TY  - BOOK
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
TI  - Down to earth: geographic information for sustainable development in Africa 
SN  - 0309500214
AV  - HC79.E5 D69 2002eb
U1  - 338.96 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Africa
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - Développement durable
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Géographie économique
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Economic Policy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Government & Business
KW  - Development
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Business Development
KW  - Structural Adjustment
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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
N2  - 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-Saharan Africa
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