1.1 The physical environment of NSW

• Climatic conditions
• Hydrology
• Land
• Biodiversity
• Mineral and energy resources

1.2 Population and settlement patterns

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Population distribution and residential density
• Demographic change and household and family structure
• Residential density patterns
• Pressures
• Responses
• Sydney Metropolitan Strategy and subregional strategies
• Regional strategies and regional conservation plans
• Housing affordability
• Reforms
• Future directions

1.3 Sustainability and consumption

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Sustainability
• Consumption
• Pressures
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• NSW Government Sustainability Policy
• Other programs
• Future directions

1.4 Economics and the environment

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Economic growth
• Approaches to measuring ecologically sustainable development
• Pressures
• Economic drivers of environmental change
• Motor vehicle travel and greenhouse emissions
• Reducing the economy's environmental impact
• Responses
• Better regulation
• BioBanking
• Future directions

1.5 Social trends

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Community attitudes and actions
• Education
• Natural resource management and communities
• Pressures
• Responses
• Community attitudes and actions
• Education
• Natural resource management and communities
• Future directions

1.6 Culture and heritage

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Heritage listings
• Aboriginal heritage management
• Pressures
• Responses
• Legislative review
• Heritage programs
• Aboriginal cultural values
• Future directions

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