Developing and testing an online tool for teaching GIS concepts applied to spatial decision-making

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 425-438

  Carver, Steve ^a   Evans, Andy ^a   Kingston, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic resource; Nuclear waste disposal; Spatial decision making; Web based GIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GIS; INTERNET; LEARNING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TEACHING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 12144263087     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309826042000286983     Document Type: Article

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