Without human influence there would only be natural processes occurring within the environment.
People create the socio-economic processes that impact on the environment.
This indicator reveals the connections between the environment and the socio-economic processes. The variables measure the movements of usually resident population between given areas, revealing changes in the potential source of environmental pressure, resource need and pollutant source. Indicators should be used in conjunction with other socio-economic indicators and are intended to complement the Ministry for the Environment's environmental indicators . Click on an icon below for other strands of socio-economic indicators.