2017-09-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 SEPTEMBER 2017




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                    12 SEPTEMBER 2017

                                Perceived                   Environmental                             Health
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               Perceived environmental health is measured                            Perceived Envi           I Health Ind
               by asking survey participants the extent to                             erceived  Environmental   Health Index
               which they felt any of the following were a                    ‘0                                              “0
               problem in their local region, on a scale from                 ho
               ‘not a problem (1) to 'big problem' (7): (i)                gi
               Water quality problems other than salinity, in              £ a
               rivers, lake or waterways; (ii) Soil erosion; (iii)         7:
               Poor soil health other than soil erosion e.g. soil          E830)
               compaction; (iv) Pest fish species e.g. carp; (v)           5 5                              38
               Loss of vegetation (trees, shrubs); (vi)                      S38          “
               Declining numbers of some native animals or                 38
               birds; (vii) Invasive weeds; (viii) Salinity (in soil        “38
               or waterways); (ix) Environmental degradation
               in general; (x) Feral animals eB. Pigs, goats,                      Rural & regional Australia Rural & regional Queensland Noosa (n=320)
               i         .            i           i                           37
               wild dogs, rabbits; and (xi) Declining numbers                          (n=12981)          (n=1953)
               of native fish. The average score of these
               variables was calculated as a measure of
               perceived environmental health. Scores for
               each item were reversed before calculation of
               the scale, so that a score of 1 represented               The Perceived Environmental Health Index is made up from
               poor environmental health, and a score of 7                responses to a number of questions, with the results to each
               represented good environmental health. It                 question presented below. The questions were measured on a
               should be noted that only approximately half              7-point scale, from ‘strongly disagree’ (1) to 'strongly
               of the respondents answered these questions.              agree' (7), with the results below showing percentages for
                                                                         those who scored 5, 6 or 7 as showing agreement.

                                             Perceived Environmental Health Categories
                                  @ Rural & regional Australia (n=12981) @ Rural & regional Queensland (n=1953) @ Noosa (n=320)
               90.0

             E 80.0 -                                                                  72
            a                                                                    744      “33.8
            8                                                                                                                           71.2
            2 70.0
             5                                                              64.44,                                        64.0
             =                                                                                                          59.        $1812
             2 60.0                                                   58.1
            3                                                       54.6
            =                                         51.2       52.6
            5 soo
             é          43.7     43.2                    pS
            £         414          41.0                                                                      40.0.4          1.3
             § 400 -                  22    38.982                                                                B77
            2              B4.5                  boa       B4.0                                   33.7
            3.                                                                                       bs
            ¥ 30.0
            3                                                                                          21.7
            5 20.0
            2
            s
            x 10.0

                0.0                       +                     !                     :
                     Water quality Soil erosion Poor soil health Pest fish species Loss of Declining Invasive weeds Salinity (in soil or Environmental Feral animals Dediining
                     problems other       other than soil         vegetation numbers of           waterways) degradationin e.g. pigs, goats, | numbers of
                     than salinity, in    erosion e.g. soll                 some native                       general    wild dogs, native fish
                     rivers, lake or        compaction                     animals or birds                               rabbits
                      waterways

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