Quantifying and mapping global data poverty

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Leidig, Mathias ^a   Teeuw, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA POVERTY INDEX; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; POVERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; SOFTWARE; TEXT MESSAGING;

CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84955445907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142076     Document Type: Article

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