Sustainable Development Strategies

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This paper discusses the need for sustainable development strategies, their implementation and technology's role in this implementation. The paper particularly discusses geo-information science and its role in sustainable development. It examines this in relation to concerns about the world's drinking water.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Drinking Water Concerns
African Food/Water Equation
Geo-information Science and Scholarship

From the Paper:

"The role that geo-information sciences, and particularly geo-spatial mapping technology, can play in water conservation and usage strategies is virtually unlimited. Already, such organizations as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. is employing geo-spatial mapping that allows researchers to track the degradation of coastlines, water bodies, and water flows over the country's land mass: "EnviroMapper for water is a web-based Geographic Information System...application that dynamically displays information about bodies of water in the United States" (EnviroMapper). Tools such as the EnviroMapper illustrate the integral modeling capabilities of geo-spatial technology that allow researchers and policy planners to effectively control water use and commercial development in affected areas."

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