Soil consumption, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services.Edition 2017

The edition 2017 of the soil consumpion in Italy, 4th edition and first since it was established the National System Environmental Protection (SNPA), which has also the istitutional tasks to carry out monitoring activities concernig soil, and to provide an updated frame of italian territory.

The report analyzes the evolution of soil considering the territorial transformations at different levels and provides new assessments of the impact on lost or threatened natural functions, landscape fragmentation and the economic costs of artificial growth of soil.

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Update 2018