Who contrives the “real” in gis? Geographic information, planning and critical theory

Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 17-29

  Aitken, Stuart C ^a   Miche, Suzanne M ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Communicative action; GIS; Planning; Post positivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142589647     PISSN: 10509844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152304095782540519     Document Type: Article

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