Environmental Online Communication [Hardcover]

This book brings together high quality articles exploring the design, implementation, management, funding, promotion and evaluation of networked information systems that advocate sustainability and the protection of natural ecosystems. Case studies of deployed and planned information systems complement theoretical work on the methodological, technological and organizational foundations of environmental online communication.This book brings together high quality articles exploring the design, implementation, management, funding, promotion and evaluation of networked information systems that advocate sustainability and the protection of natural ecosystems. Case studies of deployed and planned information systems complement theoretical work on the methodological, technological and organizational foundations of environmental online communication.Part I: Raising Environmental Awareness Public Access to Environmental Information 1.Environmental Information Systems and the Concept of Environmental Informatics 2.Mobile Access to Environmental Information 3.EnviWeb and Environmental Web Services: Case Study of an Environmental Web Portal 4.Web Coverage of Renewable Energy Online Advocacy 5.Online Communication for Environmental Information 6.How a Small Environmental Group Uses the Web to Inform and Promote Action: A Content Analysis 7.Usability Evaluation of an Environmental Web Site and Its Support of the Organizations Mission and Goals Environmental Education 8.EFS Global Media Network: Exploring the Boundaries of Sustainable Education 9.An Online Community of Learners in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia 10.Self-Assessment of Consumptive Behavior Based on Material Intensity Part II: Environmental Science Data Sharing and Distributed Internet Computing 11.Biodiversity and the Internet: Building and Using the Virtual World Museum 12.Climateprediction.net: A Global Community for Research in Climate Physics 13.Web Portal and Markup Language for Collaborative EnvironmentalÃ&