MMO1135 Potential Beneficial use Mud Stretches which may Benefit
Summary
Broad intertidal / muddy shoreline stretches in England which are thought to be eroding and could thus benefit particularly from beneficial use are identified. Line data was identifiedby undertaking a review of SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) site condition reports, and mapping these in a line format. Limitations of this datalayer include the fact that it only highlights SSSI-designated shorelines (although around 90 to 95% of England’s soft shorelines are SSSI designated ); and that it relies on likely subjective site condition assessments by Natural England officers, which may be fairly dated, or soon be updated. Despite these limitations, from known historic trends, and feedback from stakeholders, it appears that the datalayer successfully identifies the key eroding soft/intertidal shorelines in England.
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Technical information
Update frequency
asNeeded
Lineage
Created by intersecting relevant SSSI polygons (Natural England datalayer, 2018) with the OS MHWS line in a GIS environment. Relevant SSSI units / polygons were identified in a desk based exercise whereby SSSI condition reports on the Natural England 'Designated Sites View’ website were reviewed (those mentioning coastal squeeze or erosion contributing to the unfavourable condition of a unti containing saltmarsh). Unnecessary columns were deleted from the attributes table, leaving the following columns (from the SSSI units shapefile): SSSI name; Unit ID; Unit status (as of October 2018); and Condition date (i.e. date of last assessment).
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
fa78616f-c05c-4141-81b0-8cfee3a5b3f2
Published by
Marine Management Organisation
Contact publisher
data@marinemanagement.org.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
14 February 2019
Revision date
14 February 2019
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