Managing natural resources using GIS: Experiences in India

Information and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  Madon, Shirin ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development planning; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); India

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002478811     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(97)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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