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Community and economy

We depend on the environment to meet our physical, economic, cultural and spiritual needs. Our actions put pressures on the environment and its ability to sustain essential life-supporting processes.

The indicators below tell us about the relationships between people, the economy and the environment in the Waikato region.

Communities and their views

bullet icon People's environmental attitudes
bullet icon People's attitudes to environmental regulations
bullet icon People's environmental concerns
bullet icon People's environmental knowledge
bullet icon People's personal environmental actions
bullet icon People's public environmental actions
bullet icon People's satisfaction with the environment
 

Community characteristics

bullet icon Educational qualifications
bullet icon Population growth
bullet icon Population structure
bullet icon Unemployment rate
 

Community participation

bullet icon Landcare groups
bullet icon Pollution incidents
 

Economy and resource use

bullet icon Total energy consumption
 

Sustainability

bullet icon Energy use relative to economic growth
bullet icon Regional ecological footprint
 

More to come...

Check out indicators about the Waikato region's communities that Environment Waikato will publish in the future.

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