Summary information

Study title

National Countryside Monitoring Scheme; Cumbria, 1945-1949, 1970-1976

Creator

Nature Conservancy Council

Study number / PID

2380 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2380-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The objectives of the NCMS are to establish a standard technically robust system for providing quanitiative data on the distribution and extent of defined structural components of the rural landscape during the 1940s and as near to the present day as possible so as to be able to estimate the changes that have occurred over this period of time.
Main Topics:

Variables
Broadleaved woodland, broadleaved plantation, coniferous woodland, coniferous plantation, mixed woodland, young plantation, parkland, scrub (tall), scrub (low), bracken, dwarf shrub heath lowland, dwarf shrub heath moorland, blanket mire, lowland raised mire, marginal inundation, standing natural water, standing man-made water, running natural water, running water, unimproved grassland, semi-improved grassland.

Natural landscapesEnvironment and conservationLand use and planning

ARABLE LANDBROADLEAVED FORESTSCLIFFSCONIFEROUS FORESTSENVIRONMENTAL CHANGESFORESTSGRASSLANDSHEATHLANDSHUMAN ENVIRONMENTLAND TYPESLOWLANDSMINED LAND

Data collection period

01/01/1984 - 01/01/1985

Country

England

Time dimension

Repeated cross-sectional study

two waves

Analysis unit

Ecological habitats

Subnational

Universe

ecological habitats in Cumbria

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

3 strata based on land classification of Cumbria

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Physical measurements

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1988

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Budd, J. (1988) 'The national countryside monitoring scheme' : Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.
(1987) Aerial photograph interpretation, National Countryside Monitoring Scheme [Research report], : National Countryside Commision.
Anderson, H. and Budd, J. (1984) Aerial cover of Cumbria, 1945-1983 [Research report], : NCC.