Mapping social change: A visualization method used in the Monongahela National Forest

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Siniscalchi, Jason M ^a   Pierskalla, Chad D ^a   Selin, Steve W ^a   Palmer, Don ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Isopleth mapping; Social assessment; Social change

Indexed keywords

PLANNING METHOD; RURAL PLANNING; SOCIAL CHANGE; VISUALIZATION;

MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 30644469671     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920500323336     Document Type: Article

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