SDI planning using the system dynamics technique within a community of practice: lessons learnt from Tanzania

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 97-110

  Mansourian, Ali ^a   Lubida, Alex ^a   Pilesjö, Petter ^a   Abdolmajidi, Ehsan ^a   Lassi, Monica ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

community of practice; planning; spatial data infrastructure (SDI); system dynamics technique

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PLANNING;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; PLANNING COMMUNITY; POLITICAL SUPPORT; SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; SYSTEM DYNAMICS TECHNIQUE;

SYSTEM THEORY;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GIS; PLANNING PROCESS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL PLANNING;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84943813765     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2015.1065048     Document Type: Article

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