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Busby (1999, p.9) states:
The decision-maker needs to get access to all this information from a minimal
number of sources, preferably through a single access point into a network of such
resources. Why is a network necessary to achieve this?
Decision makers are seeking integrated solutions to complex issues
No single organisation has all the answers
Organised networks maximise value and minimise cost of information resources
The way forward for the coastal zone involves building a distributed environmental
information infrastructure.
Payne (1999, p. 13) from NOAA states:
To successfully address coastal issues, managers need information that is current,
accurate, and reliable, in other words - useful
A true decision support system refers to an information system or GIS tool that not
only provides and extracts information from various data layers, but goes to the next
step of providing options or answers to coastal resource management questions. Such
systems can improve the ability of decision-makers to weigh alternative scenarios by
including the impacts of changes to environmental, economic and other variables.
Scholten et al. (1999, p. 27) state:
Since environmental systems are usually multidimensional, a rich set of data must be
considered when representing and modelling environmental systems.
In Coastal Zone Management (CZM) geographical information is invaluable because
many of the numerous functions of the coast occupy, or make use of, space.
Integrated Mapping of the UK Marine and Coastal Zone - The Way Forward,
CEFAS (June 1999) (Franklin and Hurrell, 1999)
Provide better access to information by: promoting awareness of what is
available and who holds it; allowing better access to data held by public and
commercial organisations; enabling users to access the information they need in
the form in which they need it.
Establish core datasets
Carry out appropriate research, taking account of: identified data gaps; the
dynamic nature of the marine and coastal zone; needs of different users for
information on different scales.
D.R. Green and S.D. King
Busby (1999, p.9) states:
The decision-maker needs to get access to all this information from a minimal
number of sources, preferably through a single access point into a network of such
resources. Why is a network necessary to achieve this?
Decision makers are seeking integrated solutions to complex issues
No single organisation has all the answers
Organised networks maximise value and minimise cost of information resources
The way forward for the coastal zone involves building a distributed environmental
information infrastructure.
Payne (1999, p. 13) from NOAA states:
To successfully address coastal issues, managers need information that is current,
accurate, and reliable, in other words - useful
A true decision support system refers to an information system or GIS tool that not
only provides and extracts information from various data layers, but goes to the next
step of providing options or answers to coastal resource management questions. Such
systems can improve the ability of decision-makers to weigh alternative scenarios by
including the impacts of changes to environmental, economic and other variables.
Scholten et al. (1999, p. 27) state:
Since environmental systems are usually multidimensional, a rich set of data must be
considered when representing and modelling environmental systems.
In Coastal Zone Management (CZM) geographical information is invaluable because
many of the numerous functions of the coast occupy, or make use of, space.
Integrated Mapping of the UK Marine and Coastal Zone - The Way Forward,
CEFAS (June 1999) (Franklin and Hurrell, 1999)
Provide better access to information by: promoting awareness of what is
available and who holds it; allowing better access to data held by public and
commercial organisations; enabling users to access the information they need in
the form in which they need it.
Establish core datasets
Carry out appropriate research, taking account of: identified data gaps; the
dynamic nature of the marine and coastal zone; needs of different users for
information on different scales.