Spatial Data Infrastructures in Context

North and South
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-2802-1
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nedovic-Budic, Zorica

Crompvoets, Joep

Georgiadou, Yola

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.