Constructing community through maps? Power and praxis in community mapping

Professional Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 470-484

  Parker, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mapping; Community based map; Greenmap

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MAPPING METHOD;

EID: 33750128422     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2006.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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