The South West Observatory and partners have updated the State of the South West reference guide to environmental, social and economic characteristics of the region. It gives an accurate assessment and analysis of information for the South West, across a broad range of policy themes, presenting key issues and priorities along with supporting data.
This is a product for the South West demonstrating collaborative working and drawing on an extensive reservoir of knowledge. Contributors to the report range from academics, researchers and policy analysts. The report not only presents individual topics, but reflects the links between cross-cutting themes, integrating these into the report.
How to use these web pages:
To copy a table simply drag your mouse across the table with the left button held down and then right click and copy. You can then paste straight into any other document. All the text can be copied using the same technique.
All images in the pages are low resolution to allow the pages to load quickly. If you require a higher resolution image for a presentation or report, click on the 'pop up full image' and this will open the PDF in a new window, you can then save the image for later use.
If you do use any of the information contained in the report, please remember to reference the source and copyright, thank you.
Click the link to view the State of the South West 2008 online.
The 2008 version of State of the South is an online document; however PDF versions of the individual chapters are available for download below:
Chapter 1: Population and Migration 2 MB PDF Document
Chapter 2: Economy 813 kb PDF Document
Chapter 3: Labour Market 857 kb PDF Document
Chapter 4: Skills and Learning 465 kb PDF Document
Chapter 5: Transport and Communication 364 kb PDF Document
Chapter 6: Housing 657 kb PDF Document
Chapter 7: Environment and Natural Resources 1.1 MB PDF Document
Chapter 8: Public Health 540 kb PDF Document
Chapter 9: Crime 574 kb PDF Document
Chapter 10: Social and Welfare 793 kb PDF Document
Chapter 11: Culture 331 kb PDF Document
Chapter 12: Government and Politics 342 kb PDF Document
Last Updated: 18th June 2008