Large vegetation databases and information systems: New instruments for ecological research, nature conservation, and policy making

2011 ◽  
Vol 145 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. J. Schaminée ◽  
J. A. M. Janssen ◽  
S. M. Hennekens ◽  
W. A. Ozinga
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Vegetation Databases ◽  
New Instruments

Policy Cycle-Based E-Government Architecture for Policy-Making Organisations of Public Administrations

2013 ◽  
pp. 231-250
Author(s):  
Konrad Walser ◽  
Reinhard Riedl
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Modular Structure ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Application Architecture ◽  
It Support ◽  
Architecture Management

This article outlines a business and application architecture for policy-making organisations of public administrations. The focus was placed on the derivation of processes and their IT support on the basis of the policy-cycle concept. The derivation of various (modular) process areas allows for the discussion of generic application support in order to achieve the modular structure of e-government architectures for policy-making organisations of public administrations, as opposed to architectures for operational administration processes by administrations. In addition, further issues and spheres of interest to be addressed in the field of architecture management for policy-making organisations of public administrations will be specified. Different architecture variants are evaluated in the context of a potential application of the architecture design for policy-making organisations of public administrations. This raises questions such as how the issue of interoperability between information systems of independent national, state, and municipal administrations is to be tackled. Further research is needed to establish, for example, the level of enterprise architecture and the depth to which integration in this area must or may extend.

The interrelationship between information systems and science policy formulation

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
C. Keren ◽  
Pauline A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy Maker ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Science And Technology Policy

Improved information systems are a significant resource through which Science and Technology policy making can be considerably enhanced. The complexity of Science and Technology and its diversity raise serious problems as to definitions, quality and quantity of information resources which serve the policy maker, and the organizational and technical methods through which available knowledge is made accessible. The interrelationship of inter-organizational, national and international information systems is discussed in this context. Internationally accepted standards and proce dures should be developed and implemented but it is emphasized that international operations and conventions must have application at the national level if they are to have some permanency and be effective.

scholarly journals A Political Economy of Russian Nature Conservation Policy: Why Scientists have Taken a Back Seat

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 102-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ostergren ◽  
Peter Jacques
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Conservation Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Back Seat ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
International Ngos ◽  
Nature Conservation Policy ◽  
Liberal Political Economy

During the Soviet era, Soviet scientists were well respected and often included in the policy-making process. Under the new set of post-Soviet circumstances, scientists remain influential but their favored position has decreased insofar as they now operate in an expanded pluralist context in which they must join or compete with emergent local, national and international NGOs and other actors for influence. In this article, we explain this change in terms of a shift from a centralized political economy to a liberal one. A liberal political economy has allowed various groups and institutions, and the public in general, to participate in environmental policy-making. This has diminished the influence of Russian scientists. Highlighting this diminishment, we demonstrate that policy-making under a liberal framework does not always result in greater environmental protection. The article explores the implications of this for Russia and, by extension, other parts of the newly liberalizing world.

scholarly journals A grid-based map for the Biogeographical Regions of Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Cervellini ◽  
Piero Zannini ◽  
Michele Di Musciano ◽  
Simone Fattorini ◽  
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Habitats Directive ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
European Environment Agency ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Biogeographical Regions ◽  
Environment Agency ◽  
Operational Tool ◽  
Grid Based

Biogeographical units are widely adopted in ecological research and nature conservation management, even though biogeographical regionalisation is still under scientific debate. The European Environment Agency provided an official map of the European Biogeographical Regions (EBRs), which contains the official boundaries used in the Habitats and Birds Directives. However, these boundaries bisect cells in the official EU 10 km × 10 km grid used for many purposes, including reporting species and habitat data, meaning that 6881 cells overlap two or more regions. Therefore, superimposing the EBRs vector map over the grid creates ambiguities in associating some cells with European Biogeographical Regions. To provide an operational tool to unambiguously define the boundaries of the eleven European Biogeographical Regions, we provide a specifically developed raster map of Grid-Based European Biogeographical Regions (GB-EBRs). In this new map, the borders of the EBRs are reshaped to coherently match the standard European 10 km × 10 km grid imposed for reporting tasks by Article 17 of the Habitats Directive and used for many other datasets. We assign each cell to the EBR with the largest area within the cell.

scholarly journals Balanced and integrated e-government implementation – exploring the crossroad of public policy-making and information systems project management processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Melin ◽  
Elin Wihlborg
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Critical Aspects

Purpose This paper aims to identify and elaborate on the various interpretations and implications of e-government as a process of public policy-making and as an act of information systems (IS) project management. The paper contributes to the search for a theoretical conceptualization by bridging policy project management and policy-making in public sector organizations at a crossroad of e-government to improve sustainable e-government research. Design/methodology/approach The research design of this paper focus on a model balancing the two research fields; public policy-making and analysis, and project management in the IS field. Through this model, four critical aspects of the processes are identified: objective, incentives/motivation, input/trigger and coordinative actor. These critical aspects are illustrated through findings from four case studies that are re-analyzed here. The cases show how the conceptual model through different dimensions can balance the two perspectives to reach a more sustainable outcome of e-government. Findings The paper shows that the two perspectives on e-government – public policy-making and project management – can be balanced and thereby reach a more sustainable outcome at this crossroad. The case studies re-visited in this paper are compared and serves as illustrations of these perspectives and different configurations of them in search for the crossroad. Research limitations/implications A main contribution of the paper is that e-government projects should be studied in, and taking both public policy-making and IS project management into account to be sustainable and successful. Even if the case studies have been conducted in Sweden, the conceptual results in this paper can be analytically generalized into other setting. However, there is a need for more comparative and conceptual studies in the field of e-government to shed light on the multi-faceted crossroads illustrated in this paper. Practical implications The paper offers new insights on how to integrate, bridge and even balance the two aspects of e-government policy aspects and projects management to achieve more sustainable and successful e-government. Originality/value The paper contributes to the literature by shedding light on the crossroad of policy aspects and IS project management approaches in the e-government field. The paper points at the need to further develop the understanding and design of e-government at the crossroad of information system models and political science concepts.

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