What it means
The four main earth systems include:
- land
- life
- water
- air
Generally they are open systems whose elements, boundary and relationships exit independently of human control.
Have your say
Your opinion, knowledge and ideas are extremely important to us so we can produce an inclusive, well informed City Downland Estate Plan.
Register your view on our Natural Systems theme
Each of the 4 themes have an online consultation for you to register your views.
These can be accessed on their individual pages or on our Have your say page.
View our maps
Below are a selection of maps displaying information on the natural capital assets for this theme, within our downland estate.
Please click on these to see a larger version. You can see more maps and explore information by using the online City Downland Estate Plan Map.