Role of local contextual factors in building public participation GIS: The Milwaukee experience

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-208

  Ghose, Rina ^a   Huxhold, William E ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community empowerment; Community organizations; Contextual factors; Neighborhood planning; Public participation GIS

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EMPOWERMENT; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING PROCESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035387061     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304001782153017     Document Type: Article

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