NatureScot's Natural Capital Tool: Ecosystem Service Demand

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 10 July 2026
• Topic: Not added
• Licence: Other Licence ; View licence information

Summary

This dataset contains 6 TIFF files with coverage across the whole of Scotland. Each set displays the human-centric demand for an ecosystem service; demand is mapped for 6 ecosystem services, which are: inland flood mitigation, insect pollination, access to nature, air quality improvement, noise regulation, and local temperature regulation. Inland flood mitigation demand is modelled as areas where flooding from rivers may negatively impact people and infrastructure. Pollination demand highlights which habitats are within travel range of an area in need of pollination. Access to nature demand is modelled from three indicators: distance to greenspace, population size, and population health. Air quality improvement demand is determined by four equally weighted indicators: distance to major roads, proportion of man-made surfaces, population, and health. Noise regulation demand is scored based on three indicators: distance to noise sources, population, and health. Local temperature regulation demand is determined by three equally weighted indicators: proportion of manmade surfaces, population, and health.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available
GeoTIFF (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	10 July 2026	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2026-07-10
• Access contraints: © Crown copyright and database rights 2025 OS AC0000813979. Generated using European Union's Copernicus Land Monitoring Service information; doi.org/10.2909/71c95a07-e296-44fc-b22b-415f42acfdf0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2 analysis-ready data processed by JNCC and supplied under the Open Government Licence v3 via the CEDA Archive [archive.ceda.ac.uk]. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. © Crown copyright 2025. © NatureScot (Scottish Natural Heritage). Scotland soil carbon & peat depth copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 2020. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data [Scotland soil carbon & peat depth] is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0. Licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0 Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019 Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019 Map of runoff risk (partial cover) copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 2018. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0. Gagkas, Z. and Lilly, A. (2024) Spatial disaggregation of a legacy soil map to support digital soil and land evaluation assessments in Scotland. Geogerma Regional, 33. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00833 © Bluesky International Ltd. & Getmapping Plc. 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Harvest GUID: 5811c8fb-8ae4-4b7a-87cd-3f1e20e14ca6
• Extent: Latitude: 60.8608° to °
• Extent: Longitude: -8.65° to -0.7244°
• Spatial reference system: 27700
• Dataset reference date: 2026-04-03 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2026-04-03 (revision)
• Dataset reference date: 2026-07-15 (publication)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: NatureScot (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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