Social » Regional Foundations

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What is Regional Foundations?

There are some services which are foundations of modern society, and their availability and reliability is critical to the whole community. Many of these services have a major impact on health outcomes, quality of life, the ability of the region to effectively serve an increasing population and the economic viability of the region.

Regional foundations is made up of 5 indicators that were selected to measure progress towards the regional foundations community outcome definition (shown above). Please see below for the raw data available over the 2001 to 2010 study period for each of the regional foundations community indicators.

As with the social well-being GPI, the the available indicator data that forms part of the regional foundations community outcome area was used to calculate individual index values for each indicator for each year over the 2001 to 2010 study period. The graph below shows the average of these individual index values, and represents the regional foundations community outcome GPI for the Wellington region from 2001-2010.

Reikorangi water plant

Regional foundations GPI, 2001-2010

What this means

Over the 2001 to 2010 time period, the regional foundations GPI was found to be highest in 2001 and lowest in 2010. The regional foundations GPI decreased rapidly between 2001 and 2006, but has remained relatively unchanged since this time. Overall, the regional foundations GPI has decreased by 11.6% from 2001 to 2010. The largest change was an 80% decrease in the values for water allocation compared to total water resource over the study period.

Did you know?

A GPI is an attempt to measure whether a nation’s or a region's growth, increased production of goods, and expanding services have actually resulted in the improvement of the well-being of the people in the region.

4 Indicators are being used to track Regional Foundations in the Wellington region

Click on each indicator below to access further information

Perception of road network reliability

Why is this indicator important?

Perceptions of the reliability of various forms of transport for getting around the region can impact on people’s travel opportunities and choices. Reliability is also a measure for how well the roading infrastructure can cope with current and future demand.

Percentage of residents rating the road network as reliable, 2001-2011

Findings

  • In 2008, 64% of Wellington region residents thought that the road network was reliable.
  • Since 2003, there has been a slight increase in the percentage of residents rating the road network as reliable.

Perception of road network reliability

Definition and data details

Indicator Definition

The percentage of respondents in the Wellington region that rated the road network as reliable.

Data Source

GW RLTS monitoring report

Last updated 26 July 2012

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