Geospatial technologies and the geographies of hope and fear

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-360

  Klinkenberg, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geospatial technologies; GIS; Hope and fear; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

GIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL THEORY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34249853874     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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