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Scientific Papers

Peer-reviewed publications from Countryside Survey are provided here as they are published. Publications are listed in date order, with the most recent at the top of the page.

Publications from Countryside Survey 2007

UK Land Cover Map Production Through the Generalisation of OS MasterMap®

Authors: Geoff Smith1, Matt Beare2, Mike Boyd2, Tim Downs2, Martin Gregory2, Dan Morton1, Nigel Brown1 and Andy Thomson1.

  1. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, PE28 2LS, UK
  2. 1Spatial, Cavendish House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK

Published in: The Cartographic Journal Vol. 44 No. 3, 276 – 283. Ordnance Survey Special Issue 2007.

Contact: Geoff Smith | gesm@ceh.ac.uk

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Papers from previous Surveys

  • Barr, C., Countryside Survey 1990 - an overview. Ecos, 1994. 15(3/4): p. 9-18.
  • Barr, C.J., Countryside Survey 1990. NERC News, 1990. no.15: p. 4-6.
  • Barr, C.J., R.G.H. Bunce, and O.W. Heal, Countryside Survey 1990: a measure of change. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1994. 155: p. 48-58.
  • Barr, C.J., R.G.H. Bunce, and T.W. Parr, Countryside Survey 1990. Annual Report of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, 1994. 1993-1994: p. 20-26.
  • Barr, C.J. and M.K. Gillespie, Estimating hedgerow length and pattern characteristics in Great Britain using Countryside Survey data. Journal of Environmental Management, 2000. 60: p. 23-32.
  • Firbank, Countryside Survey 2000. Editorial. Journal of Environmental Management, 2003. 67: p. 205.
  • Firbank, L.G., et al., Assessing stock and change in land cover and biodiversity in GB: an introduction to the Countryside Survey 2000. Journal of Environmental Management, 2003. 67: p. 207-218.
  • Fuller, R.M., B.K. Wyatt, and C.J. Barr, Countryside survey from ground and space: different perspectives, complementary results. Journal of Environmental Management, 1998. 54: p. 101-126.
  • Gillespie, M.K., et al., Linking satellite and field survey data, through the use of GIS, as implemented in Great Britain in the Countryside Survey 1990 project. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1996. 39: p. 385-398.
  • Hill, R.A., Airborne imagery: what can this contribute to countryside survey? Countryside Survey 2000 News, 2000. Issue 5: p. p2.
  • Howard, D.C., C.J. Barr, and W.A. Scott, The validity of using Countryside Survey sample data from Great Britain to estimate land cover in Scotland. Journal of Environmental Management, 1998. 52: p. 131-146.
  • Howard, D.C., R.M. Fuller, and C.J. Barr, Linking ecological information recorded from ground, air and space: examples from Countryside Survey 1990. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, 1996. 5 227-234.
  • Morecroft, M., Year to year changes in vegetation. Countryside Survey 2000 News, 2000. Issue 5: p. p3.
  • Osborn, D. and I. Simpson, The Countryside Survey - a snapshot of Britain. Planet Earth, 2006. Winter 2006: p. 28-29.
  • Potter, C., C. Barr, and M. Lobley, Environmental change in Britain's countryside: an analysis of recent patterns and socio-economic processes based on the Countryside Survey 1990. Journal of Environmental Management, 1996. 48: p. 169-186.
  • Wallis, S., Countryside Survey 2000: a surveyor's view of CS2000. NERC News, 1999. 1999(Spring): p. p27.