Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
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  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Special Quality Assessments
  • Features Assessments
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Scientific names
  • Appendix

Feature Assessment: Geology, geomorphology and soils

Please refer to ‘Navigating the Feature Assessments’ for any help understanding the feature assessments on the following pages.

 
Potential impact
Adaptive capacity
Overall Vulnerability score

Buried soils, archaeological remains and deposits

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

Healthy soil

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

High open moorland and edges

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

Limestone Dales

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

Palaeoenvironmental remains and sequences

High

Moderate

High vulnerability

River valleys

High

High

Moderate vulnerability

Show caves and caverns

Moderate

Moderate

Moderate vulnerability

Slopes and valleys with woodland

High

Moderate