Producing an Indigenous Knowledge Web GIS for Arctic Alaska Communities: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-37

  Eisner, Wendy R ^a   Jelacic, Jessica ^a   Cuomo, Chris J ^b   Kim, Changjoo ^a   Hinkel, Kenneth M ^a   Del Alba, Dorin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Integrative Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPS;

AS-LINKS; DISCUSSION BOARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INTERACTIVE MAPS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; USER FRIENDLY; VIDEO-CLIPS; WEB BASED PLATFORM; WEB-GIS;

WEBSITES;

CARTOGRAPHY; GIS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863078522     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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