NaturNet PlusComputer Assisted Education for Environment Protection

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as a tool to develop understanding about Sustainable Development

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Overview

• Goal• Concept• Used NNR Tools• Data Analysis• Didactic Design• Examples

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Goal• Raising of awareness about potential

environmental, social and economic impacts infrastructure development projects

• Learning to select, extract and interpret geographic information

• Learning about the complex interactive nature of the multi-disciplinary components of sustainable development

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Concept

• Based on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) impact rating for ecosystem stability and changes to nature's services

• Decision-makers consider environmental impacts before deciding whether to proceed with new projects

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Concept• NNR goes beyond EIA and introduces a tool that

not only looks at the environmental - but also at the economic and social impacts = integrated EIA

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eXe offline lecture editor eXe offline lecture editor

Thesaurus

Catalogue ServiceData Management

Schockwave 3D

UMN MapserverMobile device

WPS

HTML-Web Site HTML-Web Site SCORM 1.2

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NNR Tools

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Creation of lectures with eXe XHTML Editor - Offline- designed for non-programmers, user friendly interface- integration of text, images, flash movies, videos multiple choice test, etc- integration of NNR tools (as web site)

Screen capturing

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Data Analysis

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Web ClientWeb Client Application ClientApplication Client

Remote Spatial DatabaseWMS / WFS

Remote Spatial DatabaseWMS / WFS

GRASS Server

WPSClassificationVisibility AnalysisFlow AnalysisShortest path

Fully featured GIS (ArcGIS)ClipMergeUnionIntersect

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iEIA IntroductioniEIA Introduction

The Sustainability ParametersThe Sustainability ParametersDefinition of the parameter, Functions of the parameter, Direct

Impacts, Indirect Impacts, Legislation, Current IssuesDefinition of the parameter, Functions of the parameter, Direct

Impacts, Indirect Impacts, Legislation, Current Issues

Find and Manage InformationFind and Manage InformationSearch for Information using MICKA

Refine the Search with ThesaurusData Acquisition/Verification (Mobile Component)

Data Management with MapManCreate GIS Projects with MapMan

Search for Information using MICKARefine the Search with Thesaurus

Data Acquisition/Verification (Mobile Component)Data Management with MapManCreate GIS Projects with MapMan

Didactic design1

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Analysis and AssessmentAnalysis and Assessment

Impact rating with the Conflict MatrixImpact rating with the Conflict Matrix

Data Visualisation Data Exploring

Data Analysis / Processing Information ExtractionAssessment of Results

Data Visualisation Data Exploring

Data Analysis / Processing Information ExtractionAssessment of Results

Didactic design

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Interactive conflict matrices with the same functionality:

• The parameters link to additional information

• User assigns the level of sensitivity for each parameter

• User assigns level of impact for each parameter

We define in total 3 conflict matrices:

• Environmental

• Social

• Economic

Didactic design

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Conflict matrix: Environment

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Didactic design

Knockout criterion:high Sensitivity and high Impact is rated !

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Example

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Assessing the impact on the Amenity of the Landscape caused by a wind generator with a height of 100 m

Used Tool: Map Server & WPS (Visibility Analysis)

GIS data: Elevation Data, urban area

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Impact rating

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Impact rating in Conflict Matrix

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