Predictor variable | Description | Expressed as: | Use in regression analysis |
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Total non-built land-cover | Aggregated proportion of land-cover that consists of vegetation or water. | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 1 |
Water | Proportion of land-cover by water (water bodies and water courses) | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Ground layer vegetation | Proportion of land-cover by grass lawns and other ground flora | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Field layer vegetation | Proportion of land-cover by tall grasses, forbs and shrubs | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Canopy | Proportion of land-cover by trees | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Public parks and recreation | Proportion of land-use that includes public parks, sports grounds, playing fields, allotments and community gardens | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Amenity green-space | Proportion of land-use consisting of landscaped open spaces in residential or commercial areas with primarily aesthetic functions | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Private gardens | Proportion of land-use by private domestics gardens | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Peri-urban | Proportion of non-urban land-use, primarily consisting of arable land, grazed pasture and peat moorland outside of the main urban extent of the study area but within the Greater Manchester administrative boundary | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Previously developed land | Proportion of land previously subject to development and without any formal function at the time of data production | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Urban fabric | Proportion of all developed (built) land-use types and associated built infrastructure including residential, commercial, transport and industrial | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Informal urban greenery | Proportion of non-built land-cover occurring within the urban fabric class but without formal designated use (e.g. street trees, roadside vegetation). | % cover LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
% population ≤ 300 m to public parks and recreation land | Proportion of the local population living within 300 m of any site in the public parks and recreation class (including sites within 300 m but in neighbouring LSOAs). | % population LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
% population ≤ 200 m to public parks and recreation land | Proportion of the local population living within 200 m of any site within the public parks and recreation class | % population LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
% population ≤ 100 m to public parks and recreation land | Proportion of the local population living within 100 m of any site within the public parks and recreation class | % population LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
% population ≤ 200 m to 2 ha public parks and recreation land | Proportion of the local population living within 200 m of sites > 2 ha within the public parks and recreation class | % population LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Shannon’s Diversity Index (SHDI) | Metric indicating land-cover diversity | Dimensionless with values starting from 0 without limit (though rarely exceeding 4) | Step 2 and 3 |
Mean Patch Size | Mean area of all non-built patches | m2 LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
Effective Mesh Size (Meff) | Measure of connectedness of non-built land-cover | m2 LSOAˉ1 | Step 2 and 3 |
% non-built cover in gardens | Proportion of gardens that is vegetation or water | Percentage of total gardens cover LSOAˉ1 that is non-built | Step 3 |
% non-built cover in amenity green-space | Proportion of amenity green-space that is vegetation or water | Percentage of total gardens cover LSOAˉ1 that is non-built | Step 3 |
% non-built cover in public parks and recreation land | Proportion of public parks and recreation land that is vegetation or water | Percentage of total gardens cover LSOAˉ1 that is non-built | Step 3 |
% non-built cover in institutional land | Proportion of institutional land that is vegetation or water | Percentage of total gardens cover LSOAˉ1 that is non-built | Step 3 |
Mean patch size of gardens | Mean area of garden land-use patches | m2 LSOAˉ1 | Step 3 |
Mean patch size of amenity green-space | Mean area of amenity green-space land-use patches | m2 LSOAˉ1 | Step 3 |
Mean patch size of public parks and recreation land | Mean area of public parks and recreation land-use patches | m2 LSOAˉ1 | Step 3 |
Mean patch size of institutional land | Mean area of institutional land-use patches | m2 LSOAˉ1 | Step 3 |