Geons-domain-specific regionalization of space

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-226

  Lang, Stefan ^a   Kienberger, Stefan ^a   Tiede, Dirk ^a   Hagenlocher, Michael ^a   Pernkopf, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composite geons; Conditioned information; Expert oriented regionalization; Integrated geons; Policy relevant

Indexed keywords

SEMANTICS; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CONCEPTUAL ROBUSTNESS; CONDITIONED INFORMATION; EXPERT-ORIENTED REGIONALIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; INTEGRATED GEONS; METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL VARIABLE SPACE; POLICY-RELEVANT; SEMANTIC HIERARCHIES;

REGIONAL PLANNING; DECISION MAKING;

DATA SET; DESIGN; GIS; MAPPING; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONALIZATION; RESEARCH; SPACE; VULNERABILITY; DECISION MAKING; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; EXPERT SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY STRATEGY; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84900295555     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2014.902755     Document Type: Article

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