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Environmental Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : From Innovation to Management

dc.contributor.author Prévost, Yves
dc.contributor.author Gilruth, Peter
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T09:45:59Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T09:45:59Z
dc.date.issued 1999-02
dc.description.abstract The development of Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the 1970s and 1980s was slow, in spite of several efforts to introduce the technology. However since 1990, growth has been phenomenal. Whereas, only one or two institutions in each country were previously active in EIS, over 500 EIS related projects are now under way, involving thousands of African experts, plus numerous development partners from non government organizations (NGOs), the private sector, bilateral agencies, and international organizations. Not surprisingly, the number of actors involved in EIS construction is expected to increase even further, until all institutions and organizations involved in environmental management have adopted EIS-related technologies. The EIS concept as know it today emerges from several initiatives to promote the more efficient use of data in environmental management. First, the advent of satellite remote sensing in 1972 gave a new perspective to viewing the earth's resources and led to large data and training subsidies to stimulate the use of first Landsat and then SPOT products. Next came the early environmental applications of remote sensing in Africa, championed by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which used satellite imagery to monitor rangeland dynamics and desertification. The term EIS only came into wide use in the 1990s, concurrent with the advent of natural resource and environment action plans. The concept reflects our growing understanding of the link between environment and development. Thus, environmental information is the data, statistics, and other documents, that enable managers to identify and quantify specific environmental resource categories, and to determine their optimum utilization. Seen in this larger context, an EIS is the institutional and technical response needed to improve the role and benefits of information in environmental management. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/02/12586923/environmental-information-systems-sub-saharan-africa-innovation-management
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9874
dc.language English
dc.relation.ispartofseries Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 128
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACTION PLANS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject CATALOGS
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject DATA ACCESS
dc.subject DATA ARCHITECTURE
dc.subject DATA PROCESSING
dc.subject DATA SHARING
dc.subject DATABASE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DECISION MAKING PROCESS
dc.subject DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
dc.subject DECISION-MAKING
dc.subject DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subject DOCUMENTS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EXPLOITATION
dc.subject IMPLEMENTATIONS
dc.subject INFORMATION POLICY
dc.subject INFORMATION RESOURCES
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject INNOVATION
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject INTEGRATION
dc.subject INTEROPERABILITY
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject LEADING
dc.subject MANAGERIAL SKILLS
dc.subject METADATA
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject NEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject NUMBER OF USERS
dc.subject ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PRODUCERS
dc.subject PROGRAMS
dc.subject PROTOTYPES
dc.subject QUALITY INFORMATION
dc.subject REPOSITORY
dc.subject RESULT
dc.subject RESULTS
dc.subject SATELLITE
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject TARGETS
dc.subject TECHNICAL SKILLS
dc.subject TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
dc.subject TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
dc.subject TRANSACTION
dc.subject TRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subject USER
dc.subject USERS
dc.subject VARIETY
dc.subject VISION
dc.title Environmental Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : From Innovation to Management en
dc.title.alternative Les systemes d'indoration sur I'environnement en Afrique Subsaharienne: de I'nnovation a la qestion en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2010-07-27
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/02/12586923/environmental-information-systems-sub-saharan-africa-innovation-management
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20100727032736
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 12586923
okr.identifier.report 54998
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/07/27/000333038_20100727032736/Rendered/PDF/549980BRI0Box31280Feb0199901PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.topic Information and Communication Technologies :: ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: E-Business
okr.topic Education :: Knowledge for Development
okr.topic Information Security and Privacy
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Environment
okr.unit AFT: Environment & NRM (AFTEN)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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