The Online What if? Planning Support System: A Land Suitability Application in Western Australia

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-112

  Pettit, Christopher J ^a   Klosterman, Richard E ^b   Delaney, Phillip ^a   Whitehead, Amy L ^a   Kujala, Heini ^a   Bromage, Andrew ^a   Nino Ruiz, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b What if Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Land suitability analysis; Planning support system; Strategic planning; What if?

Indexed keywords

GIS; INTERNET; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANNING SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84933279778     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-015-9133-7     Document Type: Article

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