GIS versus the community: Siting power in southern West Virginia

Applied Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-125

  Towers, George ^a  

^a Business Administration and Division of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Political geography; Transmission lines; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANNING; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POWER STATION; SITING DECISION; TRANSMISSION LINE;

USA, WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030769974     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(97)00001-5     Document Type: Article

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