Key Scottish Environment Statistics 2014
This publication aims to provide an easily accessible reference document which offers information on a wide range of environmental topics. It covers key datasets on the state of the environment in Scotland, with an emphasis on the trends over time wherever possible. The data are supplemented by text providing brief background information on environmental impacts, relevant legislation and performance against national and international targets.
Public Attitudes & Behaviours - Footnotes
1) Scottish Parliament (2009). Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
2) Scottish Government (2010). Low Carbon Scotland: A Behaviours Framework.
3) Scottish Government Social Research (2009). Scottish Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Survey 2008 (SEABS '08).
4) Scotland Performs - National Indicator.
5) Between 2006 and 2012, the annual Scottish Recreation Survey (<acronym>ScRS</acronym>), managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), provided the official statistic for the annual updating of the National Indicator. However a new consolidated survey, Scotland's People and Nature Survey (SPANS) was commissioned by SNH to provide a single, comprehensive source of information on people's use of the natural environment and thereby reduce costs. SPANS commenced in 2013 and will run at intervals of 3 years (and so cannot provide the official statistic which is required on an annual basis).
6) Sample size: all respondents - 9,759.
7) Bell, S. et al. (2008) and Mitchell, R. and Popham, F. (2008) in Reid, S. & Curtice, J. (2010) Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2009: Sustainable Places and Greenspace Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
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