Escaping the national forest planning quagmire: Using public participation GIS to assess acceptable national forest use

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-125

  Brown, Gregory G ^a   Donovan, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest planning; Public participation GIS (PPGIS); Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST CONFLICTS; FOREST PLANNING; NATIONAL FORESTS; POTENTIAL CONFLICT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC PREFERENCES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; USDA FOREST SERVICE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING SYSTEM; REGULATORY APPROACH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GIS;

ALASKA; CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875776381     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.12-087     Document Type: Article

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