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Evans, K.L., Southon, G.E., Dunnett, N., Hoyle, H., Jorgensen, A., Jones, L. (2021). Survey data of greenspace users' preference scores for planted urban meadows and demographic data, Bedford and Luton, UK, 2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/29d6345f-9f53-4894-8f60-80843f49c017
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Survey data of greenspace users' preference scores for planted urban meadows and demographic data, Bedford and Luton, UK, 2014
The data comprise outcomes from questionnaire surveys conducted with greenspace users on their perceptions of experimentally manipulated urban meadows (varying levels of diversity and vegetation height of sown wildflower meadows), and associated socio-economic data of respondents to the questionnaire surveys. The experimental meadows were located in Bedford and Luton. Data was collected by the data authors, and participants gave informed consent before completing the questionnaires. The work was initially completed under the Fragments, functions and flows NERC BESS project in 2014. The scaling of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban ecosystems was funded by grant NE/J015369/1 from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. Subsequent analysis was carried out under the NERC grant ‘Location, Configuration, Distribution: the Role of Landscape Pattern and Diversity in Ecosystem Services’ (NE/K015508/1).
Publication date: 2021-09-21
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2014-07-01 to 2014-08-31
Provenance & quality
Data were collected under the Fragments, functions and flows NERC BESS project in 2014. Members of the public visiting the meadows were asked a series of questions which were recorded on a questionnaire. The responses were transposed into an Excel spreadsheet. Questionnaire responses were checked on data entry. Answers not matching the categorical options were excluded. Data were exported as a comma separated value file for deposit into the EIDC.
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Citations
Southon, G.E., Jorgensen, A., Dunnett, N., Hoyle, H. and Evans, K.L., 2017. Biodiverse perennial meadows have aesthetic value and increase residents’ perceptions of site quality in urban green-space. Landscape and Urban Planning, 158, pp.105-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.08.003
Southon, G.E., Jorgensen, A., Dunnett, N., Hoyle, H. and Evans, K.L., 2018. Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts. Landscape and Urban Planning, 172, pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.12.002
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-8072
Southon, G.E.
University of Sheffield
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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University of Sheffield
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- environment
- INSPIRE theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Keywords
- Diversity , Greenspace , Meadows , Urban
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/J015369/1
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/K015508/1 - Last updated
- 27 February 2024 16:27