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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696620303321

Titolo

Mapping human activity in the marine environment [[electronic resource] ] : GIS tools and participatory methods : Workshop summary, November 30-December 1, 2005, Pacific Grove, CA / / National Marine Protected Areas Center

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Silver Spring, Md.] : , : National Marine Protected Areas Center, , 2006

Descrizione fisica

26 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Marine parks and reserves - Decision making - Geographic information systems

Marine parks and reserves - Decision making - Data processing

Marine resources conservation - Geographic information systems

Ecosystem management - Geographic information systems

Nature - Effect of human beings on - Measurement

Geographic information systems

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 18, 2008).

"The goal of the workshop is to develop general design criteria for a practical participatory method or a suite of methods to collect spatial data on human use patterns to inform local and regional MPA planning processes."

Nota di contenuto

Executive summary -- II. Workshop background: A. Rationale -- B. Human use patterns and impacts project -- C. Project review summary -- III. Workshop design: A. Workshop goal and objectives -- B. Workshop process -- IV. Workshop results: A. Data priorities -- B. Regional data needs and research process -- C. Local data needs and research process -- D. Overarching principles and lessons learned -- V. Next steps -- Appendix A: Abstract -- Appendix B: Agenda -- Appendix C: Participants.

Sommario/riassunto

Summarizes results of National Marine Protected Areas Center Science Institute workshop on the topic held in Pacific Grove, California in



2005. Identifies data needed to represent human activities in the marine environment and assesses potential of GIS tools for storing and analyzing data.