Seasonal fluctuation of riverine navigation and accessibility in Western Amazonia: An analysis combining acost-efficient GPS-basedobservation system and interviews

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 273-282

  Tenkanen, Henrikki ^a   Salonen, Maria ^a   Lattu, Matti ^a   Toivonen, Tuuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Amazonia; GIS; GPS Tracking; Interviews; Mobility; Seasonality; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; GPS; MOBILITY; NAVIGATION; RIVER; SEASONALITY; STUDY METHOD; TRACKING; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

EID: 84937917135     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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