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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-S...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: 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
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Africa.
Economic geography.
Développement durable > Afrique.
Géographie économique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic geography
Sustainable development
Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Agenda 21 Implementation: Progress, Challenges, and the Role of Geographic Data
  • 3 Geographic Information Activities in Africa
  • 4 Facilitating the Use of Geographic Data: Spatial Data and Telecommunications Infrastructures
  • 5 Geographic Data for Sustainable Development I: Framework Data
  • 6 Geographic Data for Sustainable Development II: Other Thematic Data
  • 7 GIS-Based Decision-Support Systems in Africa
  • 8 Building Capacity to Apply Geographic Information to Sustainable Development in Africa9 Lessons Learned and Recommendations
  • A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • B Oral and Written Contributors
  • C FGDC Statement
  • D Acronyms
  • E Glossary

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