Societal Benefit Areas


The Societal Benefit Areas are eight environmental fields of interest, all of which relate to climate, around which the Global Earth Observation System of Systems project is exerting its efforts. These include: [|Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability], [|Disaster Resilience], [|Energy and Mineral Resources Management], [|Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture], [|Infrastructure and Transport Management], [|Public Health Surveillance], [|Sustainable Urban Development], and [|Water Resources Management] around which a preliminary hierarchical vocabulary has been created.
One of the aims of GEOSS is to implement a proper system of Earth monitoring and to render information deriving from this process available to a global range of users. Currently, the hierarchical vocabulary structuring these societal benefit categories and their subcategories are available only in English. However, translations have been created for French, Spanish and Italian versions by Claudia Cialone and Kristin Stock of the Centre for Geospatial Science at the University of Nottingham, UK, with input from a number of people from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Italy, the University of Zaragoza and the European Union Joint Research Centre. Translations have also been accomplished for a Slovenian version of the SBAs by the Biotehnical faculty of the University of Ljubljana, SI.

The GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas

Listed below is a brief summary of the Societal Benefit categories and subcategories

Disaster Resilience

This SBA is meant to increase the system of the earth observation to protect human lives from natural hazards such as tsunami, sea and lake ice, floods, volcanic eruptions, wild fires etc.

Public Health Surveillance

The health SBA is meant to understand and to prevent the environmental factors related to human diseases. Some subcategories included in this concern infectious diseases, respiratory problems, environmental stress, accidental death and injury and so forth.

Energy and mineral resource management

This SBA is concerned with the preservation and the operations related to energetic sources, and their renewability. Some examples of subcategories for this field are: oil & gas exploration, refining and transport operations, renewable energy operations, global energy management etc..

Water resources management

The water topic is inherent to hydrological research, evaluation and management and the impact of humans on the water cycle. The area includes subfields of interest such as global biogeochemistry, fisheries and habitat, telecommunication and navigation, predictions etc.

Infrastructure and transport

This category provides information for Earth observations support for planning, monitoring and management of infrastructure and transportation.

Food security and sustainable agriculture

This field of concern embraces all those agricultural activities, or related subjects such as grazing systems, the economic trade of agricultural products, for monitoring the global condition of food including the prevention of desertification.

Biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability

This area is meant to disseminate information related to the investigation on the genetic diversity of species and more generally on the natural resources of the different ecosystems and the services available for their conservation.

The Societal Benefit Areas and their translations

Note that the following table is a temporary translation. Anyone with a particular expertise in environmental and/or natural sciences can contribute with further corrections of the versions already listed below.
ENGLISHITALIANSPANISHFRENCHSLOVENIAN
DisastersCalamitàDesastresCatastrophesNesreče
pollution eventseventi inquinantiepisodios de contaminaciónpollution évènementiellepojavi onesnaženja
coastal hazards, tsunamirischio costiero, tsunamipeligros costeros, tsunamispérils côtiers, tsunaminevarnosti v priobalnem pasu, cunamiji
sea and lake iceghiaccio marino e lacustreHielo en mares y lagosgel de la mer et de lacmorski in jezerski led
tropical cyclonescicloni tropicaliciclones tropicalescyclones tropicauxtropski cikloni
extreme weathercondizioni metereologiche estremecondiciones meteorológicas extremasPhénomène météo extrêmeskrajni vremenski dogodki
floodsinondazioniinundaciones/avenidasinondationspoplave
landslides, subsidencefrane, subsidenzadeslizamientos de tierra, hundimientosglissements de terrain, effondrementszemeljski plazovi in posedanje
volcanoes, volcanic ash, aerosolsvulcani, ceneri vulcaniche, aerosolvolcanes, ceniza volcánica, aerosolesvolcans, cendres volcaniques, aérosolsvulkani, vulkanski pepel, aerosoli
earthquakesterremotiterremotostremblements de terrepotresi
wildland firesincendi boschiviincendios forestalesfeu de broussailles et feu de forêtespožari v naravnem okolju
HealthSaluteSaludSantéZdravje
infectious diseasesmalattie infettiveenfermedades infecciosasmaladies infectieusesinfekcijske bolezni
cancerscancricáncercancersrakasta obolenja
respiratory problemsdifficoltà respiratoriedificultades respiratoriasproblèmes respiratoirestežave z dihanjem
environmental stressstress ambientaleestrés ambientalstress écologiqueokoljski stres
nutritionnutrizionenutriciónnutritionprehrana
accidental death and injurymorti e lesioni accidentalimuertes y lesiones accidentalesdécès et blessure accidentellespoškodbe in nesreče s smrtnim izidom
birth defectsdifetti di nascitaenfermedades congénitasanomalies congénitalesprirojene napake
EnergyEnergiaEnergíaÉnergieEnergija
oil & gas explorationesplorazione di petrolio e gasexploración de petróleo y gasexploration de pétrole et de gaziskanje nafte in zemeljskega plina
refining and transport operationsoperazioni di raffinazione e trasportooperaciones de refinado y transporteopérations de l’épuration et la transportationrafinacija in upravljanje prevozov fosilnih goriv
renewable energy operationsoperazioni di energia rinnovabileoperaciones en energías renovablesopérations d’energie renouvelableupravljanje z obnovljivimi viri energije
electricity generationproduzione di elettricitàproducción de electricidadproduction d’électricitéproizvodnja električne energije
global energy managementgestione dell’energia globalegestión de la energía globalgestion de l’énergie mondialegospodarjenje z energijo na globalnem nivoju
ClimateClimaClimaClimatPodnebje
understandingcomprensionecomprensióncompréhensionrazumevanje
assessingvalutazionievaluaciónévaluationocenjevanje
predictingprevisionipredicciónprédictionnapovedovanje
adapting toadattamentoadaptaciónadaptationprilagajanje
mitigatingmitigazionemitigacióndiminutionblaženje
WaterAcquaAguaEauVoda
water cycle researchricerca sul ciclo idrologicoinvestigación sobre el ciclo hidrológicorecherche sur le cycle de l’eauraziskave vodnega kroga
resource managementgestione delle risorsegestión de recursos hídricosgestion des resourcesgospodarjenje z vodnimi viri
impacts of humans on water cycleimpatto dell’uomo sul ciclo idrologicoimpacto de la actividad humana en el ciclo hidrológicoimpacts humains sur le cycle de l’eauvpliv človeka na vodni krog
global biogeochemistrybiogeochimica globalebiogeoquímica globalbiogéochimie mondialeglobalna biogeokemija
ecosystem and water quality assessmentvalutazione della qualita’ dell’ ecosistema e dell’acquaevaluación de la calidad del ecosistema y del aguaévaluation de la qualité de l’écosystème et de l’eauekosistemi in ocena kakovosti voda
land use planningpianificazione dell’uso del territorioordenación del territorioUrbanismenačrtovanje rabe tal
production of foodproduzione alimentareproducción alimentariaproduction alimentairepridelava hrane
weather predictionprevisioni metereologichepronóstico meteorológicoprévision météorologiquenapovedovanje vremena
heavy rainfall flood predictionprevisione di pioggia intensa ed inondazionipredicción de lluvia torrencial e inundacionesprévision des fortes précipitations et des inondationsnapovedovanje poplav zaradi močnih padavin
drought predictionprevisione di siccitàpredicción de sequíasprévision de la sécheressenapovedovanje suš
climate predictionprevisioni climatichepredicción climatológicaprévision climatiquenapovedovanje podnebja
human healthsalute dell’uomosalud humanasanté humainezdravje ljudi
fisheries and habitatpesca e habitatpesca y hábitatpêcheries et habitatribolovna območja in habitati
managementgestionegestióngestionupravljanje
telecommunication - navigationtelecomunicazioni - navigazionetelecomunicaciones - navegacióntélécommunications - navigationtelekomunikacije – navigacija
WeatherTempoTiempoTempsVreme
nowcasting forecasts previsioni immediate predicciones inmediatas prévisiones immediate zelo kratkoročne napovedi
very short-range forecasts previsioni a brevissimo termine predicciones a muy corto plazo prévisiones à très court terme kratkoročne napovedi
medium-range forecasts previsioni a medio termine predicciones a medio plazo prévisiones à moyen terme srednjeročne napovedi
extended forecasts previsioni estese predicciones a largo plazo prévisiones à long terme dolgoročne napovedi
EcosystemsEcosistemiEcosistemasÉcosystèmesEkosistemi
land, river, coast & ocean managementgestione territoriale, fluviale, costiera e marittimagestión terrestre, fluvial, costera y marítimagestion des terres, rivières, gestion côtière et océnaniquegospodarjenje s kopnim, rekami,obalami in oceni
agriculture, fisheries, forestryagricoltura, pesca, attività forestaliagricultura, pesca, silviculturaagriculture, pêcherie, sylviculturekmetijstvo, ribištvo, gozdarstvo
carbon cycleciclo del carboniociclo del carbonocycle du carboneogljikov krog
AgricultureAgricolturaAgriculturaAgricultureKmetijstvo
food securitysicurezza alimentareseguridad alimentariasécurité alimentaireprehranska varnost
fisheriespescapescapêcheriesribogojstvo
timber, fuel and fiberlegname, combustibile e fibramadera, combustible, y fibrabois, combustibles et fibresles ter energenti in vlakna iz kmetijske in gozdarske biomase
agricultural economy and tradeeconomia e mercato agricolieconomía y mercado agrícolaséconomie et commerce agricoleskmetijska ekonomika in trgovina
grazing systemssistemi di pascolamentosistemas de pastoreosystèmes de pâturagepašni sistemi
BiodiversityBiodiversitàBiodiversidadBiodiversitéBiodiverziteta
conservationconservazioneconservaciónconservationohranjanje
invasive speciesspecie invasiveespecies invasorasespèces invasivesinvazivne vrste
migratory speciesspecie migratorieespecies migratoriasespèces migratricesselitvene vrste
natural resources and servicesrisorse naturali e servizirecursos naturales y serviciosresources naturelles et services des écosystèmesnaravni viri in storitve