Integrated Approach to Environmental Data Management Systems

I. Introduction.- The Need for Integrated Approaches to Environmental Data Management.- Prevailing Problems in Environmental Data Management.- II. Objectives, Constraints and Institutional Aspects of Environmental Data Management.- Organizational Aspects of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management - Findings of the EU Study "Monitoring Water Quality in the Future".- Data Management and the European Union Information Policy.- Nature's Data and Data's Nature.- Integrated Approach - A Key to Solving Global Problems.- Policy and Decision Making As a Focus for Integrated Data Management.- III. Design of Data Collection Networks.- On the Proper Selection of Surrogate Measures in the Design of Data Collection Networks.- Improved Predictions of Water Quality Values and Design of Sampling Strategies Based on Entropy Theory.- Designing and Redesigning Environmental Monitoring Programs from an Ecosystem Perspective.- Temporal (and Spatial) Scales and Sampling Requirements in Environmental Flows (with Emphasis on Inland and Coastal Waters).- IV. Physical Sampling and Presentation of Data.- Monitoring, Evaluation and Presentation of Air Pollution Data and Their Consequence in Environmental Data Management Systems in Middle Europe.- Sampling of Municipal Solid Wastes.- Integration of Remote Sensing Information, Digital Elevation Models and Digital Maps within a GIS to Generate New Spatial Environmental Data Sets for Water Management Purposes.- Use of Remote Sensing Data from Airborne and Spaceborne Active Microwave Sensors Towards Hydrological Modeling.- Health and Environment Geographic Information Systems (HEGIS) for Europe and Requirements for Indicators.- V. Data Processing and Reliability Considerations.- Transboundary Water Pollution Monitoring: DataValidation and Interpretation.- Conceptual Filters for Data Quality Assurance - Implementation of Fuzzy Logic in Oceanographic Data Quality Assurance.- Organization of Marine Data Processing in Real Time Mode.- New Approaches to Development of Integrated Methods for Data Processing in Environmental Monitoring Systems.- Modern Theory of Reliability and Control of the Environment.- VI. Statistical Sampling and Analysis.- Probabilistic Flow Duration Curves for Use in Environmental Planning and Management.- Estimation of Missing Values with Use of Entropy.- Principal Component Analysis of Hydrologic Data.- System of Identification of an Optimum Flood Frequency Model with Time Dependent Parameters (IDT).- Performance of Groundwater Quality Models Evaluated with Data Containing Errors.- VII. Environmental Databases.- The Development of Ecological and Hydrological Integrated Environmental Data Sets within the UK and the Establishment of an Environmental Change Network.- Marine Environmental Data Formatting Systems and Formats for Data Collection, Accumulation and Dissemination Including International Exchange.- Multipurpose Database Management Systems for Marine Environmental Research.- VIII. Transfer of Data into Information for Environmental Decision Making.- Integrated Environmental Information Systems: From Data to Information.- Assessing the Performance of a Nation in Improving River Water Quality: Planning Action for the Future.- Analysis of the Information Content of Environmental Data Using GIS Procedures.- Decision Support and Expert Systems for Evaluation of Hydrometeorological Conditions at Sea.- Integrated Methods for Obtaining Specialized Hydrometeorological Information.- IX. Conclusions and Recommendations.- Conclusions and Recommendations.- X. Case Studies.- Water Quality Monitoring Activities of the State Hydraulic Works.- Monitoring and Assessment of Biological Status of a Watercourse Towards an Integrated Approach to Water Management.- Water Monitoring in Irrigation Systems.- Some Results of Environmental Monitoring in Kyrgyzstan: Atmospheric Transfer of Contaminants.- GIS as a Tool in Data Management in the Coastal Zone: An Application to Izmir Bay.- Environmental Assessment of Geological Hazards Related to Sulphur Exploration in Poland Using Remote Sensing and GIS.- Oceanographic Data Development for Anoxic Zone Boundary in the Black Sea.- Development of a Monitoring System for Water Quality Control in Ukraine.- Collection, Accumulation and Utilization of Data in IGOSS RNODC of Russian Federation.- Analysis of Climatic Characteristics of Hydrometeorological Conditions at the Sea.- River Basin Environmental Passport and Database.- Application of Databases for Decision Making.- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms.