Table 3 Summary of data used for input and output variables of the MLP.

From: Future urban development exacerbates coastal exposure in the Mediterranean

Variables

Source

Spatial resolution

Pre-processing notes

Input

Distance to forest

CORINE 2000

100 m

Corine classes used: 311, 312, 313, Euclidean distance to forest

Distance to grassland

CORINE 2000

100 m

Corine classes used: 321, 322, 323, 324, Euclidean distance to grassland

Distance to urban

CORINE 2000

100 m

Corine classes used: 111, 112, 121, 122, 123, 124, 131, 132, 133, 141, 142, Euclidean distance to urban 2000

Distance to arable land

CORINE 2000

100 m

Corine classes used: 211, 212, 213, 221, 222, 223, 231, 241, 242, 243, 244, Euclidean distance to arable land 2000

Distance to roads

Open Street Map

 

We used the main roads (fclass: primary motorways, secondary), Euclidean distance to roads

Population density

GPW v4 2000

1 km

Total population in 2000 per km2, resampled to 100 m

Elevation

SRTM

30 m

Elevation in m, resampled to 100 m

Slope

Derived from SRTM

30 m

Percent increase in slope, resampled to 100 m

Distance to coast

Based on CORINE coastline

100 m

Euclidean distance to coastline

Output

Urban

CORINE 2012

100 m

Reclassification of CORINE data to Urban = 1, Rural = 0; Corine classes used: 111, 112, 121, 122, 123, 124, 131, 132, 133, 141, 142