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Bunce, R.G.H.; Smith, R.S.; Hill, M.O.

Land Classification of Cumbria 1975

https://doi.org/10.5285/0ac6249c-a6f2-4147-8ae9-50d576e85fc5 Cite this dataset
The Land Classification of Cumbria is a classification of the county of Cumbria (Great Britain) into a set of 16 environmental strata, termed land classes, to be used as a basis for ecological survey, originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1975. The strata were created from the multivariate analysis of 150 environmental variables, including topographic data, geographical features and geology data. The Land Classification can be used to stratify a wide range of ecological and biogeographical surveys to improve the efficiency of collection, analysis and presentation of information derived from a sample.
Publication date: 2015-12-03

Format

ESRI Shapefile

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1975-01-01    to    1975-12-31

Provenance & quality

The Cumbria Land Classification was created in 1975 at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, using methodologies described in the supporting information. The map was later digitised by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Related

This dataset is included in the following collections

Ecological survey of Cumbria

Citations

Witono, T., & Yazid, S. (2021). A Review of Internet Topology Research at the Autonomous System Level. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 581-598 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2377-6_54

Correspondence/contact details

Claire Wood
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Bunce, R.G.H.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Smith, R.S.
Cumbria County Council
Hill, M.O.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
geoscientificInformation
INSPIRE theme
Bio-geographical Regions
Keywords
Cumbria , Environmental survey , Mapping
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:21

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CITE AS: Bunce, R.G.H.; Smith, R.S.; Hill, M.O. (2015). Land Classification of Cumbria 1975. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0ac6249c-a6f2-4147-8ae9-50d576e85fc5

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