Overview

Understanding and protecting our environment is a key component of environmental development, yet access to a wide range of high-quality information is currently based on very limited data due to lack of the exchange of data between source and recipient. This three part book that first discusses the importance of data exchange and describes why it is essential for gathering data in the environmental sciences. Part Two takes the results of the Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water project (EDEN-IW), and addresses its objectives for ensuring that the needs of citizens and enterprises of the environmental sciences community are met. Finally, Part Three takes a look at the wide variety of data policies and addresses how environment administrators in Europe can enhance their efficiency, openness and accountability.

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Author:   Palle Haastrup (Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy) ,  Jorgen Wurtz (Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780444529732

ISBN 10:   044452973
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   29 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Environmental Data Exchange Chapter 1: Environmental Data Exchange for Inland Water Chapter 2: An Example of a Data Exchange Network: The French System for Water Data Chapter 3: The Evolution of Thematic Reporting Into a Shared Information System: An Example on Water Chapter 4: Agent-Based Concepts For Environmental Data Chapter 5: Review of Models and Technologies for Database Integration Chapter 6: Security Issues For Distributed Software Agents Part II: The EDEN-IW Project Chapter 7: Introduction and Overview of Results Chapter 8: Multi-Agent System Technology in Distributed Database Systems Chapter 9: An Ontology-Based Approach for Enhancing Inland Water Information Retrieval from Heterogeneous Databases Chapter 10: Quadrilingual List and Terminology Reference System Chapter 11: Agent Communication Visualising Technologies Chapter 12: Interaction with the User Chapter 13: Geographical Information and Map Services Chapter 14: Performance Issues of Distributed Systems Part III: Perspectives and Data Harmonisation Chapter 15: Environmental Data: Edge Issues and the Path Forward Chapter 16: A Water Reference for Europe Chapter 17: Perspectives for Information Systems for Water

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