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Down to earth : geographic information for sustainable development in Africa / Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21, Committee on Geography, Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Down to earth : geographic information for sustainable development in Africa / Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21, Committee on Geography, Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2002.

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  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geography.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Mapping Science Committee
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
Description
xiv, 155 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (col.); 28 cm.
Summary
Report prepared for the U.S. State Department as a component of its contribution to the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August 2002 on the importance and applicability of geographic data for sustainable development in Africa with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
Subject
  • Sustainable development > Africa
  • Economic geography > Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Purpose of the Report -- Geographic Data and Sustainable Development -- Structure of the Report -- Agenda 21 Implementation: Progress, Challenges, and the Role of Geographic Information -- Global Progress with Implementation of Agenda 21 -- Implementing Agenda 21 in Africa -- The Role of Geographic Information in Meeting Agenda 21 Objectives -- An Approach to Evaluating the Role of Geographic Information in Sustainable Development Applications -- Geographic Information Activities in Africa -- Organizations with Continent-Wide Activities -- Geographic Information Activities in Case-Study Regions -- Facilitating the Use of Geographic Data: Spatial Data and Telecommunications Infrastructures -- Spatial Data Infrastructures -- Telecommunications Infrastructure in Africa -- Geographic Data for Sustainable Development I: Framework Data -- Historical Legacy Data as a Baseline for Documenting Change -- Framework Foundation Geographic Data from Modern Sources -- Framework Thematic Geographic Data -- Geographic Data for Sustainable Development II: Other Thematic Data -- Land Cover and Land Use -- The Condition of Vegetation and Hydrologic Resources -- Data for Managing Human Health -- Coordination Among Data Producers and Users -- Gis-Based Decision-Support Systems in Africa -- Decision-Making and Geographic Information -- Examples of Decision-Support Systems in Africa -- Impediments to Implementing Spatial Decision-Support Systems in Africa -- Opportunities for Enhancing Decision Support in Africa.
ISBN
0309084784
OCLC
  • 51058098
  • SCSB-11382076
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library