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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781628203321

Titolo

Qualitative GIS [[electronic resource] ] : a mixed methods approach / / edited by Meghan Cope and Sarah Elwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2009

ISBN

1-283-28880-X

0-85702-454-X

9786613288806

1-4462-4954-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 182 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CopeMeghan

ElwoodSarah

Disciplina

910.285

Soggetti

Geographic information systems

Qualitative research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 - INTRODUCTION: QUALITATIVE GIS: FORGING MIXED METHODS THROUGH REPRESENTATIONS, ANALYTICAL INNOVATIONS, AND CONCEPTUAL ENGAGEMENTS; 2 - NON-QUANTITATIVE GIS; 3 - METADATA AS A SITE FOR IMBUING GIS WITH QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; 4 - MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS, SIGNIFICATIONS AND EPISTEMOLOGIES IN COMMUNITY-BASED GIS; 5 - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, AND CHANGE; 6 - GROUNDED VISUALIZATION AND SCALE: A RECURSIVE ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY SPACES

7 - COMPUTER-AIDED QUALITATIVE GIS: A SOFTWARE-LEVEL INTEGRATION OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND GIS8 - INTO THE IMAGE AND BEYOND: AFFECTIVE VISUAL GEOGRAPHIES AND GISCIENCE; 9 - TOWARDS A GENEALOGY OF QUALITATIVE GIS; 10 - CONCLUSION: FOR QUALITATIVE GIS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Geographic information systems (GIS) are an essential tool for analyzing and representing quantitative spatial data. This title explains the recent integration of qualitative research with GIS.