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Green Sheffield

In 2004 while working as a volunteer at Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, I was asked to look into the claims that Sheffield is the 'greenest city' in Britain. This led to a general study of the land cover in and around the Sheffield MDC which has been written up in a couple of papers for the Sorby Natural History Society. The society studies the natural history of the Sheffield area and publishes an an annual journal, the Sorby Record. Details are available on their web site.

The first paper, published in the 2005 journal, is a collection of maps documenting the land cover and other data for the Sorby 'recording' area around Sheffield. A copy is available here as a 8.1mb pdf - note the size!!! be aware that it may take some time to open or download.

The second paper summarises the 'Green Sheffield' investigation and has been published as a supplement to the 2006 journal. A copy is available here as a 958kb pdf.