Tranquil Areas Wales

This data collation is made up of two datasets showing tranquil areas across Wales for 1997 and 2009. A map of the land of Wales, graded to show levels of Tranquillity. It results from combining several underlying layers of data, covering different factors that either contribute to tranquillity or detract from tranquillity. Produced to provide a strategic baseline for monitoring change in tranquillity in Wales to inform strategic planning and policy-making. Tranquillity is an aspect of the Welsh Government's Noise Action Plan (in response to the European Noise Directive) and is one of the qualitative measures of natural resources benefits provided by landscapes, as used in SoNaRR 2016. An accompanying technical report details the methodology used and provides map images of underlying data layers and the resulting Tranquil Areas Map. Caveats: 1. The resolution of some layers that informed the map were coarse, meaning that those parts of the data are unsuitable for using at a detailed scale. 2. Tranquillity was not formally defined in the accompanying technical report. Welsh Government has more recently defined the term and Natural Resources Wales adopted this definition for SoNaRR 2016. Tranquillity is is an untroubled state, which is peaceful, calm and free from unwanted disturbances. This can refer to a state of mind or a particular environment. The 2009 dataset repeats more or less the same methodology used for a similar study in 1997. This allows change over time to be reported. Other projects in other parts of the UK using data at better resolution and with more sophisticated analysis means that the Wales 1997 and 2009 studies are regarded as crude. However to date the 2009 study is the most recent Tranquil Areas map available for Wales.

Identifier: NRW_DS118643

Alternative Title

Tranquil Areas 2009.lyr
Tranquil Areas 1997.lyr
Wales Tranquil Areas Map 2009
Tranquil Areas (Wales) 2009
Mapiau o ardaloedd tawel gwledig yng Nghymru 2009
Tranquil Areas
Tranquillity Map

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Other studies use different method approaches. Notable other studies are: - Scottish Natural Heritage. Mapping Wild Land Areas. Ongoing. http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/ - CPRE (Campaign for Protection of Rural England). Tranquil Places. Ongoing. http://www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-do/countryside/tranquil-places - Natural Resources Wales. Accessible Natural Greenspaces Toolkit. (includes consideration of value to people of relative tranquillity in urban areas). Refered to here but currently not published. (NRW Contact: Senior Urban Advisor). http://naturalresources.wales/people-and-communities/green-spaces/local-green-spaces/?lang=en - Land Use Consultants. 2009. Wales Tranquil Areas Map 2009. CCW Policy research Report No. 09/11. 71pp. Natural Resources Wales, Bangor. - ASH Consulting Group. 1997. Tranquil Areas Wales. CCW Policy Research Report No. 97/14.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2017-05-04

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Begin date: 1997-01-01

End date: 2017-05-04

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Environment

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Land Use Consultants

43 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD

http://www.landuse.co.uk/

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Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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Lineage: Other studies use different method approaches. Notable other studies are: - Scottish Natural Heritage. Mapping Wild Land Areas. Ongoing. http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/ - CPRE (Campaign for Protection of Rural England). Tranquil Places. Ongoing. http://www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-do/countryside/tranquil-places - Natural Resources Wales. Accessible Natural Greenspaces Toolkit. (includes consideration of value to people of relative tranquillity in urban areas). Refered to here but currently not published. (NRW Contact: Senior Urban Advisor). http://naturalresources.wales/people-and-communities/green-spaces/local-green-spaces/?lang=en - Land Use Consultants. 2009. Wales Tranquil Areas Map 2009. CCW Policy research Report No. 09/11. 71pp. Natural Resources Wales, Bangor. - ASH Consulting Group. 1997. Tranquil Areas Wales. CCW Policy Research Report No. 97/14.

Keywords

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landscape management
tranquil areas
Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
agriculture (farming) (see also related subjects eg. grazing)
health and well-being

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Management Areas (SMNR)
Cultural Services (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Soil and Land (SMNR)
Landscape (SMNR)
Ecosystem Services (SMNR)

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Date (Publication): 2024-03-05

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NRW Related Title: Tranquil areas Wales

NRW Related Title: Wales tranquil areas map 2009

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Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:17:52.898Z

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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