Flooding is a widely occurring natural hazard that noticeably damages property, people, and
the environment. In the context of climate change, the integration of spatial planning with …

Many of today's infrastructures, such as railways and electricity utilities, originate from the
1800s and evolved into public services with centralized bureaucratic operations subject to …

The importance and influence of spatial data has risen in all kinds of governmental and non-
governmental processes, giving spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) a key role in spatial data …

Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) have been developed over the last decades all over the
world. They are the subject of periodic assessments in order to give account of past …

In the past years, various initiatives have been taken to promote and coordinate the sharing
of spatial data from multiple sources. These initiatives are often referred to as a whole with …

Recent trends in information technology show that citizens are increasingly willing to share
information using tools provided by Web 2.0 and crowdsourcing platforms to describe events …

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Understanding the contribution of a Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) to society through
improved economic, social and environmental outcomes implies an integrated and dynamic …

To facilitate spatial data sharing and exchange, many organisations developed Spatial Data
Infrastructures (SDIs). SDIs, also known as geo-information infrastructures, are becoming …

Spatial data are data that relate to a location. Spatial data have always been crucial for
governments. From local communities to countries and beyond, governments need …