Identification

Title

The impacts of street lighting on biodiversity

Alternative title(s)

Project Code WC1011

Abstract

Report contains data that can be used under Open Government Licence. Main report and appendices all contain data and maps. The aim of this project is to assess, through landscape-scale approaches, the impact of alternative road lighting schemes on biodiversity. Defra has committed both nationally and internationally, to halt the overall loss of biodiversity by 2020. In 2009 the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) published a review of the environmental impacts of artificial light, which concluded that there was a paucity of information on the ecological impact of artificial lighting and that further studies were needed on the likely impacts of broader wavelength technologies that are being more widely introduced. Defra’s commitment to carry out research in this area was stated in the government response to the RCEP review. Outputs will form part of the evidence base for those making decisions regarding road lighting regimes. The Department for Transport has nominated the Highways Agency to represent their interests on the Project Steering Group. Attribution statement:

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=17822&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=%20WC1011&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name:

description: link to report and data.

Unique resource identifier

code

17f1f7c2-0c92-4ec1-86ea-b4d67dbeb2cf

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.7

East bounding longitude

1.8

North bounding latitude

55.8

South bounding latitude

50.0

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-04-30

End position

2015-03-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2015-03-02

date type

publication

effective date

2015-03-02

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Publication available on the Defra research and development web portal

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Portable Document Format - Standardized (PDF)

version of format

11

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

email address

open@defra.gov.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

description: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

email address

open@defra.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-21

Metadata language

eng