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The Information Societyand Enlargement of the European Union
7th17 International ConferenceInformatics for Environmental ProtectionCottbus 2003
Albrecht Gnauck, Ralph Heinrich (Eds.)
Part 1: Concepts and Methods
Metropolis Verlag
Marburg 2003
UBATIB Hannover124 713 092
Table of Contents
Part I: Concepts and Methods
Key Notes
Wolfgang Birthler
Umweltvorsorge und Zukunftssicherung im Informationszeitalter -Herausforderung an Umweltpolitik und Informatik 25
Erwin Staudt
Unsere Chancen in der Informationsgesellschaft 31
Jiirgen Wernstedt and Thomas RauschenbachForecast, Control of Water Level/Flow and Flood Preventionin River Basins and Water Reservoirs - Cybernetical Aspects 35
Jiirgen W. Einax
Chemometrics in the Environmental Sciences -Challenges and New Methods 51
Olgierd Hryniewicz and Jan Studzinski
Application of Systems Analysis Toolsin Environmental Engineering 58
Michael AngrickA Sustainable Information Society Within theEnlarged European Community - Reflections on the Infrastructureof the Information Society 69
Information Society and Enlargement of the European Union
New Tasks for the Information Society
Werner Pillmann and Elisabeth MrakotskyThe Importance of Being Environmentally Conscious 78
Jerome Simpson and Gabor HevesThe Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe:Its Contribution Past, Present and Future to the EnvironmentalInformation Society, in the Context of Enlargement 86
Information Society and Sustainable Development
Rudolph Braun, Valentin Nicolescu, Helmut Krcmar, Werner F. Schulzand Martin KreebModern Communication Instruments for the Imparting ofSustainable Management - by the Example of an Avatar 94
Peter Jakob, Gustav Schneiter, Erik Rosier, Christian Hug, Flurin Sutter
IT-Replacement Investments and Sustainability Within Swiss ForestEcosystem Research: The Broad and the Narrow Strategy 102
Imran S. Khalid
Implementing Environmental Management at the VillageCommunity Level: A Case Study Based on Pakistani Experience 110
Sustainable Development and Information Exchange
Jifi Hrebicek, Tomds Pitner and Vladimir BenkoStandardization of Environmental Data and InformationManagement in the Czech and Slovak Republic 117
Miroslav Lacuska, Dana Lapesova and Jifi HrebicekBasel Convention Regional Centre for Training and TechnologyTransfer, Slovakia in the Process of EU Enlargement 125
Ulrich Eimer
"Virtual Environmental Office" for Municipalities inCentral and Eastern Europe 133
Gergely Lukdcs
Decision Support for Consumers - Information Servicesfor a More Sustainable World 139
Environmental Informatics
Concepts of Environmental Informatics
Kostas Karatzas
Environmental Informatics: Concepts and Definitions 146
Gergely Lukacs, Arnd Otterstdtter, Claus Hofmann, Marcus Briesen,Gunter Vogt, Gerhild Lienau, Hans Neumann, Volker Schuchardtand Dirk Weber
Data Warehouse for Water Management - Geographic Data andETL Processes 152
Web Technology
Michael Haase, Jb'rg Westbomke, Thomas Schiitz, Roland Mayer-Foil,Burkhard Schneider and Michael BiloAn Approach Towards an Unified View on Environmental Data -The Environmental Markup Language 160
Rudolph Braun, Markus Russ, Werner F. Schulz, Helmut Krcmarand Martin KreebAn Open-Source Community for Building Ecological Tools 165
Erica Bezerra Queiroz Ribeiro, Hugo Cesar Hoeschland Filipe Correa da CostaWeb Portals for Environmental Information Dissemination -Artificial Intelligence Use Cases 171
Sonja Bee, Jadranka Pecar-Ilic and Ivica RuzicArchitecture of River Information Systemwith Automatic XML Processing 177
Jorg Westbomke, Thomas Dombeck, Michael Haase, Renate Ebeland Dieter LehneWAP-Based Environmental Information Services 185
Harry StorchMobile Portals for Community-Based CollaborativeEnvironmental Monitoring 193
Herwig Zeiner, Alexander Aimer, Harald Stelzl, Iris Freehand Werner Haas
Virtual Environmental Scenarios Applied in aGeo-Multimedia System 201
Modelling and Simulation
Ekkehard Holzbecher
What is a Coupled Model? 208
Christoph Horner, Ekkehard Holzbecher, Bernd Wiese andGunnar Nutzmann
A Coupled Model for Transport, Geochemistry and Redox Processes 216
Christian Fischer, Andra Hirsemann, Heidrun Matejkaand Tobias Riekeberg
Rule-Based Modelling of Soil-Water Interactions Influenced bySubsidence Caused by Mining Activities 223
Francois Sarradin, Daniel Siret and Jacques Teller
Visual Urban Space Assessment from Sky Shape Analysis 231
Erik Lofving and Anders GrimvallData Models for Physical Flow 239
Riidiger Schaldach
A GIS-Based Integrated Simulation Environment for LinkingLand Use Patterns to Ecosystem Processes 246
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Contemporary Spatial Analysis and Simulation of the SettlementDevelopment of the Dresden City Region 253
Johannes Rosen, Dominik Most, Wolf Fichtner and Otto Rentz
Use of the PERSEUS Models to Analyse the Effectsof Large-Scale Renewable Energy Production 262
Environmental Management
Environmental Risk Management
Gabriele Vierhuff
Computer-Based Risk Assessment Using Structure-ActivityRelationship Calculation 270
Charlotte Ka'mpf Jiirgen Ihringer, Anusch Daemi and Jaques CalmetAgent-Based Expert Information Retrieval forFlood-Risk Management 274
Environmental Management and Climate Change
Martin C. Maguire
Meeting User Needs in the Development of the EUROCLIMClimate Information System 282
Heinrich Humer, Wilfried Winiwarter and Gerald Schimak
Multiple Dependencies and Scenario Management inEmission Inventories 290
Rostyslav Stolyarchuk and Lubomyra KujiiGreenhouse Gas Inventory Analysis in the Energy Sector of Ukraine 297
Logistics
Lorenz M. Hilty, Andre J. Rogger and Frank A. HartmannAssessment of Telecommunication-Supported Dynamic VehicleRouting Strategies 305
Stefan Naumann and Kerstin SchdferReducing Traffic and Enhancing Communication byComputer-Supported Mobility-Coops 312
Nicolas Knaak, Ruth Meyer and Bernd PageAgent-Based Simulation of Sustainable Logistic Strategies forLarge City Courier Services 318
Life Cycle Analysis
Andreas CirothA Model to Dynamically Change Settings in a Life CycleAssessment for Packaging Systems 326
Daniel Heubach and Uwe ReyImplementation of Corporate Material Flow Managementin Automotive Suppliers - Development of Methods 334
Silke Protzsch and Claus RautenstrauchApproaches to Remove Data Defects from Material Flow Networks 342
Water Management
Jorgen WiirtzDevelopment of an Environmental Management System Based onAgent Technology for Inland Water Data in the European Union 349
Josef Hejzlar, Paul Boers, Brian Kronvang and Feza Karaer
Nutrient Retention - A Key Element in Evaluating ReferenceConditions of Lakes and Reservoirs for the EU WaterFramework Directive 357
Thomas Petzoldt, Ronny Peters and Katja Siemens
Construction of Simplified Lake Water Quality Modules (SWQM)Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Artificial Neural Networks 365
Albrecht Gnauck, Bernhard Luther, Thomas Wiedemannand Wilfried Krug 373
Coupling of Simulators for Optimal Control of Water Quality
Environmental Information Systems
Environmental Information and Data Management
Jan Sluka and Jifi Hfebicek
Model of the Object-Oriented Environmental Information - A NewApproach in the Environmental Data and Information Management 381
Ulrich Hussels, Matthias Luttgert and Janet NagelDeveloping Different Environmental DatabaseApplications Using a Generic Software 389
Knowledge and Information Management Systems
Klaus Tochtermann, Konrad Zirm and Stefanie LindstaedtIntroducing Knowledge Management in theFederal Environmental Agency of Austria 396
Thomas Usldnder, Holger Schmid, Martin Schmieder andJorg StumppThematic User Environment for Water Body InformationSystems and Beyond 404
Weihua Zeng, Han Shi, Rongchang Chen and Yongjun ZhangAnalysis and Designing of System on Sharing EST Information 412
Environmental Information Systems
Thomas Schiitz, Gerrit Vonkeman and Andreas LippkeE-CUISINE - European Competence Centre for Usersof Information Systems on the Environment 420
Jaroslav Sole and Tereza VotockovdPrague Environmental Information System (IOZIP) 425
Markus U. Miiller, Birgit Augstein, Mathias Bock and Reiner GlowinskiDevelopment of an Environmental Data Infrastructure for Hamburg 431
Petra KohlerDevelopment of an Open Information Infrastructure for DisasterResearch: Results and Prospects from DFNK and CEDIM 438
Petra Jahnke and Matthias MengerGSBL - Concept + Software Suite of an Information Systemfor Chemical Substances 446
Hans-Martin Mulisch and Mirko FilettiConstruction of the Expert Database Environment and Healthwww.umweltdaten-online.de (UDO) 454
Environmental Standardisation
Grigor Boyadjiyski
Main Accents in the Standard ISO 14001 Concerning the InformationResources Management 462
Wassilios Kazakos, Alexei Akhounov, Heiko Paoli, Sven Behrens,Hugo Niesing and Stephane LombardoEditing ISO 19115 Compliant Metadata in EUROSION 468
Oliver Karschnick, Fred Kruse, Stefanie Topker, Thomas Riegel,Marco Eichler and Sven Behrens
The UDK and ISO 19115 Standard 475
Environmental Metadata
Marion Wilde, Manfred Lange, Hardy Pundt, Nicole Ostldnderand KrzysztofJanowicz
An Environmental Metadata Profile in the EU Project MEDIS 482
Michael Haase, Thomas Dombeck, Matthias Neidlinger, Giinter Barnikel,Fred Kruse and Oliver Karschnick
Comparison of the Different Instances of theGerman Environmental Data Catalogue 490
Fred Kruse, Oliver Karschnick, Stefanie Topker and Thomas Riegel
gein® - Planning the Next Generation 498
Part II: Applications, Workshops, Posters
Applications
Environmental Data Representation
Uwe Rammert and Friedhelm Hosenfeld
Dynamic and Interactive Presentation of Environmental Information 517
Dirk Gortzen, Stefan Schneberger and Uwe Rammert
Schleswig-Holsteins Environmental Atlas asContent Management System for Environmental Geographical Data? 525
Environmental Reporting
Ralf Isenmann, Jan Brosowski and Christian LenzTarget Group Tailored Corporate Environmental Reporting -Stereotyping, Individualisation, Personalisation 533
Jorge Marx-Gomez, Mario Amelung, Claus Rautenstrauchand Ralf IsenmannA Case Study on an Automated Generation of Environmental Reports 541
Ralf Isenmann, Jan Brosowski, Jorge Marx-Gomezand Hans-Knud ArndtGoing Ahead in Harmonising XML-Based DTDs for CorporateEnvironmental Reporting 550
Eric Weihs, Artur Kawicki and Piotr WezykCompliance With the Reporting Requirements With Regard toEnvironmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Poland Within the ScopeoftheEU Directive 558
Knowledge Management and Transfer
K.-Peter Holz, Gerald Hildebrandt and Frank MolkenthinVirtual Laboratories for Projects in Environment-Water 567
Miguel A. Barrientos, Ari Fainchtein and Natan ZaidenweberWeb-Based Application for Implementing Triple-Bottom LineSearch Process 575
Antje Dietrich, Renate Ebel and Klaus ZetzmannEvaluation of a Content Management System (CMS) for the Ministryof Environment and Transportation Baden-Wurttemberg (UVM) 584
Ulrich Bosler, Thorsten Bell and Elwin SavelsberghThe New Modelling Environment Co-Lab: Survey on the Designof Software and Learning Materials 591
Data Management
Simon Wood, Christoph Roenick and Michael Natschke
Requirements of a Modern Hydrological Workbench Illustrated by theIntegrated Data Management Information System WISKI and itsImplementation at the Environment Agency of England and Wales 599
Peter Strobl, Albin Blaschka and Paul HeiselmayerBISxml 1.0: An Open Framework for Management and Interchangeof Ecological Data 609
Environmental Statistics
Kristina Voigt
Evaluation of Environmental Chemicals in Databases: An Examplefor the Interdisciplinarity between Environmental Informatics andEnvironmetrics/Chemometrics 613
Nadine Holzinger and Andreas Ciroth
RFM2 - Calculating Qualitative Information 621
Mohamed Hussian and Anders Grimvall
A Generic Procedure for Simultaneous Estimation of Monotone Trendsand Seasonal Patterns in Time Series of Environmental Data 629
Sascha Koch, Jiirgen Meister and Martin Rohde
MUSTANG - A Framework for Statistical Analysesof Multidimensional Data in Public Health 635
Anders Nordgaard
Impact of Sampling Frequency on the Power of Nonparametric Testsfor Water Quality Trends 643
Pilot Projects
Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Kostas Karatzas, Geir Endregard,Kurt Fedra, Rainer Friedrich, Per Henrik Johansen,Liana Kalognomou, Ari Karppinen, Per Haavard Kraggerud,Jaakko Kukkonen, Steinar Larssen, Frank de Leeuw, AchimLohmeyer, Chris Naneris, Daniel Nicklass, Giannis Papaioannou,Gertraud Peinel, Tinus Pulles, Stefan Reis, Thomas Rose,Martin Sedlmayr and Dick van den Hout
Environmental Services and Data Brokerage Portal:ENV-e-CITY in Action 652
Gijs van den Dool, Teemu Mustonen, Konsta Sirvio,Mikko Kolehmainen andJuhani Ruuskanen
Intelligent Waste Management 660
Felipe Omar Tapia Silva and Nikolaus ModelMeasurement and Model Supported Alternative Rain WaterManagement in Urban Areas of Berlin Using Trackbed Naturationfor Railway Tracks 669
Software Tools
Nikolay TsanovA CORBA-Based Polymorph Software Architecture for ApplicationsServing the Quality and Environmental Management Systems 677
Gregor Durrenberger and Christoph HartmannECO2 Regio: A New Software Tool for Regional Energyand CO2 Modelling 684
Jens Finke, Frank Koster, Karin Frank and Michael Sonnenschein
A Software Tool for Assessing the Effect of Trafficon Wildlife Populations 692
Geographical Information Systems
Nelley Kovalevskaya and Elena Mitrophanova
Environmental Mapping Based on Spatial Variability andComputational Vision Models 700
Desiree Hilbring and Burkhard Schneider
Visualisation of Digital Elevation Models in Different ResolutionsWith Interactive Reloading of New Parts in a 3D-GIS-Viewer 708
Rudolf Orthofer, Peter Kutschera, Heinrich Humer and Wolfgang Loibl
EnviroMap Austria- A Novel Web-Based Environmental Atlas 716
Gotthard Meinel and Michael WinklerProvision of Recreational Areas in Urban Spaces -An International Long-Term Comparison of the Developmentsof Selected European Cities 722
Rainer Roosmann, Wolfgang Busch, Julita Gorczyk,Frank Mauersberger, Stefan Nickel and Peter Vosen
Geographic Information Systems Support for MonitoringEnvironmental Impacts Caused by Deep Hard Coal Mining 730
Uwe Riippel, Gerrit Seewald and Michael Petersen
Geographical Framework for the Network-Based Management of Duds...739
Stefan Fuest
Online - Visualization of Water Level Datain North Rhine-Westfalia (NRW) 746
Uwe Riippel, Thomas Gutzke, Michael Petersen and Gerrit Seewald
Online-Processing of 2'/2 - Dimensional Groundwater Maps 750
Wim Mol
Coupling of AlRBASE With the EEA Map Service Tool 757
Rostyslav Bun, Mykola Gusti, Volodymyr Dachuk, Bohdan Oleksivand Yaroslav Tsybrivskyy
Geoinformation System for Greenhouse Gas Inventoriesas a Practical Tool for Decision Makers 765
Matthias Horn, Volkmar Triestram and Jo van Nouhuys
Data Evaluation Using the Generic Selection ComponentoftheNewIMIS System 773
Workshops
Disturbed Landscapes
Reinhard F. Hiittl
Disturbed Landscapes: Case Study Lusatian Lignite Mining District 781
Hubert HasenauerConcepts Within Forest Ecosystem Modelling and Their Application 792
Michael HauhsThe Harz as a Historic Mining Landscape: A Case Study Basedon Interactive Visualisations of Forest Growth 802
Riidiger Grote, Katja Patzner and Thomas SeifertModelling Water Availability in Individual Trees - a Contributionof Process-Based Simulation to the Prediction of Developmentsin Heterogeneous Stands 804
Chemometrics
Armin Aulinger, Simone Wiegel, Wolf von Tiimpling, Heinz Harmsand Burkhard StachelMultivariate Statistical Analysis of Drug Concentrations Measuredin the River Saale 8 1 3
Jo'rg Kraft, Corinna Kowalik and Jiirgen W. Einax
The Extractable Information Depending on the Scale of theInvestigated River Catchment Area 821
Wolf von Tiimpling, Franziska Horst und Martin SchultzeA Method to Optimise Sampling Strategies - Key Study Goitsche,Bitterfeld, Germany 830
Michael WintersteinHow to Use Information From Measured Values BetweenLower Level of Quantification and Detection Limit? 834
Simulation in Environmental Informatics
Jochen WittmannTrends in Environmental Modeling and Simulation 840
Thomas Clemen
Environmental Modeling and Simulation - Bridging the GapBetween Theory, Experiment, and Application 848
Albrecht Gnauck
Theoretical Concepts Applied on Environmental Dataand Decision Problems 853
The New Modelling Environment Co-Lab
Thorsten Bell, Ulrich Bosler and Elwin Savelsbergh
The New Modelling Environment Co-Lab: Design of Softwareand Learning Materials 864
Environmental Information Systems as Components in Twinning Projects
An/a Jenichen, Michael Schmidt and Claus Heuberger
Incorporating Environmental Information Technologies into"Capacity-Building" Projects - Examples and Experiencesof Twinning Projects in CEE - Countries 873
Anja Jenichen
Short Introduction of Twinning- An Institution PartnershipBetween Member Countries and Candidate Countries 875
Claus Heuberger
Environmental Information and Management System -The New Czech-German Twinning Project 879
Christian Kiihne and Gabriel Striegel
Implementation of an IPPC Information System and an IntegratedPollutant Register in the Czech Republic - Exercises andExperiences of a Czech Republic - German Twinning Project 882
Markus Weidenbach and Piotr Wezyk
INFOOS: The Polish Environmental Information andCommunication System - Technological and Organisational Aspectsof the Implementation of a System to Support Poland in theEnvironmental Impact Assessment Process 890
Hans W. Jakobi and Uwe BuellOrigin and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls - Exercises andExperiences of a Bulgarian - German Twinning Project 892
Helmut Lorentz, Jiirgen Friebertshaeuser and Achim Lohmeyer
GIS Based Urban Scale Air Pollution Modelling - Exercises andExperiences of a Bulgarian - Twinning Project 898
Posters
Miroslav KubdsekSemantic Web Technology - Ontology Extraction fromEnvironmental Webs 905
Wassilios Kazakos, Rainer Lehfeldt, Christian Michl,Cars ten Heidmann and Alexei ValikovMetadata Repositories in Governmental Information Systemsfor Coastal Regions in Germany 910
Tobia Maike LakesFrom Environmental Information Systems to EnvironmentalInformation Management-A Case Study of Berlin 915
Jaroslav Rdcek, Jan Ministr and Josef FialaReengineering of Public Environmental Administration 920
Grigor Boyadjiyski, Ilia Nemigenchev and Nikolay Tsanov
A System for Vocational Lifelong Training on Quality andEnvironmental Management for Staff Engaged in Bulgarian SMEs 925
Radmila BojkovskaEnvironmental Monitoring System in the Republic of Macedonia 929
Jaroslav SilberskyEnvironmental Decision Support Using MultidimensionalDatabase Technology 934
Jan Pesl and Jaroslav Rdcek
Searching for Extreme Limits of Environmental Phenomenaby Means of Numerical Optimisation 938
Clemens DeilmannModelling the Mass Flow and Land Use of Future Housing Demand inGermany 2025 - Scenario Results of UBA - Research Project BASiS-2 ..942
Abaah Johnson
Introduction to the Sustainable Transport Operational Programme 946
Marc van Liedekerke, Panos Panagos, Faycal Bouraouiand Antonio Nogueira
The EUROHARP Information System: A Prototype System in Supportto Environmental Issues Within the Water Framework Directive 951
Michael Fischer, Giinter Barnikel, Michael Haase and Jorg Westbomke
A GIS - Based Tool for Detailed Planning Works for Enhancingthe Ecomorphological Quality of Running Waters 955
Dierk Wagenschein and Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
Modelling River Water Quality as a Dependence of River Morphologyand Structure - Concept for Simulations of the Weisse Elster River 959
Albrecht Gnauck, Ralph Heinrich and Bernhard Luther
Simulation of Eutrophication of Shallow Lakesof the Lower Havel River 963
Author Index 967