Exploring the complexities of community engaged GIS

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 87-102

  Mukherjee, Falguni ^a   Ghose, Rina ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community Engagement; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Network Formation; Spatial Knowledge Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876554062     PISSN: 19479654     EISSN: 19479662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jagr.2012100105     Document Type: Article

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