Land Consumption Change 2017-2018 — Dataset

The national soil consumption monitoring network, developed and managed by the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) in collaboration with the System of Agencies for the Protection of the Environment of the Regions and Autonomous Provinces (ARPA/APPA, which together with ISPRA constitute the National System for the Protection of the Environment), allows to evaluate the state and the trend of the phenomenon of agricultural and natural land consumption due to urban expansion and the waterproofing of the territory.The estimation of soil consumption is conducted through a specific survey, inserted within the National Statistical Plan, which exploits a sampling methodology based on different timescales and maps, including multi-photography, including multi-photography, including multi-photophotography, which is developed and managed by the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection (ARPA/APPA, which together with ISPRA constitute the National System for the Protection of the Environment), allows to assess the state and the development of the phenomenon of agricultural and natural land consumption due to the urban expansion and the waterproofing of the territory. The National Land Consumption Monitoring Network is therefore based on a stratified sample of about 120,000 observation points and is developed through the integration of specific monitoring networks at national level, at regional level and for the main municipalities.The points are randomly located within cells generated by a systematic network with a 5 km pitch supported by the UTM coordinate system — WGS 84, fused 32 NIn order to have a detailed picture of the phenomenon at regional level, another monitoring network, consisting of about 28,000 points distributed on national territory and stratified both on an administrative basis (to allow a detailed picture of the phenomenon at regional level), is complemented by another monitoring network, consisting of about 28,000 points distributed on national territory and stratified both on an administrative basis (to allow to minimise the square deviation at regional level), both on the basis of territorial characteristics. In fact, the stratification of the sample also takes place in order to have as accurate a picture as possible to study the phenomenon of land consumption at regional level and, in particular, in the periurban areas (using a buffer of 3 km around the UMZ — Urban Morphologic Zones), in urban areas of a discontinuous character and in agricultural areas that represent, historically, the areas potentially most exposed to the phenomenon of land consumption.For the analysis of municipal areas, specific monitoring networks have been completed that expand and intensify those used at national and regional level. The points of the municipal networks are constantly increasing because, every year, new municipalities are included in the ISPRA survey on the quality of the urban environment that are, as a result, monitored also from the point of view of land consumption.