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Item The Contribution of a Water Information System for Environmental Planning in Minnesota(Water Resources Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1976-03) Higgins, Bryan R.Modern American thought has treated the environment either as a mechanical, scientific abstraction or a mythical, humanist ideal. Considering the performance of water within the environment will avoid this dichotomy and allow a synthesis of both viewpoints. The central focus becomes the lived in world of water and not either just the concepts or the subjective feelings water evokes. Investigation of the manner in which academia treats environmental planning information will show the subjective nature of science which is seldom acknowledged within our objective curricula. The manner in which state government treats water adds another perspective to modern fragmented environmental thought. Throughout this conversation attention will remain on the engaged or dynamic nature of water within the environment. Finally the structure of human behavior provides a meaningful center with which to construct a state water information system. It is this shift in perception which is crucial to integrate the fragmented discipline views of the environment in terms of human experience.Item Cultural Futures and World Information Systems(Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1973) Nelson, Angie GuggenburgerItem Information System Data Collection Protocol Development Project. Final Report.(Center for Community & Regional Research, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Duluth., 1994) Fleischman, William AThe process of managing forest land under multiple use objectives requires a wide range of activities. Providing information is one of those activities and it spans the entire range of units in the Forest Service. While the provision of information is important, it is often considered to be a task that is of lesser importance than other tasks that are perceived to be more directly related to production goals. Further, the provision of information is often viewed as a simple task. That is, if the information is provided that is all that is necessary. In fact, the provision of information has at least five dimensions: the sender, the message, the channel, the receiver, and the setting in which the information exchange takes place. Because the process -of providing information is complex, the evaluation of the process and the evaluation of the results are tasks that require considerable attention. The evaluation processes can be facilitated by the development of a protocol for collecting data which will provide a basis for improving the information providing process. The orienting questions for the development of a protocol that can be used to evaluate the information providing process are: (1) HOW IS THE FOREST SERVICE DOING PROVIDING INFORMATION TO RECREATION USERS? (2) HOW DOES ONE KNOW THAT?