Description:
Changes in England’s lowland agricultural landscapes, particularly the visual effects of changes in farming methods and agricultural policies over a third of a century.
Originator:
Natural England
Is this an existing or new approach to measuring landscape change?:
Existing
Spatial coverage:
None
Landscape Character Type:
Geographical unit:
Single location
Frequency of measure:
Every 11 years
Indicator:
Changes to enclosure, woodlands and buildings e.g. extent, mix, management approach
Resource requirements:
Fixed point photography equipment, access permission
Establishment cost:
Medium (additional staff time and limited cash up to £15k)
Any other comments:
This is a national scale dataset but the approach has been a successful one and a further update of the work is occurring.
Data source:
Fixed point photography and survey work, initial phases used consultation with farming community
Submitted by:
Jemma Simpson
Countryscape
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