Exploring the potential of Google Earth as a communication and engagement tool in collaborative Natural Flood Management planning.
This paper considers the development and evaluation of a Google Earth "virtual globe" tour for communicating spatial data and engaging stakeholders in the early stages of a natural flood management (NFM) planning scenario, using a rural UK river catchment that suffered significant flooding in 2007....
| Publicado en: | Geographical Journal Vol. 186; no. 2; pp. 171 - 186 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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