EBC has significant experience and skills in the development, administration and analysis of social surveys. Surveys of communities and organisations have been undertaken to address issues in both the natural and built environment and have included a broad range of content areas and issues, including the assessment of the potential impacts of changes in natural resource policies, needs assessments, the assessment of development options and construction impacts and the use of social surveys in monitoring and evaluating NRM programs and policies.
EBC has also undertaken survey research as evidence to be used in court cases and legal proceeding associated with environmental and urban development and has considerable experience in the use of surveys as evidence in this context (see Liquor Store Licensing).
Innovative data analysis and presentation techniques are often used to present and communicate the findings from survey research, including the use of specialised graphics techniques, the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and network analysis diagrams and models.
Given the extensive number project undertaken which utilise survey research only the projects undertaken in the last three years are described below.