Teaching hazards geography and geographic information systems: A middle school level experience

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-188

  Mitchell, Jerry T ^a   Borden, Kevin A ^a   Schmidtlein, Mathew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Hazards; Middle school education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

EID: 70450141722     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: 17477611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10382040802148679     Document Type: Article

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