A qualitative approach to understanding the role of geographic information uncertainty during decision making

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-330

  Roth, E Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Floodplain mapping; Geographic information uncertainty; MacEachren et al. typology; Uncertainty categorization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FLOODPLAIN MAPPING; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; INFORMED DECISION; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; UNCERTAINTY REPRESENTATION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MAPPING; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH; TYPOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 72449177340     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304009789786326     Document Type: Article

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