EnviroAtlas - Virginia Beach/Williamsburg, VA - Green Space Proximity Gradient

Description

In any given 1-square meter point in this EnviroAtlas dataset, the value shown gives the percentage of square meters of greenspace within 1/4 square kilometer centered over the given point. In this community, green space is defined as Trees & Forest, Grass & Herbaceous, Agriculture, Woody Wetlands, and Emergent Wetlands. Water is shown as "-99999" in this dataset to distinguish it from land areas with very low green space. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/ORD/ENVIROATLAS/Communities/VirginiaBeachWilliamsburgVA
23 https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Communities/Community_BGmetrics/MapServer
0 https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-data
0 https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas

Tags

  • environment
  • va
  • green space
  • virginia
  • enviroatlas
  • ecosystem
  • ecosystem services
  • environmental atlas
  • land cover
  • human well-being
  • virginia beach/williamsburg
  • communities

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