Environmental Informatics

Bernd Page

ISBN 10: 0792334450 / ISBN 13: 9780792334453

Published by Springer Netherlands Mrz 1995, 1995

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Environmental informatics is a field of applied computer science that develops and uses the techniques of information processing for environmental protection, research and engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems needs environmental informatics as a bridge and mediator between many disciplines and institutions. The present book presents a wide range of topics currently being pursued in the area, including basic methodological issues and typical applications. A significant number of recognised experts have contributed to the volume, discussing the methodology and application of environmental monitoring, environmental databases and information systems, GIS, modeling software, environmental management systems, knowledge-based systems, and the visualisation of complex environmental data. For scholarly and professional practitioners of environmental management who wish to acquire well-founded knowledge of environmental information processing and specialists in applied computer science who wish to learn more about the contribution of their field to the solution of our urgent environmental problems. 472 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental Informatics
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands Mrz 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792334450
• ISBN 13: 9780792334453
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 30D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 869 grams

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Environmental informatics is a field of applied computer science that develops and uses the techniques of information processing for environmental protection, research and engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems needs environmental informatics as a bridge and mediator between many disciplines and institutions. The present book presents a wide range of topics currently being pursued in the area, including basic methodological issues and typical applications. A significant number of recognised experts have contributed to the volume, discussing the methodology and application of environmental monitoring, environmental databases and information systems, GIS, modeling software, environmental management systems, knowledge-based systems, and the visualisation of complex environmental data.
For scholarly and professional practitioners of environmental management who wish to acquire well-founded knowledge of environmental information processing and specialists in applied computer science who wish to learn more about the contribution of their field to the solution of our urgent environmental problems.