Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
This is a background paper for a workshop on ethics and GI/GIS to be held at the AGI Conference 2004 in London, UK. The workshop format begins with a brief overview of ethics and introduction to the use of ethical ‘case studies’, followed by a small group discussion period, during which previously prepared GI/GIS case
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Half of the population of Africa will soon live in towns and cities where it can be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Rigorous but affordable and scaleable methods for mapping
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Energy for Sustainable Development Current demographic, economic, social, and technological trends – if not counterbalanced by strong new government policies – pose major challenges to the long-term sustainability of the global energy system. If governments do not implement policies beyond those already planned between now and 2030, it is projected that: • energy consumption will
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Effect of Ground Changes on the Reference Benchmarks in a Levelling Network of a Large City In the paper changes of reference benchmarks heights in levelling networks of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd order, during the 1968-1998 period, have been presented on the example of Wrocław. Preliminary interpretation has shown that they are closely correlated
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Central European Land Fragmentation in the Years to Come Central European agriculture suffers from extreme fragmentation of land ownership. Land consolidation may be a solution, provided that specific regional conditions are considered. Current regional conditions are the subject of several studies, but do lack the time-dimension. Download (2002) (14 pages; 85 KB PDF)
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Living with Climate Change in Europe Global warming is a fact. Climate change is happening and it is even accelerating. What we are seeing today are only the early signs of climate change and the result of past greenhouse gas emissions. Europe needs a wake-up call to prevent that climate change takes catastrophic dimensions later
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Case studies in ESRI Press’s new book GIS for Environmental Management detail how biologists, ecologists, and other scientists around the world use geographic information systems (GIS) to preserve important ecosystems. The book by Robert Scally illustrates the many innovative uses of GIS in a dozen projects, ranging from protecting Madagascar’s national parks to tracking environmental
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The Water Framework Directive in the Baltic Sea Region Countries. The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) was adopted in 2000. The WFD takes an integrated approach to water management and the overall objective is to achieve “good water status” for all waters in Europe by 2015. Download (2007)(176 pages, 9MB PDF)
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The research programme, ‘Internationalisation of regional development policies – Needs and demands in the Nordic countries’ was commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers in the spring of 2005. The aim of this programme is to undertake research on key issues, where it has been identified that new knowledge is needed, and where such knowledge
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The Emerging Norwegian Municipal Structure In Norway, as in the other Nordic countries, a discussion is currently taking place in respect of how to reform sub-national political and administrative structures. At present Norway, with a population of 4.7 million, holds direct elections to 431 municipalities, in Norwegian termed kommune, and 19 counties (in Norwegian fylkeskommune).
