Access to Marine Data on the Internet for CZM
573
NORCOAST -1999
Better information and understanding on coastal issues is needed in all areas. Both
national, regional and local authorities have limited knowledge of the coastal marine
area, and decisions are therefore sometimes based on limited or erroneous data. This
also gives problems in achieving consensus on which are the most important
problems to be solved (NORCOAST, 1999, p. 32).
In general more attention should be focused on information and development of
knowledge and understanding on coastal issues, and on improving the exchange of
information between authorities and agencies, to facilitate better decision making.
Registering data and planning issues in co-operation with other agencies could ease
the problem, as suggested in Hordaland e.g. in a common GIS database for the
coastal zone (NORCOAST, 1999, p. 37).
There is now a need to develop a top-down approach to data collection, archiving,
standards, co-ordination and dissemination so as to ensure that a European-wide
approach to integrated coastal and marine resource management can be undertaken
in the future to facilitate integrated coastal management (Green and King, 1999b,
p. 13).
NORCOAST, 1999. Statement that National governments need to do more on coordinating data collection and centralising the results (p. 15).
Two problems: one is to be able to get a general view of the enormous amount of
information in reports and data files and how to get access to it. The other is how to
use the information properly. As Burbridge (1999) states: We have the knowledge but
do we have the competence to use it? (NORCOAST, 1999, p.15.)
Green Government (Green and King, 1999a)
Green and King (1999a, p. 19) stated:
Moreover, the continuing general lack of widespread use of information technologies
such as remotely sensed data, geographic information systems (GIS) and the Internet
for data collection, information and knowledge generation or dissemination
respectively is currently preventing access to the very information that is needed by
people who manage the coast. This is in turn blocking co-ordination and integration
between the relevant responsible bodies.
We have the means to collect data, to store, process and analyse and output
information and above all the required computer-based tools to achieve this. What we
lack is government leadership to ensure the co-ordination of data and information
collection, its maintenance, access and delivery to the end-user (Green and King,
1999a, p. 20).
573
NORCOAST -1999
Better information and understanding on coastal issues is needed in all areas. Both
national, regional and local authorities have limited knowledge of the coastal marine
area, and decisions are therefore sometimes based on limited or erroneous data. This
also gives problems in achieving consensus on which are the most important
problems to be solved (NORCOAST, 1999, p. 32).
In general more attention should be focused on information and development of
knowledge and understanding on coastal issues, and on improving the exchange of
information between authorities and agencies, to facilitate better decision making.
Registering data and planning issues in co-operation with other agencies could ease
the problem, as suggested in Hordaland e.g. in a common GIS database for the
coastal zone (NORCOAST, 1999, p. 37).
There is now a need to develop a top-down approach to data collection, archiving,
standards, co-ordination and dissemination so as to ensure that a European-wide
approach to integrated coastal and marine resource management can be undertaken
in the future to facilitate integrated coastal management (Green and King, 1999b,
p. 13).
NORCOAST, 1999. Statement that National governments need to do more on coordinating data collection and centralising the results (p. 15).
Two problems: one is to be able to get a general view of the enormous amount of
information in reports and data files and how to get access to it. The other is how to
use the information properly. As Burbridge (1999) states: We have the knowledge but
do we have the competence to use it? (NORCOAST, 1999, p.15.)
Green Government (Green and King, 1999a)
Green and King (1999a, p. 19) stated:
Moreover, the continuing general lack of widespread use of information technologies
such as remotely sensed data, geographic information systems (GIS) and the Internet
for data collection, information and knowledge generation or dissemination
respectively is currently preventing access to the very information that is needed by
people who manage the coast. This is in turn blocking co-ordination and integration
between the relevant responsible bodies.
We have the means to collect data, to store, process and analyse and output
information and above all the required computer-based tools to achieve this. What we
lack is government leadership to ensure the co-ordination of data and information
collection, its maintenance, access and delivery to the end-user (Green and King,
1999a, p. 20).