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    • EnviroAtlas - Philadelphia, PA - Land Cover by Block Group

    Metadata Updated: October 14, 2024

    This EnviroAtlas dataset describes the breakdown of the land cover classes with each Census Block Group. In this community, forest is defined as Trees & Forest, Orchards, and Woody Wetlands. Green space is defined as Trees & Forest, Shrubs, Grass & Herbaceous, Agriculture, Orchards, Woody Wetlands, and Emergent Wetlands. Agriculture is defined as Agriculture and Orchards. Wetlands are defined as Woody Wetlands and Emergent Wetlands. This dataset also includes the area per capita for each block group for some land cover types. 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).

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date March 13, 2019
    Metadata Created Date October 14, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2024
    Reference Date(s) February 6, 2019 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date March 13, 2019
    Metadata Created Date October 14, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2024
    Reference Date(s) February 6, 2019 (publication)
    Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development-Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, EnviroAtlas (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
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    Access Constraints Use Constraints: None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated., Access Constraints: None.
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    Licence https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
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    Lineage This lineage was generated by the FGDC CSDGM to 19139 transformation
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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