@Article{AmaralD’Al:2009:SpDaAv,
               author = "Amaral, Silvana and D’Alge, Julio Cesar Lima",
          affiliation = "undefined and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Spatial data availability and its implications for sustainable 
                         development of the Brazilian Amazon",
              journal = "Instrumentation Science and Technology",
                 year = "2009",
               volume = "2",
               number = "4",
                pages = "193–203",
             keywords = "Amazonia . Data dissemination systems . Geospatial data 
                         availability . Sustainability.",
             abstract = "In the Amazonia region, general policy based on sustainable 
                         development must be adopted to counterbalance natural conservation 
                         and the needs of people. To discuss and monitor the regional 
                         development requires a significant variety of spatial data. 
                         However, making data available is not simple and various solutions 
                         usually are presented in non-standardized and non-interchangeable 
                         databases. This paper presents an overview of spatial data 
                         available for the Amazonia region, and initiatives of data 
                         dissemination systems, considering various geographical scales and 
                         data access. From this general perspective, we discuss some ideas 
                         about the importance of spatial data for sustainability and 
                         suggest interactive systems that could contribute to local 
                         development and environmental conservation. The limitation on the 
                         promotion of spatial information and data sharing in Amazonia is 
                         neither computational nor technological. Rather, it is a matter of 
                         informing those who generate the data about the benefits of 
                         knowledge as a public good and promoting collaborative work. 
                         Creating a convergent spatial consciousness about the territory, 
                         and bringing together every environmental player, is a step 
                         towards the discussion and planning of the sustainable development 
                         of the Amazonia.",
                  doi = "10.1007/s12145-009-0032-9",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12145-009-0032-9",
                 issn = "1073-9149 and 1525-6030",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "silvanafulltext.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "01 maio 2024"
}