Monitoring the environment and human sentiment on the Great Barrier Reef: Assessing the potential of collective sensing

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 203, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-97

  Becken, Susanne ^a   Stantic, Bela ^b   Chen, Jinyan ^b   Alaei, Ali Reza ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Great Barrier Reef; Sentiment analysis; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOBILE PHONE; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOURISM; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85026669223     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.007     Document Type: Article

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