Landscape Elements Loo Plan: Inventory of Cultural Landscape Features in Zuid-Holland

Landschapsbeheer Zuid-Holland developed a monitor for landscape elements in the province's cultural landscape. The monitoring was based on in-field inventory of landscape elements within representative sample plots. The project was completed in February 2012, with measurement rounds conducted in 2012 and 2013.

Use Cases

• Mapping the distribution of landscape elements based on the in-field inventory method described.
• Monitoring changes in agricultural cultural landscapes over time based on the 2012-2013 measurement rounds.
• Analyzing the composition of representative sample plots for landscape management planning.

Strengths

• Data collection is based on a defined methodology: the Agricultural Cultural Landscape Monitor (MAC).
• Monitoring involved in-field inventory within representative sample plots, suggesting ground-truthed data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

In-field inventory of landscape elements in representative sample plots, based on the Agricultural Cultural Landscape Monitor (MAC).

Time Range

Measurement rounds in 2012 and 2013.

Geography

Province of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.