HRL Imperviousness

The High Resolution Layer Imperviousness product maps the spatial distribution and dynamics of artificially sealed and built-up areas across Europe. It includes two main datasets: Imperviousness Density, which gives a percentage of sealed surfaces per pixel, and its binary sub-class Impervious Built-Up. Density and classfied change datasets as well as aggregated layers, such as Share of Built-Up, are available for both main datasets. The product has an update cycle of three years. It is available from the 2006 reference year onwards for the Imperviousness Density datasets and from the 2018 reference year onwards for the Impervious Built-Up datasets. High Resolution Layer Imperviousness product is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.

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IdentificationAbout this resource

Alternate Identifier

EO:EEA:DAT:HRL:IMP

Publication Date
2025-09-22
Title

HRL Imperviousness

Abstract

The High Resolution Layer Imperviousness product maps the spatial distribution and dynamics of artificially sealed and built-up areas across Europe. It includes two main datasets: Imperviousness Density, which gives a percentage of sealed surfaces per pixel, and its binary sub-class Impervious Built-Up. Density and classfied change datasets as well as aggregated layers, such as Share of Built-Up, are available for both main datasets. The product has an update cycle of three years. It is available from the 2006 reference year onwards for the Imperviousness Density datasets and from the 2018 reference year onwards for the Impervious Built-Up datasets. High Resolution Layer Imperviousness product is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.

Dataset Language

eng

 
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Dataset Contact
Keywords (Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.)

  • United Kingdom

  • EEA38 (from 2020)

  • EEA39

Keywords (EEA topics)

  • Buildings and construction

  • Soil

  • Land use

  • Buildings and construction

  • Land use

  • Soil

Keywords (GEMET)

  • land cover

  • urban area

  • sealing

  • soil surface sealing

  • built-up area

  • land use

  • built environment

  • landscape alteration

  • built-up area

  • urban area

  • soil surface sealing

  • sealing

  • built environment

  • land use

  • land cover

  • landscape alteration

Keywords (GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0)

  • Land cover

  • Land use

  • Land cover

  • Land use

Keywords (Spatial scope)

  • European

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-67.00

East Bounding Coordinate

61.00

North Bounding Coordinate

72.00

South Bounding Coordinate

-18.00

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2005-01-01

End Date

2021-12-31

resourceLicensesLicense Information

Resource License

License Name

no limitations to public access

URL
https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
 

Distribution

Online

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Copernicus Land Portal

URL
https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/high-resolution-layer-imperviousness?tab=overview
 
 

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