Information Sources for a European Integrated Environmental Information Space

• Authors: PILLMANN Werner; HŘEBÍČEK Jiří
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: EnviroInfo 2009. Environmental Informatics and Industrial Environmental Protection: Concepts, Methods and Tools. 23. International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Informatics
• Keywords: ICT-ENSURE; SISE; SEIS; eEnvironment
• Description: This paper attempts to identify the preconditions for building a Single European Information Space and associated projects in the field of sustainable growth. It looks at the legal background and provides an overview of the current status of SEIS, SISE and eEnvironment. It also provides an assessment of some of the sources of environmental information and of existing projects, information flows and obstacles to user-oriented application. A list of national web tools for integrating information sources into an SISE and examples of existing implementations are also provided.

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