Table 2.
Summary table at the EU level for the ecosystem service components for flood control.
| Flood control at the EU level (EU26) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2012 | Changes | Changes (%) | |
| ES Potential (km2) | 2,400,630 | 2,400,417 | −213 | −0.01% |
| Gains (km2) | 5,118 | |||
| Losses (km2) | 5,331 | |||
| ES Demand (km2) | 142,270 | 142,037 | −233 | −0.16% |
| By artificial areas (km2) | 18,560 | 18,859 | 299 | 1.61% |
| By agricultural areas (km2) | 123,709 | 123,178 | −532 | −0.43% |
| ES Actual flow (km2) | 41,880 | 41,696 | −184 | −0.44% |
| In artificial areas (km2) | 4,967 | 4,982 | 15 | 0.30% |
| In agricultural areas (km2) | 36,913 | 36,714 | −199 | −0.54% |
| Unmet demand (km2) | 95,169 | 95,111 | −58 | −0.06% |
| Unmet demand artificial areas (km2) | 12,544 | 12,782 | 238 | 1.90% |
| Unmet demand agricultural areas (km2) | 82,625 | 82,329 | −296 | −0.36% |
| Monetary value actual flow (million euro) | 16,127 | 16,312 | 185 | 1.14% |
| In artificial areas (million euro) | 15,323 | 15,512 | 189 | 1.23% |
| Value per unit of artificial demand (thousand EUR/km2) | 826 | 823 | −3 | −0.37% |
| In agricultural areas (million euro) | 804 | 799 | −5 | −0.58% |
| Value per unit of artificial demand (thousand EUR/km2) | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | −0.15% |