Land cover changes in 0-10 km coastal zone of European regional seas (1990-2000)

• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Denmark
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovenia
• Spain

In general terms, the artificial use of the coastal zone has grown intensively especially in the Mediterranean (804 km2), and in the Atlantic (690 km2). The North Sea shows a smaller growth of artificial (235 km2), together with the Baltic Sea (142 km2) and the Black Sea with the lowest value of change (11 km2).