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SN:	6756
Title:	Smart Enforcement in Environmental Legal Systems: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Regulatory Satellite Monitoring in Australia, 2009-2010
Persistent identifier:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-6756-1
Depositor(s):	Purdy, R., University College London. Faculty of Laws
Principal investigator(s):	Purdy, R., University College London. Faculty of Laws
Sponsor(s):	Economic and Social Research Council
Grant number:	RES-062-23-1865
Other acknowledgements:	Andrew Law, University College London, Faculty of Laws who was a Research Fellow on project and assisted with compiling the data spreadsheets.

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Abstract

The overall objective of this research project was to explore and demonstrate whether the potential of the new technological capabilities of satellites can actually provide a rigorous, legally-reliable, and cost effective tool in inspection and compliance regimes under contemporary environmental legislation. The main aims were: to consider lessons from Australian experiences as to whether new high resolution satellite imagery can now be used as an environmental monitoring and compliance tool to assess the operational effectiveness of existing Australian state satellite monitoring programmes (legal compliance, political, economic, technical and spatial, capabilities of regulators) and any constraints affecting its use as a compliance tool or lessons learnt in the Australian context to investigate the awareness and attitudes of those regulated this way and evaluate how knowledge of being monitored by satellites is likely to influence compliance behaviour of those subject to regulation to analyse whether satellite monitoring is seen as more or less desirable than conventional forms of inspection, whether it is seen as more confrontational method of regulation, and the impact on relationships and confidence it might have between those subject to regulation, regulatory authorities, policy makers and the community to derive principles that can inform and advance debate in the UK, EU and amongst a wide international audience as to the merits of using satellites primarily as a compliance tool in the area of environmental legal systems, but also with implications for other legal monitoring as well Surveys of regulated communities in Australia were conducted to examine reactions to being monitored by satellites. Semi-structured interviews were held with government, farming bodies, judges, lawyers and NGOs. The qualitative data are not available for secondary analysis due to consent issues. Further information and publications are available from the Smart Enforcement in Environmental Legal Systems: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Regulatory Satellite Monitoring in Australia ESRC Award web page.

Main Topics: During the course of this ESRC project, a survey was undertaken to examine the awareness and perceptions of Australian landholders of satellite monitoring programmes. The survey that was posted out to Australian landholders is contained in the dataset. The results of the survey are contained in this dataset. They are broken down for analysis into the original response data; the results by data charts; the results by data tables; a breakdown of cross tabulated data categorised by each individual Australia State; and frequency data.

Coverage, universe, methodology

Dates of fieldwork:	September 2009, April 2010
Country:	Australia
Geography:	New South Wales Queensland South Australia
Spatial units:	Local Government Areas (Australia)
Observation units:	Individuals
Kind of data:	Numeric Alpha-numeric
Universe:	Subnational Farmers or rural landowners in three Australian states of South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, 2009-2010.
Time dimensions:	Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling procedures:	Simple random sample The names and addresses of survey recipients were supplied from a list held by a private Australian company, Baron Strategic Services, who provide consulting market information services about Australian farms. The farming database contains approximately 110,000 farmer names and addresses from across Australia. The survey recipients were randomly selected for each State from this purchased list.
Number of units:	428 cases
Method of data collection:	Postal survey Email Survey
Weighting:	No weighting used.

Keywords

AGE	AGRICULTURAL LAND	AGRICULTURE
ARABLE FARMING	ATTITUDES	AUSTRALIA
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT	FARMERS
FARMS	FOREST MANAGEMENT	HORTICULTURE
KNOWLEDGE (AWARENESS)	LAND MANAGEMENT	LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND TENURE	LANDOWNERS	NEW SOUTH WALES
PHOTOGRAPHY	POLICY MONITORING	QUEENSLAND
RIGHT TO INFORMATION	RIGHT TO PRIVACY	SATELLITES
SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Administrative and access information

Date of release:
First edition:	26 April 2011
Copyright:	Copyright R. Purdy
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