Land Cover of Scotland (LCS88)
[1]The way in which we utilise the land is important in terms of the bio-diversity it may support. It is also important in helping us to understand and identify different pressures related to its sustainable use.
There are a number of methods by which data on land cover have been collected. The results shown here are from the land cover of Scotland (LCS88 [2]) in 1988 survey with the following documents and data being available for download:
- the executive summary [3] as a pdf
- the full report [4] as a pdf
- the GIS data [5] as a zipped shapefile
To find out more about this and other methods click here. [6]Summary land cover categories dealt with in more detail include:
- Arable land and Improved Pasture [7]
- Heather Moorland [8]
- Wetland [9]
- Coarse grassland [10]
- Smooth grassland [11]
- Montane vegetation [12]
- Blanket bog and peatlands [13]
- Bracken [14]
- Woodland [15]
- Duneland, Maritime grassland and heaths [16]
- Miscellaneous [17]
Links:
[1] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/images/explorescotland/es-lcs88-landcover-map.jpg
[2] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/landcover-dataset
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/soils/lcs88_executive_summary.pdf
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/soils/lcs88_full_report.PDF
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/soils/downloads/LCS88_OpenData.zip
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/landcover-surveys
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/arable-land-improved-pasture
[8] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/heather-moorland
[9] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/wetland
[10] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/coarse-grassland
[11] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/smooth-grassland
[12] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/montane-vegetation
[13] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/blanket-bog-peatland
[14] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/bracken
[15] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/woodland
[16] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/dunelands-maritime-grassland-heaths
[17] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/landcover-scotland-1988/landcover-misc-categories
[18] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/david-miller
[19] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/introduction