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Areas in 
hectares 
Level I 
Level II 
Code 
1966 
1981 
AGRICULTURE 
Cropland 
A 
1994.6 
1676.4 
Permanent grassland 
Z 
75.0 
75.6 
Nurseries 
N 
0 
0 
Allotments 
I 
0 
0 
Other 
1 
45.4 
36.4 
URBAN 
Residential 
R 
53.4 
234.0 
Commercial/industrial 
C 
8.8 
110.0 
Public buildings 
B 
1.2 
9.8 
Transport 
T 
18.0 
35.4 
Defence/military 
M 
18.0 
18.0 
Other 
2 
0.6 
0.6 
OTHER 
Golf course 
G 
148.6 
147.4 
GRASSED 
Playing/sports fields 
S 
1.8 
1.8 
LAND 
Parkland/gardens 
P 
1.6 
1.6 
Links (not golf course) 
L 
1.8 
1.8 
Cemeteries 
X 
0 
0 
Other 
3 
0 
0 
WOODLAND 
Evergreen 
E 
45.0 
44.8 
Deciduous 
F 
90.8 
85.6 
Mixed 
4 
75.2 
72.2 
OTHER 
Heathland 
H 
75.2 
75.2 
VEGETATED 
Gorse/broom/scrub 
Y 
97.4 
91.4 
LAND 
Bracken 
K 
0 
0 
Vegetated sand dunes 
V 
0 
0 
Other 
5 
0 
0 
OTHER 
Derelict (mostly urban) 
D 
0 
8.8 
UNVEGETATED 
Barren (mostly rural) 
0 
3.6 
3.6 
LAND 
Bare sand 
U 
23.8 
25.0 
Quarries 
Q 
55.4 
79.8 
Other 
6 
0 
0 
WATER 
Intermittently flooded 
w 
4.4 
4.4 
Permanently flooded 
48.0 
48.0 
Table 1. Classification scheme devised for rural/urban fringe of 
Aberdeen, class codes, and 1966 and 1981 areas in hectares 
derived from remote sensing using 40m x 50m ground cell size.