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Scale plays an important role in environmental studies. Often data are collected at one particular scale, whereas statements on the quality of the environment are needed at another scale. Point data, for example are needed in geostatistical studies to characterizes areas of land. The quality of the state of the environment at a provincial scale requires different information as compared to the state of the environment at the scale of an urban region in the province. The scale is in this study defined as the region, area or the system limits that are covered by an indicator. We further restrict it to the area on which the indicator is used for decision making. We will in this study focus on the relation between the scale of observation, and the scale at which information is required. To formulate indicators, information can be necessary that is available at different scales.
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Stein, A. (2001). Change of Support for Environmental Indicators. In: Monestiez, P., Allard, D., Froidevaux, R. (eds) geoENV III — Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0810-5_34
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