GIS and redistricting: Emergent technologies, social geography, and political sensibilities

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-9

  Eagles, Munroe ^a   Katz, Richard S ^b   Mark, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems (GIS); Redistricting; Voting rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033095714     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443939901700101     Document Type: Review

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