Collaborative geomatics and the Mushkegowuk Cree First Nations: Fostering adaptive capacity for community-based sub-arctic natural resource management

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-314

  McCarthy, Daniel D P ^a   Whitelaw, Graham S ^b   Anderson, Scott ^a   Cowan, Donald ^a   McGarry, Fred ^c   Robins, Anthony ^a   Gardner, Holly L ^a   Barbeau, Christine D ^a   Charania, Nadia A ^a   General, Zachariah ^a   Liedtke, Jeff ^d   Sutherland, Celine ^e   Alencar, Paulo ^a   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Community Mapping (COMAP)   (Canada)

^d Real World Globes   (United States)

^e Attawapiskat Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Collaborative geomatics; Community development; Cree communities; Land use plans

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; JAMES BAY;

EID: 84856972682     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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