European Book Tells all about Spatial and Environmental Data
Leuven, Belgium: 24 August 2010
Dr. Katleen Janssen is the author of a recently published book: "The Availability of Spatial and Environmental Data in the European Union: At the Crossroads between Public and Economic Interests”.
Based on her PhD research, Dr. Janssen’s work is the first European all encompassing, analytical study of the concepts and practices shaping the application of the European Union legal framework, including fundamental EU Directives, applied to the context of the availability of spatial and environmental data. Her work is an insightful and unique European resource.
Issues covered:
- public bodies’ use of the data for extra revenue
- the public task debate and competition law
- charging for public sector spatial data: cost recovery vs. open access
- typologies of data, data providers and users, and data usage
The publisher’s description comments:
“The author also offers numerous perspectives on various relevant initiatives by United Nations agencies, the Council of Europe (including case law of the European Court of Human Rights), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as well as implications embodied in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Aarhus Convention.
It would be difficult to overestimate the significance of this incisive work in the development of European environmental law. In its detailed analysis of the goals for which spatial data are provided, the level of processing the data undergo before they are made available, and the type of data that are requested, it gives policymakers, practitioners and academics in the field a rich depository of information, commentary, guidance, and insight.”
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Scope and Definitions
Chapter 3. Existing Legal Framework for the Availability of Public Sector Spatial Data
Chapter 4. The Problematic Character of the EU Legal Framework for the Availability of Public Sector Spatial Data
Chapter 5. Obligations to Make Public Sector Spatial Data Available in International and European Legislation and Policy Documents
Chapter 6. Defining the Distinctions between Access, Re-use and Sharing
Chapter 7. The Public Task of Providing Spatial Information Services in International and European Legislation and Policy Documents
Chapter 8. The Possibility of Defining the Public Task
Chapter 9. Conclusion
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Publication Details
- Author: Dr. Katleen Janssen
- Title:The Availability of Spatial and Environmental Data in the European Union. At the Crossroads between Public and Economic Interests
- Publisher: Kluwer Law International
- Date of publication: July 2010
- ISBN 9041132872 ISBN 13: 978904113287
- The book is a volume in a book series:» Energy and Environmental Law and Policy Series
- Ordering Details: The book can be ordered at the website of Kluwer Law International
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