Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration

Susanne Patig and Claus Rautenstrauch (Otto von Guericke University, Denmark)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0, ISBN13: 9781930708020, ISBN10: 1930708025, EISBN13: 9781930708839

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Patig, Susanne and Claus Rautenstrauch. "Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration." IGI Global, 2001. 1-448. Web. 21 May. 2013. doi:10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0

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Patig, S., & Rautenstrauch, C. (2001). Environmental Information Systems in Industry and Public Administration (pp. 1-448). doi:10.4018/978-1-930708-02-0

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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.

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Environmental Informatics - Methods, Tools and Applications in Environmental Information Processing (pages 2-11)

Bernd Page (University of Hamburg, Germany), Claus Rautenstrauch (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany)

The protection of our environment remains one of the greatest challenges in industrialized societies. This challenge is addressing politics, economy as well as techn... Sample PDF | More details...

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Cognitive Aspects on the Representation of Dynamic Environmental Phenomena Using Animations (pages 13-24)

Patrick J. Ogao (International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands), Connie A. Blok (International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands)

Measurements from dynamic environmental phenomena have resulted in the acquisition and generation of an enormous amount of data. This upsurge in data availability ca... Sample PDF | More details...

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3D Modelling of Urban Environment: Data Collection Techniques (pages 25-40)

Eberhard Gulch (Inpho GmbH, Germany)

Sustainability and protection of the environment are requirements of high priority in our society. These tasks need an efficient monitoring of the environment. The i... Sample PDF | More details...

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Using Environmental Information Efficiently: Sharing Data and Knowledge from Heterogeneous Sources (pages 41-73)

Ubbo Visser (University of Bremen, Germany), Heiner Stuckenschmidt (University of Bremen, Germany), Holger Wache (University of Bremen, Germany), Thomas Vogele (University of Bremen, Germany)

Environmental information systems have gained more importance both in the public administration and industry since the beginning of 1990. For example, in public admi... Sample PDF | More details...

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Environmental Monitoring and Management of Protected Areas through Integrated Ecological Information Systems - An EU Perspective (pages 75-100)

Thomas Blaschke (University of Salzburg, Austria)

Integrated ecological information systems are characterized by a broad range of thematic spatial data layers and a variety of specific application areas. Monitoring... Sample PDF | More details...

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A Structured Basket of Models for Global Change (pages 101-136)

Gilbert Ahamer (Federal Environment Agency, Austria)

This contribution presents four modelling frameworks that can be structured along their level of detail, their geographic coverage and their degree of quantification... Sample PDF | More details...

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FLADIS - A GIS Based System for Extending Air Pollution Point Data to Continuous Spatial Information (pages 138-145)

Goetz Wiegand (IVU Umwelt GmbH, Germany), Volker Diegmann (IVU Umwelt GmbH, Germany)

FLADIS is an extendable software system integrated in a Geographical Information System (GIS) for displaying temporal and spatial distributions of concentrations of... Sample PDF | More details...

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Assessing the Impacts of Land Use Policy on Soil Erosion Risk: Possibilities and Constraints of Geographical Information Systems (pages 146-156)

A. Van Rompaey (Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium, and Fund for Scientific Research- Flander), G. Govers (Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium)

Soil erosion is regarded as a major and widespread soil degradation process. The consequences of soil erosion occur both on- and off-site. On-site consequences are p... Sample PDF | More details...

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Land Evaluation - An Artificial Intelligence Approach (pages 158-166)

G. Tsoumakas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), I. Vlahavas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

A major environmental concern of today’s scientists is the inefficient exploitation of natural resources. The land is the ultimate source of wealth and the foundatio... Sample PDF | More details...

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A General Modelling and Simulation System for Sustainability Impact Assessment in the Field of Traffic and Logistics (pages 167-185)

Lorenz M. Hilty (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Switzerland), Ruth Meyer (University of Hamburg, Germany), Thomas F. Ruddy (Solothurn University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)

Traffic comprises a large and persistently growing share of resource consumption and environmental stress in modern economies. Even on our way towards an Information... Sample PDF | More details...

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Explorative Data Analysis Support for Environmental Epidemiology (pages 186-196)

V. Kamp (University of Oldenburg)

Applications like environmental information systems define various scenarios of multidimensional data analysis, and they require special efforts concerning data repr... Sample PDF | More details...

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GIS Application for Detection of Ecological Risk Zones (pages 198-205)

Victor P. Belogurov (Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Ecological Problems, Ukraine)

Many emergency safety problems are connected to detection of risk zones. It is not enough only to display on a map sources of risk and protected objects. The correct... Sample PDF | More details...

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Innovative Control Methods in Waste Management (pages 206-214)

Hubert B. Keller (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany), Bernd Muller (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany), Andreas Fick (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany)

Presently waste incineration is one of the most commonly used techniques for residual waste processing. It is an important step of making inert and compacting the wa... Sample PDF | More details...

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Estimation of Amounts of Waste Generated from Healthcare Facilities (pages 215-226)

Mohamad K. Kayyal (Damascus University, Syria)

In response to government and public pressures, the healthcare industry has in the past few years directed a significant effort toward the proper and safe management... Sample PDF | More details...

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Spatial Monitoring and Routing System for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials (pages 227-236)

Azedine Boulmakoul (Techniques de Mohammedia, Morocco), Robert Laurini (INSA de Lyon, France), Karine Zeitouni (Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)

The concept of Environmental Information Systems (EIS) emerged from the concerns and the efforts carried on by world wide private and official organisations in order... Sample PDF | More details...

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High Performance Computing, Simulation and Forest Fires (pages 238-249)

E. Luque (University Autonoma of Barcelona, Spain)

Forest fire are one of the most critical environmental risks in all the Mediterranean countries. The fight against these emergencies requires useful tools to predict... Sample PDF | More details...

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Modelling and Simulation of Environmental Hazards (pages 250-270)

Nick A. Theophilopoulos (IMPETUS Engineering S.A., Greece), Pavlos Kassomenos (IMPETUS Engineering S.A., Greece)

Emergencies are most probably the most important issue at the European and, of course, at the international level, in terms of impact to the economic structures, the... Sample PDF | More details...

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Toward a "Virtual Laboratory" to Support Forest Fire Behaviour Modelling and Metrology (pages 271-281)

F. GuarnierI (Ecole des Mines de Paris, France), S. Olampi (Ecole des Mines de Paris, France), A. Napoli (Space Applications Institute)

In forest fire research, it is now accepted that computational simulation and databases have become essential components of the scientific process, in order to combi... Sample PDF | More details...

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Metadata Information Systems for Geospatial Data (pages 283-296)

Stefan Gobel (Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics), Uwe Jasnoch (Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics)

The more information and data are produced by the actual information society, the more important become mechanisms and systems which organize the data and include in... Sample PDF | More details...

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Meta Information System for Environmental Chemicals: Set-up and Analysis of its Contents (pages 297-312)

Kristina Voigt (National Research Center for Environment and Health, Germany), Gerhard Welzl (National Research Center for Environment and Health, Germany), Joachim Benz (University of Kassel, Germany)

Chemistry and the environmental sciences are scientific disciplines with an enormous output of and demand for data. As of June 8th, 2000, 16,813,792 organic and inor... Sample PDF | More details...

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Metadata-Supported Automated Ecological Modelling (pages 313-332)

Virginia Brilhante (University of Edinburgh, UK, and University of Amazonas), Dave Robertson (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Ecological models should be rooted in data derived from observation, allowing methodical model construction and clear accounts of model results with respect to the d... Sample PDF | More details...

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Environmental Reporting in Print and Electronic Media (pages 333-346)

Klaus Tochtermann (Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, Germany), Andree Keitel (Institute for Environmental Protection, Germany), Thomas Schutz (German Federal Environmental Agency, Germany)

Reporting to and providing the public with information on the environment is becoming increasingly important for governmental environmental agencies at the regional,... Sample PDF | More details...

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Environmental Reporting in the Public Interest (pages 347-354)

Hans-Knud Arndt (Humboldt University, Germany), Mario Christ (Humboldt University, Germany), Oliver Gunther (Humboldt University, Germany)

Organizations of all kinds are increasingly forced to develop an environmental conflict strategy. Otherwise, in the case of environmental conflicts an organization m... Sample PDF | More details...

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Material Flow Management in the Machine Building Industry (pages 356-366)

Jorg V. Steinaecker (Fraunhofer IAO, Germany), Gunnar Jurgens (Fraunhofer IAO, Germany)

Within Germany’s industry the issue of environmental protection has increased in importance within recent years. A distinct indicator to support this thesis is the v... Sample PDF | More details...

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An Integrated Approach for the Planning and Control of Flexible Retro-Production Systems (pages 367-378)

Jurgen Hesselbach (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany), Karsten V. Westernhagen (Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)

While in the past only the product phases of development, production, distribution as well as use and service were considered, today, more complete consideration up... Sample PDF | More details...

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Foundations and Applications of Computer Based Material Flow Networks for Environmental Management (pages 379-396)

Andreas Moller (University of Hamburg, Germany), Bernd Page (University of Hamburg, Germany), Arno Rolf (University of Hamburg, Germany), Volker Wohlgemuth (University of Hamburg, Germany)

This chapter describes the foundations of Material Flow Networks for environmental management and gives an overview about their application fields. Material Flow Net... Sample PDF | More details...

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Recycling and Disassembly Planning (pages 397-419)

Alexander Huber (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany), Jorge Marx-Gomez (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany), Claus Rautenstrauch (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany)

For some years, the massive spreading of technically complex products as well as the shortening of product life cycles have led to a constantly rising return flow of... Sample PDF | More details...

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