| Description |
1 online resource (electronic texts (469 pages)) : illustrations, digital files |
| Contents |
1. Institutional framework for analyzing sustainability in European agriculture and rural areas / Stefano Pascucci, Nico Polman and Louis Slangen -- 2. Ex-post analyses of agri-environment schemes: a comparative analysis using expert judgement and multicriteria analysis / Fabio Bartolini [and others] -- 3. Local authority Websites in rural areas: measuring quality and functionality, and assessing the role / Jan W. Owsinski and Aneta M. Pielak -- 4. Application of a participatory ex ante assessment model for environmental governance and visualizing sustainable redevelopment in Gorj County, Romania / Timothy Ehlinger [and others] -- 5. Sustainable governance in the integrated system "environment-agriculture-health" through ICTs / Rosa Misso -- 6. Monitoring, analyzing and understanding the dynamics of complex processes: the case of the public debate on pesticides in The Netherlands / J.S. Buurma -- 7. The Metapontum Agro-Food District of Quality: an innovative model of governance for local development through informatics / Francesco Contò, Piermichele La Sala and Paolo Papapietro -- 8. Design and modelling approaches for advanced agricultural fleet management systems / Dionysis D. Bochtis, Claus G. Sørensen and Stavros G. Vougioukas -- 9. ICT adoption in farm management, as a mean of implementing agricultural governance / Sophia Vassiliadou and Dimosthenis Boutakidis -- 10. Governance structures in the EU milk supply chain / Nico Polman, Noortje Krol, Jack Peerlings, Pierre Dupraz and Dimitre Nikolov |
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11. A framework to perceive and incorporate information technology governance within the agrifood industry / Tania Pavlou and Clio Leousi -- 12. Information technologies in quality management systems of meat product chains / Miklós Herdon and István Füzesi -- 13. Sustainable management of agricultural resources and the need for stakeholder participation for the developing of appropriate sustainability indicators: the case of soil quality / Konstantinos N. Baginetas -- 14. Towards electronic and mobile government service provision for agriculture / C. Costopoulou [and others] -- 15. A governance and ecosystems management approach to the conservation of biodiversity / Basil Manos [and others] -- 16. Marine living resource management and fishing effort control in view of socioeconomic reality: alternatives and measures / Violin St. Raykov and Ivelina Bikarska -- 17. E-governance and management of inland water ecosystems using time-series analysis of fishery production / A.K. Kokkinakis and Z.S. Andreopoulou -- 18. Agriculture and conservation in the Natura 2000 Network: a sustainable development approach of the European Union / Cristian Ioja [and others] -- 19. The improvement of environmental performance in the nonprofit sector through informatics / Konstantinos G. Papaspyropoulos [and others] -- 20. Participatory GIS for integrating local and expert knowledge in landscape planning / Biancamaria Torquati, Marco Vizzari and Carlo Sportolaro |
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21. Environmental quality monitoring, using GIS as a tool of visualization, management and decision-making: applications emerging from the EU Water Framework Directive EU 2000/60 / Christophoros Christophoridis, Erasmia Bizani and Konstantinos Fytianos -- 22. GIS technique for territorial analysis: spatial multicriteria decision analysis / Francesco Riccioli and Toufic El Asmar -- 23. Development of an integrated methodology for the management and assessment of the impact of agricultural policies at a territorial level / Guido Sali and Claudia Bulgheroni |
| Summary |
"This book is a state-of-the-art reference book that explores how rural policymakers and stakeholders can use information and communication technologies to sustainably manage agricultural and natural resources"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Agricultural and environmental data |
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Data management |
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Agrifood products |
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Ecological modeling |
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Global warming |
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E-governance |
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Mobile Internet applications in agriculture |
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Public governance |
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Rural policies |
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Resource conservation |
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Spatial information technologies |
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Sustainable development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title screen (IGI Global, viewed July 18, 2011) |
| Subject |
Agricultural informatics.
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Environmental sciences -- Methodology
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Agriculture -- Management -- Information technology
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Environmental management -- Technological innovations
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Agriculture and state.
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Environmental policy.
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Agriculture -- Data processing.
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Agricultural administration -- Information technology
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environmental policy.
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sustainable agriculture (discipline)
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Agriculture -- Data processing
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Agricultural informatics
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Agriculture and state
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Environmental policy
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Environmental sciences -- Methodology
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Sustainable agriculture
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Andreopoulou, Zacharoula, 1965-
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IGI Global.
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| ISBN |
9781609606220 |
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1609606221 |
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