Table 1.3: Classification of national environmental indicators by DPSIR model and EEA type

Household consumption

Driving force

Descriptive

Vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by road

Driving force

Descriptive

Energy supply and consumption

Driving force

Descriptive

Efficiency, when compared with gross domestic product or in a ratio such as total consumer energy / total primary energy supply

Solid waste disposed of to landfill

Pressure

Descriptive

Efficiency, when compared with total waste generation

Performance, when compared with New Zealand Waste Strategy targets

Air quality in managed airsheds

State

Performance

Emissions and removals of greenhouse gases

Pressure

Performance

Stratospheric ozone levels

State

Descriptive

Land cover

State

Descriptive

Land use

Pressure

Descriptive

Soil health

State

Efficiency

Soil intactness of erosion-prone hill country

State

Efficiency

Water quality in rivers, lakes, and groundwater aquifers

State

Descriptive

Performance, when compared with national guideline or Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council trigger values

Freshwater demand

Pressure

Efficiency

Fish stocks under the quota management system

Driving force, pressure, and response

Efficiency

Performance

Seabed trawling in deep waters

Driving force and pressure

Descriptive

Water quality at coastal swimming spots

State

Performance

Marine areas with legal protection

Response

Descriptive

Performance

Land area with native vegetation, including area under legal protection

State and response

Descriptive

Performance, when compared with the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy goals

Distribution of selected native plants and animals

State

Descriptive