Women and GIS: Geospatial technologies and feminist geographies

Cartographica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 37-45

  McLafferty, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Geospatial technologies; GIS

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER; GIS;

EID: 32544452383     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/1341-21JT-4P83-1651     Document Type: Article

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