Archive for June, 2008

Jun 05 2008

The UK’s farmed landscape

Published by Nick under Resource round-up

Wheat field
Norfolk wheat field

Where better to start than the British landscape? Largely shaped by farming, the countryside underlies food production.

Essential landscape resources online

Natural England – Joint character area landscape descriptions – Natural England has divided England into 159 “joint character areas” (JCAs), each an area of characteristic landscape. A detailed report (pdf) on each area can be downloaded. More about JCAs…

MAGIC – Interactive environmental map – comprehensive environmental mapping of England, Scotland, Wales and surrounding marine areas. More about MAGIC…

Defra/NERC – Countryside Survey – extensive audit of the British countryside, collecting data on habitat types, hedgerows, plant species and freshwater invertebrates.

Defra/ADAS – Countryside Information System – downloadable program (Windows) providing mapping of environmental data from Magic, the Countryside Survey and other sources.

Landscape resources in print

Making of the English Landscape by WG Hoskins, a classic text on the English landscape.

Other landscape resources online

Defra – Farming: landscape features – advice and support for farmers on managing landscape features such as trees, hedges and drystone walls.

AHRC – Landscape and environment – an interdisciplinary thematic funding programme of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, with links to funded research programmes.

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