Author: New Zealand. Department of Conservation. Science and Research DivisionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780478019964
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
DOC Ongoing Science Project Summaries - 1996/1997
Author: New Zealand. Department of Conservation. Science and Research DivisionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780478019964
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: DOC Ongoing Science Project Summaries, 1998/1999
Author: Magnetic Fusion Program Summary Document
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Fusion EnergyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Interoperating Geographic Information Systems
Author: Michael GoodchildPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461551897
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Geographic information systems have developed rapidly in the past decade, and are now a major class of software, with applications that include infrastructure maintenance, resource management, agriculture, Earth science, and planning. But a lack of standards has led to a general inability for one GIS to interoperate with another. It is difficult for one GIS to share data with another, or for people trained on one system to adapt easily to the commands and user interface of another. Failure to interoperate is a problem at many levels, ranging from the purely technical to the semantic and the institutional. Interoperating Geographic Information Systems is about efforts to improve the ability of GISs to interoperate, and has been assembled through a collaboration between academic researchers and the software vendor community under the auspices of the US National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis and the Open GIS Consortium Inc. It includes chapters on the basic principles and the various conceptual frameworks that the research community has developed to think about the problem. Other chapters review a wide range of applications and the experiences of the authors in trying to achieve interoperability at a practical level. Interoperability opens enormous potential for new ways of using GIS and new mechanisms for exchanging data, and these are covered in chapters on information marketplaces, with special reference to geographic information. Institutional arrangements are also likely to be profoundly affected by the trend towards interoperable systems, and nowhere is the impact of interoperability more likely to cause fundamental change than in education, as educators address the needs of a new generation of GIS users with access to a new generation of tools. The book concludes with a series of chapters on education and institutional change. Interoperating Geographic Information Systems is suitable as a secondary text for graduate level courses in computer science, geography, spatial databases, and interoperability and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry, commerce and government.
1997 Annual Report and Research Summary of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit
Author: Los Alamos National Laboratory Continued Operation Site-Wide
Author: A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments
Author: Mark E. JensenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441986200
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
A rich set of protocols for the process of assessing the ecological make-up of the land so as to guide environmental decision-making.
The Science of Risk Assessment
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Military Cost-Benefit Analysis
Author: Francois MelesePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131753171X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive book on Military Cost-Benefit Analysis and provides novel approaches to structuring cost-benefit and affordability analysis amidst an uncertain defense environment and cloudy fiscal prospects. Lifting the veil on military Cost-Benefit Analysis, this volume offers several new practical tools designed to guide defense investments (and divestments), combined with a selection of real-world applications. The widespread employment of Cost-Benefit Analysis offers a unique opportunity to transform legacy defense forces into efficient, effective, and accountable 21st century organizations. A synthesis of economics, statistics and decision theory, CBA is currently used in a wide range of defense applications in countries around the world: i) to shape national security strategy, ii) to set acquisition policy, and iii) to inform critical investments in people, equipment, infrastructure, services and supplies. As sovereign debt challenges squeeze national budgets, and emerging threats disrupt traditional notions of security, this volume offers valuable tools to navigate the political landscape, meet calls for fiscal accountability, and boost the effectiveness of defense investments to help guarantee future peace and stability. A valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, novices and experts, this book offers a comprehensive overview of Military Cost-Benefit Analysis and will appeal to anyone interested or involved in improving national security, and will also be of general interest to those responsible for major government programs, projects or policies.