Interpreting urban space through cognitive map sketching and sequence analysis

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-240

  Huynh, Niem Tu ^a   Hall, G Brent ^b   Doherty, Sean ^a   Smith, Wayne W ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive cartography; Navigation; Sequence analysis; Sketch maps; Urban space

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COGNITION; MAPPING METHOD; NAVIGATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 44649099459     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2008.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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