LUCAS is the acronym of Land Use and Cover Area frame Survey. The aim of the LUCAS survey is to gather harmonised information on land use and land cover. The survey also provides territorial information facilitating the analysis of the interactions between agriculture, environment and countryside, such as irrigation and land management. Since 2006, EUROSTAT has carried out LUCAS surveys every three years. 2006 data is considered pilot and has not been used to produce estimates. The most recent surveys happened in the spring-summer of 2009 and 2012. Since the LUCAS surveys are carried out in-situ, this means that observations are made and registered on the ground by field surveyors. A panel approach is used, so some points have been visited in subsequent years. In the field, the surveyor classifies the land cover and the visible land use according to the harmonized LUCAS Survey land cover and land use classifications. Landscape pictures are taken in the four cardinal directions. A transect of 250m is walked from the point to the east direction, where the surveyor records all transitions of land cover and existing linear features. A specific soil module was implemented on 2009 and partly in 2012. From the LUCAS survey in situ data collection, different types of information are obtained:
Micro data
Images
Statistical tables
 1. Micro data Land cover, land use and environmental parameters associated to the single surveyed points are available freely for download in the LUCAS dedicated section. Specific ad hoc modules have been included in some surveys such as the 2009 top soil sample taken on 10% of total LUCAS points. Soil results for 25 countries are available via the JRC Land resource management unit under license agreement. In 2012 the soil module was implemented in Bulgaria and Romania. Results are not yet available. 2. Images Point and landscape photos taken in the four cardinal directions at each point are available freely by request either via e-mail contact to [email protected] or by using the online order form. 3. Statistical tables Statistical tables with aggregated results by land cover, land use at geographical level are available in Eurobase under the domain land cover, land use and landscape (LUCAS). In addition there are tables on landscape features; these indicators are computed on the basis of the information collected along the 250m transect, where data on presence of land cover and linear elements is registered. The statistics are presented at NUTS0, NUTS1 and NUTS2 levels using the classification for NUTS 2010. These estimates are based on the point data conveniently weighted. For further information on weighting refer to chapter 20.5 Data compilation. Â
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