Actor-network theory: A suitable framework to understand how land cover mapping projects develop?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-309

  Comber, Alexis ^a   Fisher, Peter ^a   Wadsworth, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Countryside survey

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; MAPPING; PROJECT DESIGN; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

GOES;

EID: 0242306164     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(03)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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