'How green is my valley?' Desktop geographic information systems as a community-based participatory mapping tool

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Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-170

  Wood, Justin ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Community participation; Countryside planning; Parish mapping; Public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS); UK

Indexed keywords

GIS; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 22144440109     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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