This website has been created as a source of information about a scoping study funded under the RELU programme, to analyse issues relating to data availability, management and integration and identify potential solutions and services which might be provided by RELU or through other mechanisms.
The project is complimentary to activities being undertaken by the RELU Data Support Service, and does not duplicate them.

This project seeks to present data management as accessible, relevant, interesting and above all, useful, to a wide range of scientists, by using a common language. In it, we explore generic and interdisciplinary issues of data management and integration relevant to the aims of the RELU programme, and provide a wider perspective on the policy and organisation of rural economy and land use data in the UK. We did this by means of a questionnaire survey of the RELU community, consultation with specialists and by hosting a workshop on data integration (jointly with the RELU Data Support Service).

Data Resources for Rural Sustainability Research: realising their combined potential

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Full report (387 Kb)

Annex A - Questionnaire survey (611 Kb)

Annex B - Review of legislation (136 Kb)

Annex C - Review of data sources (276 Kb)

Annex D - Data Integration Workshop (249 Kb)

Annex E - Summary of Metadata Standards (235 Kb)

Annex F - Data Management Plan (DMP) information (250 Kb)

Workshop on data integration held in York on 19th May 2005

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e-Social Science: Mark Birkin - University of Leeds (1.2 Mb)

'Defras Five Year Strategy': Miles Templeton - Defra Rural Statistics Unit (3 Mb)

The Plurality of Rurality: Anne Owen - York University (592 Kb)

Integrating Spatial Data on the Rural Economy, Land Use and Biodiversity: Colin McClean - York University (3 Mb)

RELU Data Support Service (RELU-DSS): Isabella Tindall - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford (1.5 Mb)

Update from Data Resources Scoping Study: Helen McKay - Central Science Laboratory (4 Mb)

Download Poster Presented at RELU Conference - Birmingham 19th Jan 2005 (293 Kb)

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