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• 3.1 Work Undertaken
• 3.2 Report Outline

3.1 Work Undertaken

The work undertaken has varied from sector to sector. Generally, there were two thrusts to the investigation:

• Gathering existing published information, either from infrastructure owners or operators, or independent reports;
• Interviewing or surveying infrastructure owners/operators to obtain information.

The principal thrust for all sectors was to establish, quantitatively where possible but otherwise qualitatively:

• The condition of the infrastructure;
• Infrastructure's ability to meet current demands;
• Planned infrastructure and its ability to meet expected demand.

This core work is then developed to consider particular sustainable development issues that arise and the extent to which infrastructure activity is consistent with Government's sustainable development objectives, and to identify issues for consideration in ongoing policy development.

3.2 Report Outline

The rest of the report is structured as follows:

• Sector Reports (Chapters 4 to 11).
  These chapters report on the findings of the research undertaken, in relation to the points outlined above and sustainability issues. In the latter case, the principal aims are to:
  • Identify critical sustainability issues for each sector; and
  • Assess, where possible, the extent to which each infrastructure sector is a contributor to or constraint on meeting Government's key sustainable development objectives.
• Policy Implications (Chapter 12)
  This chapter draws out, from the previous chapters on each sector and sustainability implications, particular issues that policy development may need to consider in future.
• Indicator Framework (Chapter 13)
  This chapter proposes a potential framework for considering infrastructure's contribution to sustainable development going forward. Government already collects (or is planning to collect) a considerable amount of the data and indicators that could be used to monitor economic growth and sustainable development, of which infrastructure is only one component. Any specific monitoring of infrastructure needs to fit within this framework, and address particular concerns. We provide a basic conceptual framework and some suggestions of a small number of indicators that might be used for each sector. Some sectors are more amenable than others to this type of monitoring.