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Environmental Informatics - Methods, Tools and Applications in Environmental Information Processing

Environmental Informatics - Methods, Tools and Applications in Environmental Information Processing

Bernd Page, Claus Rautenstrauch
Copyright: © 2001 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781930708020|ISBN10: 1930708025|EISBN13: 9781930708839
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0.ch001
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Page, Bernd, and Claus Rautenstrauch. "Environmental Informatics - Methods, Tools and Applications in Environmental Information Processing." Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration, edited by Claus Rautenstrauch and Susanne Patig, IGI Global, 2001, pp. 2-11. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0.ch001

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Page, B. & Rautenstrauch, C. (2001). Environmental Informatics - Methods, Tools and Applications in Environmental Information Processing. In C. Rautenstrauch & S. Patig (Eds.), Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration (pp. 2-11). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0.ch001

Chicago

Page, Bernd, and Claus Rautenstrauch. "Environmental Informatics - Methods, Tools and Applications in Environmental Information Processing." In Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration, edited by Claus Rautenstrauch and Susanne Patig, 2-11. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2001. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0.ch001

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Abstract

The protection of our environment remains one of the greatest challenges in industrialized societies. This challenge is addressing politics, economy as well as technology and research. It is clear that the various problems in environmental protection, environmental planning, research and engineering can be only solved on the ground of a comprehensive and reliable information basis. State and dynamics of the environment are described by biological, physical, chemical, geological, meteorological, and social-economic data. This data is time and space dependent and addresses past or current states. The processing of this data and the production of information on the environment, on its stress factors, and on mutual influence mechanisms are fundamental for any kind of environmental planning and preventive measures. Therefore, environmental problem solving is mainly an information processing activity handling a wide range of environmental data. Solutions to our environmental problems are strongly dependent on the quality of accessible information sources. Certainly, information is a very critical factor in making decisive political actions and in changing people’s attitudes on the environment. This information on environmental aspects is just as important as basis for decisions on actions in environmental protection as for gaining knowledge in environmental research.

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