Exploring Saturation of Themes and Spatial Locations in Qualitative Public Participation Geographic Information Systems Research

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 557-571

  Morse, Wayde C ^a   Lowery, Damon R ^a   Steury, Todd ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

methods; PPGIS; public participation; qualitative; saturation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DATA;

FLORIDA PANHANDLE; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899990309     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.888791     Document Type: Article

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