State of the Environment 2011 (SoE 2011)
State of the Environment 2011 Committee. Australia state of the environment 2011.
Independent report to
the Australian Government Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
Canberra: DSEWPaC, 2011.
1 Approach
3 Reading each chapter
Each theme includes assessments at a national scale using a similar approach and structure (Figure 1.1). The Coasts chapter is structured in a different format to reflect the cross-cutting nature of coastal issues and information.
The SoE 2011 approach builds on an internationally accepted framework for SoE reporting—the DPSIR (drivers-pressures-state-impact-response) framework. This framework recognises a chain of causal links from driving forces, such as economic development, through to environmental impacts of human-induced pressures and the management responses aimed at mitigating those pressures. In this report, discussion of resilience, emerging risks and environmental outlooks complements the basics of the DPSIR framework.
Figure 1.1 Approach to reporting on Australia’s environment
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