Land Classification of Cumbria 1975

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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0ac6249c-a6f2-4147-8ae9-50d576e85fc5

Date (Publication): 2015-12-03

Date (Creation): 1975-01-01

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0ac6249c-a6f2-4147-8ae9-50d576e85fc5

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

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Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Bunce, R.G.H.

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Cumbria County Council - Smith, R.S.

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Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Hill, M.O.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wood, C.

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: 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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Begin date: 1975-01-01

End date: 1975-12-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: 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.

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK

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