Privileged knowledge and social change: Effects on different participants of using geographic information systems technology in natural resource management

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-285

  Duncan, Ally L ^a   Lach, Denise H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Privileged knowledge; Public involvement; Social change; System influence diagrams

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

PRIVILEGED KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SYSTEM INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745312110     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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