International core data sets for integrated environmental assessment
Integrated environmental assessments are needed to provide policy relevant information for decision making at national, regional and international scales and the means for priority setting and action planning. One of the important components of integrated assessment is the critical examination of Pressure-State-Impact-Response (PSIR) model in key assessment areas. The paper highlights some of the initiatives of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in assembling the platform of information necessary for constructing an integrated assessment framework for State of the Environment (SOE) reporting. The current status of international core data sets such as land use/land cover, demographics, hydrology, topography, climatology, infrastructure, economy, soils, air quality and water quality, needed for such assessments is also briefly described.
- OSTI ID:
- 471051
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960420-; ISBN 0-884736-02-5; TRN: IM9722%%174
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. global warming international conference and exposition, Vienna (Austria), 1-3 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The 7. global warming international conference and expo: Abstracts; PB: 154 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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