Best practices of Environmental Information Systems (EIS): the case of Zimbabwe
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Date of publication
December 1996
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ISBN / Resource ID
eldis:A26699
report considers the potential, constraints, successes and weaknesses of EIS (environment and land information systems, geographical information systems (GIS)), based on practical approaches in Zimbabwe were assessed and lessons-learnt were developed.The process of developing a national EIS in Zimbabwe is also in the evolutionary phase. The country does not yet have a comprehensive nationally co-ordinated EIS. At the time of this study, several information systems co-exist which can be considered EIS sub-systems. These sub-systems primarily serve the purposes and mandates of their host organisations, who are only now beginning to co-operate and co-ordinate.