Environmental online communication /
"The Internet and wireless communication networks are transforming the way society handles the explosive growth and the dwindling half-life of environmentally relevant information. How can we leverage new technologies to advocate sustainability and the protection of natural ecosystems? This boo...
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London :
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| Series: | Advanced information and knowledge processing,
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Table of Contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Preface v
- Table of Contents xi
- List of Authors xiii
- PART I: RAISING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
- Public Access to Environmental Information
- 1 Environmental Information Systems and the Concept of
- Environmental Informatics 3
- 2 Mobile Access to Environmental Information
- 3 EnviWeb and Environmental Web Services: Case Study of an
- Environmental Web Portal 21
- 4 Web Coverage of Renewable Energy 25
- Online Advocacy
- 5 Online Communication for Environmental Fundraising 35
- 6 How a Small Environmental Group Uses the Web to Inform and
- Promote Action: A Content Analysis 45
- 7 Usability Evaluation of an Environmental, Web Site and its
- Support of the Organization's Mission and Goals 53
- Environmental Education
- 8 EFS Global Media Network: Exploring the Boundaries of
- Sustainable Education 63
- 9 An Online Community of Learners in Rural, Regional, and Remote
- Australia 75
- 10 Self-assessment of Consumptive Behavior Based on Material
- Intensity
- PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- Data Sharing and Distributed Internet Computing
- 11 Biodiversity and the Internet: Building and Using the Virtual
- World Museum 91
- 12 Climateprediction.net: A Global Community for Research in
- Climate Physics 101
- 13 Web Portal and Markup Language for Collaborative
- Environm ental Research 113
- Geographically Referenced Data
- 14 Web-based Exploration of Environmental Data and
- Corresponding Metadata, in Particular Lineage Information 127
- 15 Sharing Environmental Maps on the Web: The Austrian
- Enviro Map System 133
- PART III: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
- Sustainability and Social Responsibility
- 16 System Architecture and Maintenance of the Ecoradar Web Portal 147
- 17 Environmental Investment Sites: Sector Analysis and
- Development of Green Money.at 162
- Environmental Reporting
- 18 How to Provide Customized Environmental Reports Properly 173
- 19 Harmonizing Document Type Definitions for Corporate
- Environmental Reports 183
- 20 Environmental Information Practices in the Chemical Industry 187
- PART IV: NETWORKS AND VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES
- Online Collaboration, Trust and Credibility
- 21 Epistemic Communities and Online Environmental Data Systems 199
- 22 Communication Process Analysis in Virtual Communities on
- Sustainable Development 209
- 23 Online Tools for a Sustainable Collaborative Economy 221
- Knowledge Management
- 24 CBNRM Net: From Managing Natural Resources to Managing
- Ecosystems, Knowledge, and People 235
- 25 Patterns of Internet Use by Coastal Managers: Results of a Survey 255
- Bibliography 259
- Online Resources 287
- Index 291.