Geographical Information Management in Polar Regions: Mediation, Data Sharing and Interoperability

Geographical Information Management in Polar Regions: Mediation, Data Sharing and Interoperability, Volume 7 reflects on and critically evaluates the historical development of polar data management and information systems, with a particular focus on activities under the recent International Polar Year (2007-2009) and beyond. This historical analysis provides a foundation for a proposed holistic model that considers the complexity of the polar information domain, combining many kinds of data, information and knowledge mediation under an integrated social-environmental-technical construct to support improved understanding and use of the Earth system as a whole. Presents an expert examination of the broad range of opportunities and challenges facing actors (i.e., scientists, governments, NGOs) involved in polar data management and researchFeatures three data mediation case studiesIncludes the perspectives and practices of indigenous people of the North, offering a new viewpoint on the importance of data sharing in the polar regions INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Developments in Polar Data Sharing, Geographic Information, and Interoperability3. Interoperability and Mediation Formal ontology4. Overview to the Polar Domain5. Case Study 1: Mediation Scientific Data in the Domain Antarctic Environmental Governance (AEG)6. Case Study 2: Mediation Across Cultures and Knowledge Domains7. Case Study 3: Mediating in the Context of Arctic Governance and Geopolitics8. Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-12-809484-6
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés