Table 3.
Supply of the actual flow of flood control by ecosystem type at EU level (biophysical and monetary terms).
| Ecosystem types |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Cropland | Grassland | Heathland and shrub | Woodland and forest | Sparsely vegetated land | Wetlands | Total | ||||||||||
| Year 2006 | Biophysical (km2) | 262 | 3,159 | 7,727 | 724 | 29,329 | 2.5 | 677 | 41,880 | ||||||||
| Monetary (Million EUR) |
89 | 1,012 | 3,099 | 350 | 11,244 | 0.9 | 332 | 16,127 | |||||||||
| NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | ||
| 70 | 19 | 230 | 781 | 545 | 2,554 | 97 | 253 | 2,480 | 8,764 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 89 | 243 | 3,512 | 12,615 | ||
| Relative value* (EUR/km2) | 416 | 628 | 6,089 | 1,925 | 7,049 | 15 | 3,383 | 3,779 | |||||||||
| Year 2012 | Biophysical (km2) | 262 | 3,136 | 7,670 | 720 | 29,229 | 2.4 | 675 | 41,696 | ||||||||
| Monetary (Million EUR) |
89 | 1,015 | 3,129 | 357 | 11,388 | 0.9 | 333 | 16,312 | |||||||||
| NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | NC | NC+ | ||
| 71 | 19 | 233 | 782 | 548 | 2,581 | 100 | 256 | 2,506 | 8,883 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 89 | 244 | 3,547 | 12,765 | ||
| Relative value* (EUR/km2) | 420 | 630 | 6,147 | 1,959 | 7,140 | 15 | 3,393 | 3,822 | |||||||||
*
Relative value is calculated as the monetary value per ecosystem type divided by the extent of each specific ecosystem type.