Chapter Ten Free and Open Source Geospatial Tools for Environmental Modelling and Management

Developments in Integrated Environmental Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-180

  Jolma, A ^a   Ames, D P ^b   Horning, N ^c   Mitasova, H ^d   Neteler, M ^e   Racicot, A ^f   Sutton, T ^g  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Fondazione Mach Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^f Ecotrust   (United States)

^g Centro de Referência Em Informação Ambiental CRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

environmental management; free and open software; geospatial; GIS; software tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449107965     PISSN: 1574101X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-101X(08)00610-8     Document Type: Review

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