Digital turn, digital geographies?

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 25-43

  Ash, James ^a   Kitchin, Rob ^b   Leszczynski, Agnieszka ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

computing; digital; digital geography; digital turn; geography

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIGITIZATION; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85040832367     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132516664800     Document Type: Article

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