An empirical evaluation of workshop versus survey PPGIS methods

Applied Geography

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-51

  Brown, Greg ^a   Donovan, Shannon ^b   Pullar, David ^a   Pocewicz, Amy ^c   Toohey, Ryan ^d   Ballesteros Lopez, Renata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d Yukon River Inter Tribal Watershed Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Participatory mapping; PPGIS; Public land management; Public participation GIS; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MAPPING; PLANNING PROCESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

ALASKA; CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893644814     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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