Thinking Outside the Box: Engaging Critical Geographic Information Systems Theory, Practice and Politics in Human Geography

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Elwood, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77957235169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00289.x     Document Type: Review

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