SoftGIS as a Bridge-Builder in Collaborative Urban Planning

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 389-411

  Kahila, Maarit ^a   Kyttä, Marketta ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collaborative Planning; Experiential Knowledge; Planning Practice; Urban Planner; Urban Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103726838     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8952-7_19     Document Type: Chapter

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