NGOs in Britain: A Handbook

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Appendixes: various other historical statistics

Environmental concerns, 1986-2001

Political Saliency of Environmental Protection (1945-2005)

What to do you see as the most important issue facing Britain today? (IPSOS-Mori Polls) (3 graphs)

UK Sales of organic products and land under organic crop production 1993/5-2009 (2 graphs)

Occurrence of the word "Environment" in various newspapers

Environmental concerns, 1986-2001

Environmental concerns1

England and Wales

       

Percentages

           
 

1986

1989

1993

1996/7

2001

Disposal of hazardous waste3

..

..

63

60

66

Effects of livestock methods (inc. BSE)4

..

..

..

33

59

Pollution in rivers and seas5

54

64

63

65

55

Pollution in bathing waters and on beaches6

37

59

56

61

52

Traffic exhaust fumes and urban smog

23

33

40

48

52

Loss of plants and animals in the UK

38

45

43

45

50

Ozone layer depletion

..

56

41

46

49

Tropical forest destruction

..

44

45

44

48

Climate change/global warming

..

44

35

35

46

Loss of trees and hedgerows

17

34

36

40

46

Losing Green Belt Land

26

27

35

38

44

Fumes and smoke from factories

26

34

35

41

43

Traffic congestion

..

..

35

42

43

Use of pesticides, fertilisers and chemical sprays

39

46

36

46

43

Using up the UK's natural resources

..

..

27

23

38

Acid Rain

35

40

31

31

34

Household waste disposal

..

..

22

22

33

Decay of inner cities

27

22

26

23

31

Growing genetically modified crops

..

..

..

..

29

Noise

10

13

16

15

22

1 Respondents who replied personally very worried about each issue
2 For 2001, England only.
3 Toxic Waste: disposal and import 1993 and 1996/97.
4 1996/97 did not specify BSE.
5 Rivers only 2001.
6 In 1986, 1989 and 1996/7 the wording of this category was sewage on beaches/bathing water.

Source: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Data downloaded from the Social Trends dataset available on the National Statistics website. The same data is presented in Social Trends, 32, 2002, p. 180. (available online here).

 

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Source: Ian Budge et al, Mapping Policy Preferences: Estimates for Parties, Electors ,and Governments 1945-1998, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001; Hans-Dieter Klingermann et al, Mapping Policy Preferences II : Estimates for Parties, Electors, and Governments in Central and Eastern Europe, European Union and OECD 1990-2003, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006
 

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What to do you see as the most important issue facing Britain today? (IPSOS-Mori Polls)

Source: IPSOS-Mori Issues Index (see 'The Most Important Issues Facing Britain Today').

 

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Source: IPSOS-Mori Issues Index (see 'The Most Important Issues Facing Britain Today').

 

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Source: IPSOS-Mori Issues Index (see 'The Most Important Issues Facing Britain Today').

 

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UK Sales of organic products and land under organic crop production 1993/5-2009

 

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Occurence of the word "Environment" in various newspapers (1945-2009). Source: Times Gale Archive/Nexis

 

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