Spatial Data Infrastructures in Context

North and South
Herausgeber: Nedovic-Budic, Zorica; Georgiadou, Yola; Crompvoets, Joep

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Analyzing the obstacles as well as the processes and mechanisms of integration and implementation, Spatial Data Infrastructures in Context: North and South investigates the technological and the non-technological aspects of the widespread adoption of spatial data infrastructures. Supporting theoretical issues with empirical studies, the editors pay particular attention to the non-technological aspects of organizational, financial, and legal issues including owner rights, liability, copyrights, and compatibility with precedent and supercedent laws. The authors also highlight the importance of understanding the local environment and circumstances in the process of tailoring the approaches to the conditions that characterize societies of different cultural, institutional, and economic settings. Designed to improve the accessibility, interoperability, and affordability of spatial data, the book focuses on the increasing challenges associated with integrating individuals and organizations into a network to support (1) public authorities and administrations at various levels, (2) thematic user communities, (3) enterprises, and (4) citizen-oriented society as a whole. It addresses the implementation and development of spatial data infrastructures for a wide range of themes, applicable technical standards and protocols, and specific organizational issues unique to data policy. Highlighting the potential for profound changes to the access, use, and exchange of spatial data for citizens, organizations, and geographically related applications, and therefore to the role and interaction of the stakeholders from the public and private sectors, this timely contribution provides new insights into improving our understanding of the increasing relevance, applicability, and value of spatial data infrastructures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781439828021
• ISBN-10: 1439828024
• Artikelnr.: 32100258

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.