Assessment of Kenya's readiness for geospatial data infrastructure take off

Survey Review

Volumn 39, Issue 306, 2007, Pages 328-337

  Mulaku, G C ^a   Kiema, J B K ^a   Siriba, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Geospatial data infrastructure; Implementation strategy; Sustainable funding

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DATABASE; GIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34948814640     PISSN: 00396265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/175227007X197237     Document Type: Article

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