| Driving factors | Built-up (km2) | Vegetation (km2) |
| Population | 0.982 | −0.942 |
| GDP (billion USD) | 0.977 | −0.934 |
| Gross output value of road transport (billion USD) | 0.966 | −0.917 |
| Transport (length of road network) | 0.965 | −0.914 |
| Gross industrial output value (Million USD) | 0.938 | −0.876 |
| Immigrants population | 0.891 | −0.812 |
| Gross output value of agriculture (Million USD) | 0.798 | −0.779 |
| Temperature (˚C) | 0.699 | −0.782 |
| Annual urbanization rate | 0.080 | −0.071 |
| Rainfall (mm) | −1.000 | 0.984 |