Designing and evaluating a groundwater quality Internet GIS

Applied Geography

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-65

  Hoover, Joseph H ^a   Sutton, Paul C ^a,b   Anderson, Sharolyn J ^b   Keller, Arturo C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet GIS; Navajo Nation; Unregulated drinking water; User centered design

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GIS; GROUNDWATER; INTERNET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WELL WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902960147     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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