Title Down to earth : geographic information for sustainable development in Africa / Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21, Committee on Geography, Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2002]
	©2002

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 155 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	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.
Contents	""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 Africa""""9 Lessons Learned and Recommendations""; ""A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""B Oral and Written Contributors""; ""C FGDC Statement""; ""D Acronyms""; ""E Glossary""
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Subject	Sustainable development -- Africa.
	Sustainable development.
	Africa.
	Economic geography.
	Economic geography.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geography.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Mapping Science Committee.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
Other Form:	Print version: Down to earth. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2002 0309084784 (OCoLC)51058098
ISBN	0309500214 (electronic book)
	9780309500210 (electronic book)
	0309084784
	9780309084789

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