Evaluating Internet-based public participation GIS (PPGIS) and volunteered geographic information (VGI) in environmental planning and management

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1073-1090

  Tang, Zhenghong ^a   Liu, Tiantian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen science; environmental management; Internet based public participation GIS (PPGIS); SWOT analysis; volunteered geographic information (VGI)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; INTERNET; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84937857782     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2015.1054477     Document Type: Article

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