Resolving conflicts arising from the privatization of environmental data / Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental monitoring.

Remote sensing.

Privatization.

Conflict management.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Environmental protection.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 99 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reliable collections of science-based environmental information are vital for many groups of users and for a number of purposes. For example, electric utility companies predict demand during heat waves, structural engineers design buildings to withstand hurricanes and earthquakes, water managers monitor each winter's snow pack, and farmers plant and harvest crops based on daily weather predictions. Understanding the impact of human activities on climate, water, ecosystems, and species diversity, and assessing how natural systems may respond in the future are becoming increasingly important for public policy decisions. Environmental information systems gather factual information, transform it into information products, and distribute the products to users. Typical uses of the information require long-term consistency; hence the operation of the information system requires a long-term commitment from an institution, agency, or corporation. The need to keep costs down provides a strong motivation for creating multipurpose information systems that satisfy scientific, commercial and operational requirements, rather than systems that address narrow objectives. Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data focuses on such shared systems.

Contents:

Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

THE NEED FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION

THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TREE

A PROCESS FOR NEGOTIATING AMONG STAKEHOLDERS

COMMERCIALIZATION AND PRIVATIZATION

1 Introduction

A CHANGING WORLD

THE INFORMATION TREE

ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT

2 Stakeholder Viewpoints

SCIENTIST VIEWS

PRIVATE-SECTOR VIEWS

GOVERNMENT AGENCY VIEWS

POLICY MAKER VIEWS

GENERAL PUBLIC VIEWS

3 Environmental Information Systems

Elements of the Information System

The Cycle for Updating Environmental Information Systems

4 Policy and Economic Framework for Public-Purpose Environmental Information Systems

DATA POLICY

COMPATIBILITY OF OPEN ACCESS WITH A COMPETITIVE MARKET

Economic Characteristics of the Provision of Environmental Information

The Rationale for Public Funding for the Trunk and Roots

The Potential for Commercializing Branches

The Potential for Purchasing Data From Commercial Entities

REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC-PURPOSE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TREES

5 War and Peace Among Stakeholders

INFORMATION SYSTEMS CREATED PURELY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES

Potential Conflicts in the Roots

Potential Conflicts in the Trunk

Potential Conflicts in the Branches

Confidential Government Data

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

OVERALL LESSONS LEARNED

THE NEED FOR A PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING AMONG STAKEHOLDERS

6 Reconciling the Views of the Stakeholders

GUIDELINES FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

Purchasing Data for Scientific Research

Purchasing Value-Added Products and Services.

GUIDELINES FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

Purchasing Data and Public-Private Partnerships

Commercializing Government Data

Privatizing Government Functions

Privatizing Branches

Privatizing Roots

Appendixes

Appendix A Scientific Practices

Appendix B Intellectual Property Rights to Data

COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE

DATABASE PROTECTION

CONTRACT

Appendix C Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610184316

9781280184314

1280184310

9780309592635

0309592631

OCLC:

320320144