The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

2. LAND

Table 2.15 Agricultural Land Classification 1996 Km2 Land classification Built -up Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 area Water Scotland 76,692 41 1,059 10,488 8,288 13,276 37,454 2,498 1,913 1,675 Aberdeen City 184 - - 98 26 7 - - 52 1 Aberdeenshire 6,310 - 96 2,964 925 813 1,035 410 43 24 Angus 2,179 11 189 804 153 292 504 162 46 18 Argyll and Bute 6,603 - - 46 311 1,059 4,891 76 49 171 Clackmannanshire 157 - - 56 23 3 47 - 23 5 Dumfries and Galloway 6,319 - 9 809 1,142 1,750 2,432 47 76 54 Dundee City 50 - - 5 - - - - 45 - East Ayrshire 1,276 - - 135 395 173 516 - 50 7 East Dunbartonshire 179 - - 39 32 22 35 - 51 - East Lothian 657 26 100 283 61 125 43 - 18 1 East Renfrewshire 168 - - 5 49 49 38 - 22 5 Edinburgh, City of 258 - 57 50 19 18 16 1 97 - Eilean Siar4 2,765 - - - 40 331 2,260 23 4 107 Falkirk 293 - 12 100 81 35 1 - 62 2 Fife 1,287 - 122 772 102 116 24 - 147 4 Glasgow City 174 - - 13 7 - - - 154 - Highland 25,552 - 81 700 1,264 3,778 17,268 1,398 175 888 Inverclyde 161 - - 10 33 50 46 - 20 2 Midlothian 345 1 26 130 55 58 56 - 18 1 Moray 2,228 - 37 492 489 520 520 130 30 10 North Ayrshire 819 - 2 96 162 113 354 20 62 10 North Lanarkshire 477 - - 77 130 102 17 - 147 4 Orkney 842 - - - 398 178 225 8 3 30 Perth and Kinross 5,387 - 129 894 428 843 2,689 165 87 152 Renfrewshire 262 - - 42 78 39 27 - 71 4 Scottish Borders 4,728 3 158 953 804 1,380 1,372 6 33 19 Shetland Islands 1,220 - - - 32 271 867 20 - 30 South Ayrshire 1,203 - 17 270 257 203 394 5 48 9 South Lanarkshire 1,774 - 6 267 459 376 532 2 125 7 Stirling 2,239 - 1 241 206 437 1,195 24 44 91 West Dunbartonshire 169 - - 28 27 29 34 1 33 17 West Lothian 428 - 17 109 100 106 16 - 78 2 Source: MLURI 1 For definition of agricultural land capability classes, see notes para 2.12. 2 Figures may not sum due to rounding. 3 Built up area (BUA) and water does not match that of table 2.16, as these data were captured at different times, and from different sources. 4 The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997.