Abstract
A draft standard Nordic classification of land has been developed by the Nordic Committee for Environmental Statistics. The draft is based on ‘Draft standard international classification of land use’ developed by the ECE. The classification systems are identical at the one-digit level, while at the two- and three-digit levels there are some differences. The definitions were at some points at such variance with accepted Nordic practices that changes were inevitable.
Several trial runs have been conducted in the Nordic countries applying the draft classification. In Sweden the system has been used for structuring a short publication entitled ‘Land use in Sweden’.
Statistics Sweden produces statistics of land use in urban settlements from aerial photographs and maps. In this context, too, the Nordic standard classification of land constitutes the point of departure. However, interpretation errors are inevitable. For example, difficulties exist in differentiating between residential land, commercial land and land under mixed use.
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