Environmental sustainability: The role of geographic information science and spatial data infrastructures in the integration of people and nature

The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 123-137

  Davis, Clodoveu A ^a   Fonseca, Frederico T ^b   Camara, Gilberto ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian National Institute for Space Research – INPE ^*

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84899063891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446201046.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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