Habitat types key navigation

You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:

• No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
• Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
• No [ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6

Additionally the diagram may be used for reference.


Category : (J1 )Buildings of cities, towns and villages
Diagram :

Question j01 :   Usage

Buildings are distinguished according to the amount and type of use: residential; industrial or commercial; or other.

Answers: industrial or commercial [ J1.4 ] other ( j02 ) residential ( j03 )

Question j02 :   Status

Other non-residential and non-industrial buildings, often with public access (including churches, public halls, libraries etc) are separated from disused buildings (including disused paved areas between buildings) and those in the process of construction or demolition.

Answers: construction or demolition [ J1.6 ] disused [ J1.5 ] other [ J1.3 ]

Question j03 :   Permanent or temporary structures?

Permanent residential units are distinguished from high density temporary residential units. Note that isolated caravans are categorised under J2.1.

Answers: permanent ( j04 ) temporary [ J1.7 ]

Question j04 :   Accessibility to rural areas

Residential buildings of high density (densely populated urban areas within a medium to large size built-up ensemble, heavily interspersed with roads and footways, with limited access to surrounding rural areas) are distinguished from areas with moderate density housing (smaller groups of houses in rural areas and the periphery of more densely populated areas, with strong interconnections between the fauna of the built-up and countryside habitats, i.e. easy access to surrounding rural areas).

Answers: limited [ J1.1 ] easy [ J1.2 ]