Table 3 Outcome 'Productive and resilient industries, confident communities’ example questions, indicators – and data sources Theme Example indicators Data sources Evaluation questions What are the major factors enabling/constraining the capacity Patterns of water trading Basin states of industries/communities to Number of trading Irrigation respond? restrictions notified to Infrastructure MDBA Water trading Operators What have been the social and economic benefits (including Availability of information Reporting under the ecosystem service benefits) to water market Basin Plan water associated with improved trading rules Transaction time environmental outcomes? What have been the social and economic benefits and costs to Irrigation operators water-dependent industries, from the implementation of the Basin Local councils Plan? Area irrigated and output registries by crop type What have been the social and State agencies Stocking rates and economic benefits and costs to Consultants output Basin communities and the nation more broadly, from the Industry groups Patterns of water trading Irrigated implementation of the Basin Plan? Australian Bureau of agriculture Water used for irrigated Statistics (ABS) agriculture Were there any unexpected or unintended social or economic Australian Bureau of Measures of productivity consequences arising from the Agricultural and Rate of return per unit of Basin Plan? Resource Economics water used and Sciences To what extent have infrastructure (ABARES) investments and buybacks MDBA assisted communities & industry to transition to the SDLs? Has the Basin Plan provided greater certainty for industries and communities? What are the major factors that have enabled or constrained the capacity of industries and Benefits from Commissioned communities to respond to the improved Economic and social studies Basin Plan and to achieve environmental importance intended Basin Plan outcomes? Surveys outcomes How have the different components of the Basin Plan interacted as a package to help water-dependent industries and communities to adapt to reduced water for consumption?
Table 3 Outcome 'Productive and resilient industries, confident communities’ – example questions, indicators and data sources Evaluation questions Theme Example indicators Data sources What are the major factors enabling/constraining the capacity of industries/communities to respond? What have been the social and economic benefits (including ecosystem service benefits) associated with improved environmental outcomes? What have been the social and economic benefits and costs to water-dependent industries, from the implementation of the Basin Plan? What have been the social and economic benefits and costs to Basin communities and the nation more broadly, from the implementation of the Basin Plan? Were there any unexpected or unintended social or economic consequences arising from the Basin Plan? To what extent have infrastructure investments and buybacks assisted communities & industry to transition to the SDLs? Has the Basin Plan provided greater certainty for industries and communities? What are the major factors that have enabled or constrained the capacity of industries and communities to respond to the Basin Plan and to achieve intended Basin Plan outcomes? How have the different components of the Basin Plan interacted as a package to help water-dependent industries and communities to adapt to reduced water for consumption? Water trading Patterns of water trading Number of trading restrictions notified to MDBA Availability of information to water market Transaction time Basin states Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Reporting under the Basin Plan water trading rules Irrigated agriculture Area irrigated and output by crop type Stocking rates and output Patterns of water trading Water used for irrigated agriculture Measures of productivity Rate of return per unit of water used Irrigation operators Local councils registries State agencies Consultants Industry groups Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) MDBA Benefits from improved environmental outcomes Economic and social importance Commissioned studies Surveys
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