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- Resource ID
- 336c3eb8-d6f1-11ea-8e10-0050568ea38e
- Title
- Relative change in number of farms
- Date
- Jan. 1, 2011, 7:56 a.m., Publication
- Abstract
- Relative change in number of farms in the Alpine Convention area between 1990 - 2000 (at NUTS3 level). The change in farms between 1990 and 2000 shows regions with a relatively stable or moderate agricultural change such as Alto Adige/Südtirol, Central Switzerland and the German Alps, which stand out distinctly from the regions with a strong decrease in agriculture of more than 40%, particularly in the Italian Alps (Eurac 2006). In most cases this is due to the lack of possible successors and heirs, who left to look for alternative employment opportunities in other sectors (Baur 2000; Buchli et al. 2002; Schmitt & Burose 1995).
Land use changed with a clear tendency towards intensification in favourable areas and extensification or even abandonment in disadvantaged areas (Tappeiner et al. 2003; Taillefumier & Piégay 2003). These changes may endanger the balance of the mountainous environment and the vitality of life in rural areas (Piorr 2003; Hietala-Koivu 2002; Perner & Malt 2003; Varotto 2004; Varotto & Psenner 2003).
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- Responsible
- AlpineConvention
- Point of Contact
- alpine.convention.atlas@gmail.com
- Purpose
- This map is published within the 3rd Report on the state of the Alps (RSA3).
- Maintenance Frequency
- notPlanned
- Type
- vector
- Restrictions
- Some limitations apply to the access or use of the data
- License
- AC_Limited usage license
- Language
- eng
- Temporal Extent
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- Supplemental Information
- Author: Institute for regional development and location management, EURAC
Consistently with the European definition of agricultural enterprises, only farms > 1ha of utilized agricultural area (UAA) were considered (Germany >2 ha). Data (status of data):
AT: Statistik Austria (1990 -1999),
CH: BFS (1990 - 2000),
DE: LfStaD (1991 - 2000),
FR: INSEE (1988 - 2000),
IT: ISTAT (1990 - 2000), LI: AVW (1990 - 2000),
SI: Statistical Office of the repubblic of Slovenia (1991 - 2000).
AT, CH, DE, FR, IT, LI, SI: LAU-2 level data.
Sources:
- Statistical Data: National Statistical Offices;
- Administrative boundaries: @Eurogeographics, 2004
The layer can be accessed through WMS services at http://www.atlas.alpconv.org/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
- Data Quality
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- Extent
-
- x0: 3605539.000000000000000
- x1: 4471449.500000000000000
- y0: 1886482.375000000000000
- y1: 2428292.000000000000000
- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:3034
- Keywords
- no keywords
- Category
- Agriculture
- Regions
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Alps