Environmental management in Antarctica using geographical information systems

• Main Author: Harris, Colin Malcolm
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Scott Polar Research Institute 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Handle The; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.14153; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/268041

This dissertation examines terrestrial and near-shore marine environmental management problems in Antarctica, emphasising the potential application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Rules for environmental management in Antarctica have been agreed within the Antarctic Treaty system (ATS) an...