GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making - Chapter 12 doc

... Management and Sustainabili ty Sustainability and the integration of policy and action are key aims under- pinning much of EU legislation and policy. The conservation of architec- tural heritage and ... GIS Factor: Frontiers in Data Dissemination 289 12. 8 Looking for a Comprehensive System 290 12. 9 Access 292 12. 10 Conversion 292 12. 11 Future of NPI 294 12. 12 Conclusi...

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... Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), now Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have policy responsibility for flood and coastal defense in England and administers the legislation that ... planning and response on behalf of LA and EA guidelines. Once alerted to the onset of a flood event a command- and- control center is set up by the police, local warning...

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... Assessment and Risk Management 1 states: [I]t is time to modify the traditional approaches to assessing and reducing risks that have relied on a chemical-by-chemical, medium-by-medium, risk-by-risk ... with a list and rank of key habitat requirements. A GIS analysis was then performed to delineate, classify, and map suitable habitats for the birds (e.g., Figure 12. 5), and...

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... and Analysis for Metals The ICP discharge is very intense, brilliant white, and teardrop-shaped. Figures 12. 1 and 12. 2 illustrate the ICP zones and plasma temperature regions, respectively. 12. 2.3.1 ... standard solution I: Be, Cd, Mn, Pb, Se, and Zn Mixed standard solution II: Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, and V Mixed standard solution III: As, Mo, and Si Mixed standard solution IV: Al...

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... 12. Harris, B., Groundwater management and protection in England and Wales - a backwards and forwards glance, in Protecting Groundwater: Applying Policies and Decision Making Tools to Land- Use ... points. © 2008 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 112 GIS for environmental decision -making The close correspondence between the spline and hand-contoured surfaces in...

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... are in vogue and the joined-up appr oach to government is being road-tested within the local policy- making arena. . Community involvement: A key feature of current local policy making is a concern ... environment and clarity in decision -making. Community activity, however, thrives upon debate and inclusive decision- making. There are many varied and competing community agen...

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... or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data GIS and evidence-based policy making ... Scotlan d GIS for Environmental Decision-Makin g E dited by Andrew Lovett and Katy Appleto n GI S and Evidence-Based Policy Makin g Ed ite d by Step h en Wise an d Ma...

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... lifestyles, selected census variables, % open space and % built areas, the ILC decile, and selected recorded crime and command -and- control data). The GIS program used was ArcView v3.1. This data was ... areas and crime prevention strategies. Ph.D. Thesis, Univer- sity of Liverpool. Bowers, K. and Hirschfield, A., 1999, Exploring links between crime and disad- vantage in north-...

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... extent to which GIS are used for more than command -and- control, and the visualization of 999 calls. The U.S. experience indicates that there are significant benefits in inte- grating GIS throughout ... interface, computer lan- guages and scripts have been integrated such as Visual Basic (SCAS, RCAGIS, and CrimeStat), and MapObject (RCAGIS and Community Policing Beating Book,...

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... and chains of deprivation in relation to geographical features in this way could be of value in under- standing the local impact of deprivation and health for planning health-care and social-care ... region and an inner-city area of Sheffield (striped areas signify missing data). (From 1991 Census: Digitised Boundary Data (England and Wales); 1991 Census: Small Area Statistics (Engl...

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