The impact of user expertise on geographic risk assessment under uncertain conditions

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-43

  Roth, Robert E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Expertise; Floodplain mapping; Geographic information uncertainty; Risk assessment; User centered design

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DECISION MAKING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

DEGREE OF CERTAINTIES; DOMAIN EXPERTISE; EXPERTISE; FLOODPLAIN DELINEATIONS; FLOODPLAIN MAPPING; GAIN INSIGHTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION UNCERTAINTY; ON-LINE SURVEYS; USER-CENTERED DESIGN; WORK EXPERIENCES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECISION MAKING; GIS; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 60849124223     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304009787340160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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