1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003600570203316

Titolo

V. 2. : G-K / glavnyj redaktor P. A. Nikolaev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Moskva : Bol'saja rossijskaja enciklopedija, 1992

Descrizione fisica

621 p. : ill. ; 27 cm

Disciplina

891.709004

Soggetti

Letteratura russa - Biobibliografie - 1800-1917

Collocazione

I.0.C.27/2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Russo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910134848903321

Autore

Decker Drew

Titolo

GIS data sources [[electronic resource] /] / Drew Decker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : J. Wiley & Sons, c2001

ISBN

1-280-36455-6

9786610364558

0-470-17320-3

0-471-43773-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

910.285

910/.285

Soggetti

Geographic information systems - Information resources

Information storage and retrieval systems - Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

GIS Data Sources; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; Who Is This Book For?; Why Write a Book on This Subject?; What Will This Book Address?;



How Can We Use the Information?; 2. The Basic GIS Groups; GIS Components; Basic GIS Data Terminology; Some Notes on Scale and Accuracy; Data Sources; Raster Data and Images; Vector Data; 3. Defining Your Needs; What Do You Need the Data to Do?; Data Production Projects; Summary; 4. Applying the Data-Envisioning a Finished Product; Components of Finished Data; Data Packaging; Data Resampling; A Quick Review of the Basics; 5. Locating Data: The Sources

Federal Geographic Data CommitteeClearinghouse; Base Maps and the Framework Concept; Metadata; 6. How to Obtain GIS Data; Transfer vs. Storage; Data Storage; CD-Rom and DVD; Transfer: Moving Data; 7. When Data Don't Exist, How Can We Make It?; Creating Your Own Data; Buying or Renting Data; Custom Datasets; 8. Keys to GIS Data Success; Know Your Data Needs; Put Data in Their Place; Make a New Friend; Bartering for Data; Going Beyond GIS Software; Locating the Most Appropriate Source; You Can't Always Get What You Want, but You Can Get What You Need; Start Small but Think Big

You Don't Always Get What You Pay for-Sometimes You Get More (or Less)Show Off the Products; 9. Common Problems Encountered in Using GIS Data; Data Age-How to Use It Properly; Misuse of Proprietary Data; Not Being Familiar With the Background of Your Data; Data vs. Software; Misapplying the Data; Type vs. Format; Software vs. Software; Where to Get Help; Combining Scales; Making Immediate Assumptions; 10. Future Trends; GIS Data Presentation; Changes to the Internet; Integration of GIS Data With Other Information; Real-time Availability of Data; Changes to GIS Data; Glossary; Notes

Notes on Appendixes: GIS Data SourcesWeb Site Stability; Web Searches; Acronyms; Partial Addresses; Contacts; Appendixes Provided; Appendix A U.S. Federal Sources; Appendix B U.S. State Government Sources; State Sites; National Sites; Visitation Rules; Listings by State; Appendix C U.S. Local and Regional Sources; Appendix D Private Sources; Appendix E Foreign Sources; Appendix F Other GIS Sites of Interest; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Put the world of GIS data resources at your command- GIS users routinely encounter key questions about the data needed for their projects: Where did the data come from? Is this the best data available? How can the data be loaded to make it work? What about creating original data? With a broad range of GIS data options to choose from, knowing how to find, select, and use the most appropriate resources for different purposes is absolutely essential in order to keep costs down and make the most of the technology. Filled with crucial information for today's GIS users, this book offers a



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786221003321

Autore

McCowan Tristan <1974->

Titolo

Education as a human right : principles for a universal entitlement to learning / / Tristan McCowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2013

ISBN

1-4725-5293-8

1-4411-1888-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

379.2/6

Soggetti

Comparative education

Human rights - Study and teaching

Right to education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: The Global Education Landscape -- 2. The Right to Education in International Law -- 3. Justifications for the Right to Education -- 4. A Right to What? Inputs, Outcomes and Processes -- 5. Upholding Human Rights within Education -- 6. Is there a Universal Right to Higher Education? -- 7. Contributions of the Capabilities Approach -- 8. Learning Human Rights -- 9. Principles and Implications -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education is widely recognized as a fundamental human right, yet the nature of the right remains unclear. Is it an entitlement to go to school, to acquire particular forms of knowledge or develop particular skills or attributes? And why exactly is education so important that we might defend all people's right to it? This book provides a much-needed exploration of this key contemporary issue. Highlighting limitations in the approaches of both the Education for All initiative and existing international law, the book presents a radical new vision of how the right can be understood. As well as basic education, there are discussions of higher and lifelong education, of human rights education, and of the intersection of rights-based approaches with others such Amartya Sen's 'capabilities'. The work serves as a stirring defense of the universal right to education against instrumental



conceptions of learning, the inactivity of national governments and the abrogation of responsibility of the international community