Building a geographic info-structure for sustainable development planning on a small island developing state

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-361

  Perkins, Reed M ^a   Xiang, Wei Ning ^b  

^a QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Islands; Micronesia; Planning support systems; Sustainable development; Yap

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ISLANDS; PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEMS; YAP;

URBAN PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GIS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PLANNING SYSTEM; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; YAP;

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 33750628074     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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