The green information gap

Mapping the nation's green spaces

There is a major gap in the national information about England’s urban green spaces: nobody knows how many there are, where they are, who owns them or what they are like.

This makes it difficult to co-ordinate provision, respond to changing social needs or plan for a changing climate.

A single, shared, information resource – a kind of atlas – would help piece together the different elements of the nation’s green infrastructure – parks, gardens, allotments, trees, green roofs, cemeteries, woodlands, commons, grasslands, moors and wetlands.

The green information gap: mapping the nation's green spaces is a position paper written for policymakers.  It says the new resource could be part of a wider information revolution that makes the most of our nation’s green assets.

Why we must map green infrastructure is a single page letter of endorsement from organisations including CABE, Association of Garden Trusts, Black Environment Network, Capacity Global, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, English Heritage, The Garden History Society, Greenspace, Groundwork, International Council of Monuments and Sites UK, Institute of Parks and Green Spaces, Keep Britain Tidy, Landscape Institute, Natural England, Play England and UK Public Health Association.

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Published on 10 November 2009

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Parks and green spaces | Policy | Public space | Sustainable development | Transport and infrastructure