Ray Harris and Richard Browning teach at the Department of Geography, University College London.

• Introduction and Objectives; Documented Data Policies; Socio-Economic Data; Evidence of Data Access Challenges; Evidence from Application Projects; Evidence of Good Practice; Data Access and the Internet; Interoperability, Linkage and Data Access; A European Shared Information Service; Institutional Factors; Socio-Economic Benefits Analysis of Global Environmental Monitoring; Conclusions and Recommendations.

Ray Harris and Richard Browning teach at the Department of Geography, University College London.

• Introduction and Objectives; Documented Data Policies; Socio-Economic Data; Evidence of Data Access Challenges; Evidence from Application Projects; Evidence of Good Practice; Data Access and the Internet; Interoperability, Linkage and Data Access; A European Shared Information Service; Institutional Factors; Socio-Economic Benefits Analysis of Global Environmental Monitoring; Conclusions and Recommendations.

Ray Harris and Richard Browning teach at the Department of Geography, University College London.

• Introduction and Objectives; Documented Data Policies; Socio-Economic Data; Evidence of Data Access Challenges; Evidence from Application Projects; Evidence of Good Practice; Data Access and the Internet; Interoperability, Linkage and Data Access; A European Shared Information Service; Institutional Factors; Socio-Economic Benefits Analysis of Global Environmental Monitoring; Conclusions and Recommendations.