Social Landscape Metrics: Measures for Understanding Place Values from Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS)

Landscape Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-90

  Brown, Gregory Gordon ^a   Reed, Pat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

landscape perception; place values; PPGIS; public participation; Social metrics

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; SENSE OF PLACE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863393837     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2011.591487     Document Type: Article

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