Passive crowdsourcing of social media in environmental research: A systematic map

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 55, Issue , 2019, Pages 36-47

  Ghermandi, Andrea ^a   Sinclair, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Flickr; New spatial media; Social media; Twitter; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROWDSOURCING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GROWTH; HETEROGENEITY; MAP; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85061286896     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.02.003     Document Type: Article

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