Road verge extent and habitat composition across Great Britain
Abstract
There is growing interest in enhancing road verges for nature. We present a novel method for characterising and classifying road verges remotely. We use satellite and ground-level imagery from Google Earth and Google Street View. Road verges cover 1.2% of land in Great Britain, of which 27.5% is frequently mown. Opportunities to enhance verges for nature include reduced mowing and tree planting.
- Publication:
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Landscape and Urban Planning
- Pub Date:
- October 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104159
- Bibcode:
- 2021LUrbP.21404159P
- Keywords:
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- Green infrastructure;
- Highways;
- Roadside;
- Tree planting;
- Google Earth;
- Google Street View