Italian Land Use Charter Derived from Land Cover and Cadastral Data

A land use charter for Italy, derived from a land cover charter through a classification process following EEA EAGLE guidelines adopted nationally by ISPRA. The classification of roads and manufactured areas was performed using cadastral data processing, while building use was determined via semantic analysis of cadastral categories to assign a predominant use like residential or industrial. The dataset is provided by the Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale.

Use Cases

• Model urban expansion based on classified land use categories.
• Analyze the distribution of residential versus industrial building uses based on cadastral semantic analysis.
• Assess land cover change by comparing the derived land use charter with source data.
• Plan infrastructure development using the classified 'roads' and 'manufactured' areas.

Strengths

• Classification follows the standardized EEA EAGLE guidelines, adopted at the national level.
• Building use attribution is based on semantic analysis of cadastral categories, suggesting a structured methodology.
• Data integrates multiple sources, including land cover and cadastral data.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale

Collection Method

Derived from a land cover charter via classification per EAGLE guidelines, with cadastral data processing for specific classes.

Geography

Italy