Connective Qualities of Green Space Survey and Score

Identifier Number

Type: What kind of space is your outdoor area?

What percentage canopy cover in your LGA?

Instructions to find your canopy cover
1. Go to this website
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2. Scroll down to the section called "Where will all the trees be". Enter your postcode.
3. Scroll down to where it says " [Your LGA] has..."

4. Copy the percentage of CANOPY into the field above

How many trees over 3m high in your outdoor space?

Describe the sunlight in your outdoor space. 1 (too dark/cold or too hot most of the time) up to 100 (perfect balance of shade and sun most of the time)

What is the size of your outdoor space (yard, shared garden, balcony)

Instructions to calculate the area of your outdoor space
1. Open google maps, or apple maps. (Google earth has an area function if you have that installed).
2. Zoom in on your home, activate the satellite layer so you can see the ground
3. Right click on the map, select "measure distance"
4. Measure the outdoor space at your house (don't include sheds or houses or decks, if you have a balcony but not yard, measure the balcony). You might need to do two or three rectangles to cover the outdoor space.
5. Length x width = Area. E.g, A yard 6m long by 4 meters wide. 6m x 4m = 24 square meters.
6. Enter this value in the space above

How structurally complex is the vegetation in your outdoor area? (the following images can relate to pot plants or in-ground plants)

What percentage of your area has a soft surfaces (nature) versus hard surfaces (concrete, pavers etc)

Water. Click all that apply...

No water

Can see artificial water (eg water feature) but rarely used by animals, birds or insects

Can see artificial water and is used frequently by animals, birds, or insects

Can see natural source of water (lake, dam, river, ocean)

Can HEAR artificial running water (eg water feature with pump)

Can HEAR natural water (ocean, creek)

Prospect 1: Your view. How far can you see? Answer from 1 meter to 100+meters

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Prospect 2: My outlook is...

Mostly on buildings or streets

Mostly urban with some nature

Mostly nature with some urban

Mostly nature

My level of ambient (non-natural) noise is (refer to image below)

Refuge1: How comfortable do you feel in your outdoor place? 1 (v. uncomfortable) to 100 (v. comfortable)

Refuge 2: How safe do you feel in your outdoor place. 1 (v.unsafe) to 100 (v.safe)

Refuge 3: To what extent do these words describe your outdoor space? Safety, retreat, withdrawl, embracing, contemplative, protective. 1 (not very) to 100 (very)

I find this place to be 1 (not at all beautiful) to 100 (extremely beautiful)

To what extent does your outdoor place have pleasant scents and smells? 1 (Not at all) to 100 (all the time))

My outdoor space has (select those that apply)

a vegetable garden

edible or medicinal herbs

chickens, ducks or other animals

flowers or other materials that I collect and use

Number

If you are human, leave this field blank.

Welcome to the Living Lab - Green Space Assessment Tool

We created this survey tool to assess the qualities of green space that are important to increasing and maintaining nature connectedness. The tool provides a weighted score at the end out of 100