Indicators in the study sites

Table of Contents

1. Compilers and contributors
2. Introduction
3. Climate indicators
4. Water indicators
5. Soil indicators
6. Vegetation indicators
7. Water runoff indicators
8. Forest fires indicators
9. Agriculture indicators
10. Cultivation indicators
11. Animal husbandry indicators
12. Land management indicators
13. Land use indicators
14. Water use indicators
15. Tourism indicators
16. Human characteristics indicators
    1. Human poverty index
    2. Old age index
    3. Population density
    4. Population growth rate
    5. Population distribution
17. Institutional indicators
18. Conclusions
19. References

Population distribution

The population distribution is an indicator related to land management. This indicator classifies an area with two different ways according to: (a) the urbanization of the area, and (b) according to the physical environment. Specifically, the classification of population distribution can be defined as following:

• Urban population / Rural population
• Mountainous population / population in sloping areas / population in lowland

Based on the definitions the classification urban population/rural population (U/R) has been used for the purpose of this project. The following classes of population distribution have been distinguished: (a) U/R>20%, (b) U/R=10-20%, (c) U/R=5-10%, and d) U/R<5%. Data have been collected from the National Statistical Service of the study sites.

As Table 14 shows, data for this indicator have been calculated only for 18 study field sites, corresponding to Nestos Basin Maggana-Greece, and Crete-Greece. The analysis of these data has shown that the urban/rural population rate is less than 5%.