on identification of common assets does not explicitly incorporate limits and carrying capacity.
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