Toward critical spatial thinking in the social sciences and humanities

GeoJournal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-13

  Goodchild, Michael F ^a   Janelle, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial concepts; Spatial integration; Spatial thinking; Spatio temporal knowledge systems

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; DATA SOURCE; INFORMATION RESOURCE; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL CONCEPTS; SPATIAL THINKING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL;

GENE EXPRESSION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEACHING;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 76649133420     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-010-9340-3     Document Type: Review

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