The prospects and problems of integrating sketch maps with geographic information systems to understand environmental perception: A case study of mapping youth fear in Los Angeles gang neighborhoods

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-271

  Curtis, Jacqueline W ^a   Shiau, Ellen ^b   Lowery, Bryce ^c   Sloane, David ^c   Hennigan, Karen ^c   Curtis, Andrew ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental perception; Fear; Geographic information systems (GIS); Sketch maps

Indexed keywords

GIS; MAPPING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898741620     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b38151     Document Type: Article

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