Supply of Online Environmental Information to Unknown Demand: The Importance of Interpretation and Liability Related to a National Network of River Level Data

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 245-252

  Arts, Koen ^a   Ioris, Antonio A R ^b   MacLeod, Christopher J A ^c   Han, Xiwu ^a   Sripada, Somayajulu ^a   Braga, João R Z ^a   Van der Wal, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; dynamic data; information governance; sensor network; user group profiling

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; RIVER WATER;

EID: 84937529814     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2014.978809     Document Type: Article

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