Woodlands In & Around Towns (WIAT)

Woodlands In and Around Towns (WIAT)


The Woods In and Around Towns (WIAT) Programme provides the focus for Scottish Forestry’s work on improving quality of life in towns and cities.


The purpose of WIAT is to:


- Bring neglected woodland into active management.

- Work with people to help them use their local woodland.


There are four key characteristics of woodland that determine whether it improves quality of life:


1. Where it is

The woodland must be close to where people live and/or work. We will undertake WIAT related activities within 1km of settlements of over 2000 people (Fig 1). Within the WIAT area, deprived areas are a priority.


2. How it is managed

Management for people will be the top priority in most WIAT woodlands. Woods should be safe and welcoming to all. WIAT woodland is also important for other aspects of forestry such as biodiversity. Woodland involved in WIAT should be managed in accordance with the UK Forestry Standard.


3. How it is connected to other woodland and greenspace

WIAT will promote the creation and management of woodland that is close to other woodland and greenspace so that it contributes to green networks. Paths should link the networks.


4. How it is connected to people

Most of the activity in this programme is directed at the physical elements of WIAT: where it is, how it is managed, and how it is connected into green networks. However, reaching out to people should be part of every WIAT project to help people use woodland.

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Alternate title

S_WIAT
Date ()
2005-02-01
Date ()
2016-06-24
Identifier

S_WIAT
Presentation form
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Scottish Forestry

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GIS

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Head of Geo-Information Services

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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Edinburgh

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City of Edinburgh

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EH11 3XD

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United Kingdom
 

Scottish Forestry

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Operational Delivery

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Head of Operational Delivery

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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Edinburgh

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City of Edinburgh

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EH11 3XD

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United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded
Keywords

  • Forest Management

  • Grant Schemes

  • Planning

  • Environment

  • Felling

  • Landscape

  • Woodland

  • Licence

  • Ownership
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

  • Land use
Access constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

No limitations on public access
Use constraints

Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Reproduced by Permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100043970.
Use constraints
Open Government Licence
Spatial representation type
vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
eng (en)
Topic category
  • Farming
  • Biota
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Society
Geographic identifier

GB-SCT

Date ()
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier

EPSG

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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

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7.9
Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile

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    1.0

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  • WMS

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    1.3.0

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OnLine resource
Scottish Forestry Open Data (

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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Data download site

OnLine resource
FGS_Eligibility_WIAT_Area (

OGC:WMS

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Scope
dataset
Statement

The WIAT dataset was created by buffering (1km) all urban areas within Scotland with a population of >= 2,000 people.


The first time that this dataset was produced, 1991 population census data was applied to OS Meridian urban polygons.


The dataset was updated in 2009 using 2001 census data and urban areas polygons available from the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS).


In March 2010 a core area was added which takes the 15% most deprived areas in Scotland (from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation), buffers these by 500m and then clipped to the existing WIAT boundary.


The dataset was further updated in 2015 using the National Records for Scotland 2012 Population Estimate and Scotttish Government settlement boundaries. The dataset still incorporates the WIAT Priority Areas introduced in 2010.


Attributes:


WIAT_Name WIAT Area

WIAT Priority Area

Descriptor Full feature description

Metadata

File identifier
10F62548-6198-46D4-9B47-DF3D237E33A8
Metadata language
eng (en)
Resource Type
dataset
Date stamp
2023-06-22
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.2
 

Scottish Forestry

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GIS

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Head of Geo-Information Services

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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Edinburgh

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City of Edinburgh

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EH11 3XD

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United Kingdom
 
 

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