Geographic information systems (GIS): Implications for promoting social and economic justice

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 209-226

  Tompkins, Paige L ^a   Southward, Linda H ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems (GIS); Social inequality; Social justice; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012283632     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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