National Landslide Database of Great Britain

The aim of the Landslides Project is to define, describe and catalogue the landslides and mass movements of Great Britain and interpret them in terms of the hazard that they engender so that they may be avoided, or mitigated. A central part of this project is the operation of the National Landslide Database. The National Landslide Database forms the primary record of landslide information in Great Britain. It records information gathered by the Landslide Project and projects elsewhere in the BGS on landslide events and landforms throughout Great Britain. It incorporates information from other databases, including regional landslide databases held within BGS which includes the National Landslide Database created for the DOE in 1994. The database records the name and location of all landslides known to the project and wherever possible also records information on classification, dimensions, physical characteristics, geology, history, causal factors and impacts of each landslide as well as references to other data sources.

Date (Creation): 2002

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480481

Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

Maintenance and update frequency: monthly Monthly

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Landslides
Natural hazards
UK Location (INSPIRE)

dataCentre

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

NERC_DDC

Access constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Restriction necessary due to detailed nature of the data-input and implications of describing land as unstable. Use restricted to members of Landslide Project Team or others approved by Landslide Project Manager.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints: Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type: textTable Text, table

Denominator: 10000

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

ENG

Date (Revision): 2009

Geographic identifier

ENGLAND [id=150000]

Date (Creation): 1979

Geographic identifier

SCOTLAND [id=140000]

Date (Creation): 1979

Geographic identifier

SCT

Date (Revision): 2009

Geographic identifier

WALES [id=170000]

Date (Creation): 1979

Geographic identifier

WLS

Date (Revision): 2009

Begin date: 2002

Supplemental Information: Start date indicated date at which current data structure was adopted. Database requires constant updating and revision as new landslides occur or new information is received. Rolling programme of data updating. Dataset is incomplete. Dataset has incorporated a large amount of information across Great Britain that has data of poor spatial accuracy, this is in the process of revision and upgrading. Dataset contains partial data from BGS Calderdale, Bradford, Afon Teifi, South Wales databases. Revision is being carried out on a regional basis - see Landslide Database Project Manager for details. Distribution of data reflects the locations of landslides in Great Britain. Updated entries are made with reference to World Landslide Inventory Guidelines, old entries of variable consistency.

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

MAP - Printed map ( witheld )
PAPER - paper reports ( witheld )

Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

OnLine resource: BGS National Landslide Database Homepage ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Other: dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass: No

Statement: Database design was constructed aound the requirements of landslide description by internationally agreed standards (World Landslide Inventory) and extant datasets. Design was by BGS staff, with development of the database continuing between 2001-2004. Database has incorporated other databases with various data formats and qualities, mostly with very little Metadata. Records from defunct databases have been incorporated into this database and are undergoing systematic upgrade to new BGS Corporate Standards.