Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Jay Rajasekera
Author-Name-First: Jay
Author-Name-Last: Rajasekera
Author-Email: jrr@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Author-Name: Maung Maung Thant
Author-Name-First: Maung
Author-Name-Last: Thant
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Author-Name: Ohnmar Htun
Author-Name-First: Ohnmar
Author-Name-Last: Htun
Author-Workplace-Name: Nagaoka University of Technology
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/
Title: Improving the Timeliness of Environmental Management Information Systems with Data Crawling Techniques
Abstract: With global warming taking center stage, it is becoming clear that environmental information plays a critical role for monitoring, educating, and taking control measures. Currently the environmental data are gathered in a somewhat hierarchical system where mostly governments, NPOs and other organizations collect the data and feed in to world organizations for final analysis and monitoring purposes causing considerable time lags. Using crawling methods and accessing data stored in multiple data sources, and storing in an appropriately designed database could be a key to monitor the global warming in a much more comprehensive and timely manner. An automated software agent can be designed to maintain a collection of data sources. Such Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) works like a centralized system extracting data in real time from websites, which can serve as the springboard for various tasks. The objective of this paper is to present a review of existing EMISs and discuss the practicability of using data crawling techniques in EMIS.
Classification-JEL: 
Length: 13 pages
Creation-Date: 2009-06
Number: EMS_2009_11
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2009_11.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2009
File-Size: 2348KB
Keywords: Environmental Management Information Systems, Internet, Data Crawling, Databases
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2009_11