Using GIS in community design charrettes: Lessons from a Japan-U.S. collaboration in earthquake recovery and mitigation planning for Kobe

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 310-318

  Tanaka, Takahiro ^a   Abramson, Daniel Benjamin ^b   Yamazaki, Yoshito ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Charrette; Cross cultural collaboration; Disaster recovery; GIS; Participation

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING METHOD; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349100210     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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