The Black Country area, including Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell, and Dudley, is covered by this green infrastructure analysis. The data identifies green infrastructure categories and their beneficial functions, mapping areas of need and 'pinch points' under development stress. It was produced by Natural England in a two-stage process using Ordnance Survey data as a base layer.
Use Cases
- Identify areas of high need for specific ecosystem services based on assigned function mapping.
- Analyze development stress 'pinch points' where green infrastructure function is under pressure.
- Map the distribution of green infrastructure categories like woodlands, parks, and wetlands.
- Assess the provision of functions like evaporative cooling, water infiltration, and recreation.
Strengths
- Analysis is based on a detailed typology of 23 green infrastructure categories.
- Assigns 26 distinct 'function beneficial to people' categories to each mapped area.
- Data is structured from a defined two-stage processing workflow using Ordnance Survey data.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-07-13 13:01:43.241568; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Natural England
- Collection Method
- Two-stage analysis using Ordnance Survey data as a base layer, assigning green infrastructure categories and beneficial functions.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-13 13:01:43.241568
- Geography
- The Black Country area, UK (includes Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley)