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Making environment statistics useful: a Third World perspective
Author(s) -
Polfeldt Thomas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-095X
pISSN - 1180-4009
DOI - 10.1002/env.747
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , summary statistics , statistics , official statistics , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence
Abstract On a background of the growth of environmental awareness in developing countries, the data situation is briefly discussed, and the development of environment statistics is traced. It is argued that these statistics must be seen to be useful, and that vital steps to achieve this is through detailed analysis of environmental policies, training in environmental subjects and increased dialogue between users and producers. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.