Crossing the qualitative-quantitative chasm I: Hybrid geographies, the spatial turn, and volunteered geographic information (VGI)

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-124

  Sui, Daniel ^a   DeLyser, Dydia ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hybrid geography; methodology; methods; mixed methods; neogeography; qualitative; quantitative; spatial turn; volunteered geographic information (VGI)

Indexed keywords

GIS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856117514     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132510392164     Document Type: Review

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