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Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 12:04:07 -0500
From: "Duane F. Marble" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [Fwd: GIS: Supporting Environmental Planning and Management in
West Africa]
> ***For those who have already received this message, apologies for cross
> posting***
> Dear colleagues,
> The joint USAID/World Resources Institute (WRI) Information Working Group
> for Africa has produced a report which concludes that modern information
> technologies have successfully helped to identify and guide action on a
> number of environmental planning and management issues.
> GIS: Supporting Environmental Planning and Management in West Africa focuses
> on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Burkina Faso, Côte
> d'Ivoire, and The Gambia since their introduction in the late 1980s. This is
> the first time that the use of these technologies has been documented and
> analyzed.
> For the full text in English or French (SIG et appui à la planification et à
> la gestion de l'environnement en Afrique de l'Ouest), as well as the 13 case
> studies, please visit <http://www.wri.org/africa/gis_africa.html> or contact
> Valerie Sheehan at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
> We hope you will take a look at the report. Your feedback is greatly
> appreciated.
> _______________________________________
> Marissa Irwin
> Communications Coordinator, Information Program
> The World Resources Institute
> 10 G Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA
> Tel: +(202) 729-7828 Fax: +(202) 729-7775
> Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <http://www.wri.org>
> EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
> Choose a topic, select a tool, and get data!
> <http://earthtrends.wri.org>
>
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Dr. Duane F. Marble
Professor Emeritus of Geography Telephone: 614-292-4419
Center for Mapping Fax: 614-292-8062
The Ohio State University
1216 Kinnear Email: [log in to unmask]
Columbus, Ohio 43212
"Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed.
A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct,
it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts
for its usefulness. . . . " (pg. 58)
- Alfred Korbzybski in Science and Sanity, (1933, 1950)
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