Statistical Terms Glossary

Biogas from the anaerobic fermentation of organic matter in landfills.

A place where residuals are disposed of. In the SEEA landfill sites are treated as a sort of physical capital formation. When landfill sites are managed, disposing of residuals in landfill sites is regarded as a flow of residuals within the economy.

The part of the catch that is retained on board and brought ashore.; The movement of fish and fishery products in any form from a vessel to dockside in a port or free-trade zone, even if subsequently transferred to another vessel.; The initial movement of fish from a vessel to dockside in a port or free-trade zone, even if subsequently transferred to another vessel.

Total number of aircrafts that land in all the airports inside Iraq (Iraqi, Arab and foreign)

A place solely for vessels to embark or disembark passengers, not part of an inland port.

Price for a product at the landing point, not taking account of any transportation or handling costs. Equivalent to the “farm gate” price for aquaculture.

Weight of the catch landed at a wharf or beach.

The net weight of the quantities landed as recorded at the time of the landing of:
- whole or eviscerated fish, fillets, livers, roes, etc.
- fresh, iced, chilled or frozen, cured or canned products, etc.
- fish meals, liver oils, body oils, etc.
- other edible or inedible fishery products, etc.

The live weight of fish caught incidentally during certain targeted fisheries and reported as by catch or by-product.

Agricultural holding with no land.

The term landscape aesthetics is meant to indicate the pleasure people gain from seeing, visiting, or even knowing of the existence of certain landscape features. Landscapes have distinct values in themselves which can be of different types. People may be interested just in ensuring the continuing existence of certain landscapes, habitats or ecosystems, even if they are not benefiting from them directly in any other way. However, landscapes can also have more direct use values, exploited through activities such as ecotourism (visits to places with unique flora and fauna) or agritourism (visits to landscapes where humans have practiced agriculture in ways that result in interesting scenery).

The degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches. It is expressed in effective mesh size and density.

A land—use classification is a classification providing information on land cover, and the types of human activity involved in land use. It may also facilitate the assessment of environmental impacts on, and potential or alternative uses of, land.
The classification, developed by the Economic Commission for Europe, consists of seven main categories:
(a) agricultural land,
(b) forest and other wooded land,
(c) built—up and related land, excluding scattered farm buildings,
(d) wet open land,
(e) dry open land with special vegetation cover,
(f) open land without, or with insignificant, vegetation cover and
(g) waters

One of the longitudinal strips into which a carriageway is divisible, whether or not defined by longitudinal road markings, which is wide enough for one moving line of motor vehicles other than motor cycles.

There are three types of language data that can be collected in censuses, namely: (a) Mother tongue, defined as the language usually spoken in the individual’s home in his or her early childhood; (b) Usual language, defined as the language currently spoken, or most often spoken, by the individual in his or her present home; (c) Ability to speak one or more designated languages.

In Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), students were asked if the language spoken at home most of the time is the language of assessment, another official national language, other national dialect or language, or another language. The responses were then grouped into two categories: the language spoken at home most of the time is different from the language of assessment, from other official national languages, and from other national dialects or languages, and; the language spoken at home most of the time is the language of assessment, other official national languages, or other national dialects or languages.

The Scientific Committee considered that one potential approach to defining a fishery as lapsed is to consider the time period since the last commercial fishing activity, and the level of information about the current status of the resource. For some fisheries, this information level is proportional to the time since commercial fishing last took place. For others, there are non-commercial sources of information, such as research surveys. In all cases, the rate at which information becomes less relevant depends partly on the biology of the species in question, and in particular on the rate of turnover of the stock. Such stock-specific characteristics emphasise the merit of deciding on a case-by-case basis whether a fishery has lapsed.

Bank with a large amount of outstanding loans.