Toward Open Source Kenya: Creating and Sharing a GIS Database of Nairobi

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-130

  Williams, Sarah ^a   Marcello, Elizabeth ^b   Klopp, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

community and GIS; data sharing; developing countries; empowerment; GIS; Kenya; Nairobi; power dynamics; PPGIS; spatial data

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; NAIROBI [NAIROBI (ADS)];

EID: 84890571533     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.846157     Document Type: Article

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