Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration
Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration

Author: Rautenstrauch, Claus

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1930708831

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Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration provides an overview of worldwide research and development of environmental information systems (ENVIS). This book is the only topical documentation of the highly innovative approach of information systems for environmental protection. Issues are covered from the global and multinational level to industrial solutions for enterprises. In particular, the book deals with protection of air, water and soil, urban and landscape developments, prevention of environmental hazards and waste management.

Environmental Information Systems
Environmental Information Systems

Author: Oliver Günther

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 3662036029

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Environmental information systems (EIS) are concerned with the management of data about the soil, the water, the air, and the species in the world around us. This first textbook on the topic gives a conceptual framework for EIS by structuring the data flow into 4 phases: data capture, storage, analysis, and metadata management. This flow corresponds to a complex aggregation process gradually transforming the incoming raw data into concise documents suitable for high-level decision support. All relevant concepts are covered, including statistical classification, data fusion, uncertainty management, knowledge based systems, GIS, spatial databases, multidimensional access methods, object-oriented databases, simulation models, and Internet-based information management. Several case studies present EIS in practice.