Integrated Approach to Environmental Data Management Systems

ISBN-13: 9780792346715 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 560 str.

N. B. Harmancioglu; Nilgun B. Harmanciogammalu; M. N. Alpaslan

Opis

An integrated approach to environmental data management is necessitated by the complexity of the environmental problems that need to be addressed, coupled with the interdisciplinary approach that needs to be adopted to solve them. Agenda 21 of the Rio Environmental Conference mandated international programmes and organizations to take steps to develop common data and information management plans, and steps have been taken in this direction.

Spis treści

Preface. I. Introduction. II. Objectives, Constraints and Institutional Aspects of Environmental Data Management. III. Design of Data Collection Networks. IV. Physical Sampling and Presentation of Data. V. Data Processing and Reliability Considerations. VI. Statistical Sampling and Analysis. VII. Environmental Databases. VIII. Transfer of Data Into Information for Environmental Decision Making. IX. Conclusions and Recommendations. X. Case Studies. Index. List of Abbreviations and Acronyms.