Spatial Data Infrastructures in Context

North and South

Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Joep Crompvoets, Yola Georgiadou (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2011
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4398-2802-1 (ISBN)

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In the wake of the so-called information technology revolution, many stakeholders from the public and private sectors (including citizens) have indeed grown accustomed to the promise and usability of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) for data access, use, and sharing. With contributions from international experts, this book presents cutting edge Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) research on information technology, systems, and infrastructures that is theoretically-based and empirically supported. It examines the complexities involved in the establishments of SDIs in the Northern and Southern hemispheres and use of SDIs in a variety of cultural, societal, and institutional contexts. The focus is on urban and regional levels where socio-economic and environmental sustainability is realized.

Joep Crompvoets is an associate professor at the Public Management Institute of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and lecturer at the Centre for Geo-Information of Wageningen University in The Netherlands. He holds two MSs and a Ph.D. from Wageningen University.

Institutions and Organizations: When Is Providing Spatial Information a Public Task? A Search for Criteria. Institutionalization Does Not Occur by Decree: Institutional Obstacles in Implementing a Land Administration System in a Developing Country. Integrating Spatial Information and Business Processes: The Role of Organizational Structures. GIS Database Development and Exchange: Interaction Mechanisms and Motivations. Data and Technology: SDI Reality in Uganda: Coordinating between Redundancy and Efficiency. Social Network Analysis of the SDI in Flanders. Thinking in Circles: How National Geo-Information Infrastructures Cannot Escape from the Temptation of Technology. People and Practices: Enlisting SDI for Urban Planning in India: Local Practices in the Case of Slum Declaration. Considerations from the Development of a Local Spatial Data Infrastructure. An Exploration of SDI and Volunteered Geographic Information in Africa. Sense-Making and Summing Up: SDI in North and South—A Full Circle Yet? Conclusion: Implications for Future Research and Practice—Toward Scientific Pragmatism. Afterword. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.6.2011
Zusatzinfo	19 Tables, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-4398-2802-4 / 1439828024
ISBN-13	978-1-4398-2802-1 / 9781439828021
Zustand	Neuware