Poststructuralism and GIS: Is there a 'disconnect'?

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 581-602

  Leszczynski, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 70350423509     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d1607     Document Type: Article

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