Our environment survey suggests that a majority of southwestern Pennsylvanians support controls on greenhouse gases - a concept that's at the heart of the Obama Administration policy for combating climate change announced this week. Read on to see what the survey reveals about the region's views on global warming, its causes and other issues. More
-
Climate Change Concerns
-
The Pittsburgh Regional Environment Survey
In May 2013, more than 800 men and women living in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) were interviewed by telephone for a survey about the environment conducted by the University of Pittsburgh University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) and Pittsburgh Today. In order to better understand what's important to our region's... More
-
The Pittsburgh Regional Environment Survey – Introduction
As the Pittsburgh region continues its ascent, regularly ranking as one of the nation’s most livable cities, maintaining and improving the region will require attention to a key long-term asset: the environment. Across America and the globe, mobility between regions and nations has become commonplace, and people decide where they want to live and why.... More
-
The Pittsburgh Regional Environment Survey – Data Tables
The following series of files (PDF format) present detailed question-by-question results of The Pittsburgh Regional Environment Survey for six key socio-demographic variables (age, education, gender, geography, income, and race). The target geography for the survey was the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) that includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. The... More