Description:
Since 2009, Natural England in partnership with Defra, has undertaken the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey. The main focus of the survey is capturing time spent in the natural environment. It also seeks to capture other ways of engaging with the natural environment such as time spent in the garden and volunteering, and pro-environmental behaviors such as recycling. The data enables users to:
• Understand how people use, enjoy and are motivated to protect the natural environment
• Monitor changes in use of the natural environment over time, at a range of different spatial scales and for key groups within the population.
Originator:
Natural England in partnership with Defra
Is this an existing or new approach to measuring landscape change?:
Existing
Spatial coverage:
This dataset can be interrogated at a local scale making it an ideal means of assessing how interactions with the Lake District landscape are changing overtime
Geographical unit:
National
Frequency of measure:
Indicator:
How people engage with the landscape
Data source:
The Upper Tier Local Authority dashboard has been developed allowing users to easily access visit behaviour and trends in the last 10 years of their area. The raw data has been provided for each upper tier local authority for those wishing to undertake more advanced analysis.
Submitted by:
Laura Partington
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