Table 1. Broad land-use/land-cover categories of Apulia and its five nested administrative provinces, based on the aggregation of Corine classes from 1999 land-use/land-cover map (see text). Percentages sum up to 100% and are calculated only for terrestrial surface by excluding seawater, lagoons, wetlands and urban fabrics (adapted from Zurlini et al. 2006).
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Percentage composition |
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Category |
Apulia |
Bari |
Brindisi |
Foggia |
Lecce |
Taranto |
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Arable lands |
41.7 |
30.9 |
28.6 |
59.2 |
35.0 |
30.2 |
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Permanent cultivations |
30.2 |
40.7 |
53.5 |
11.7 |
48.0 |
25.5 |
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Heterogeneous agricultural areas |
13.8 |
16.9 |
15.3 |
7.3 |
13.3 |
26.4 |
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Natural areas |
14.2 |
11.5 |
2.5 |
21.8 |
3.8 |
17.9 |
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