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ERIC Number: EJ603950
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1096-9144
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Mapping a Balance: Democratic Land-Use Planning on Galiano Island.
Holden, Meg
Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, v4 n1 p16-19 Win 1999-2000
The residents of Galiano Island, British Columbia, have used geographic information systems (GIS) to create a local information database that informs community decisions about sustainable use of forest land. The islanders' involvement with GIS promotes a democratic land-use planning process that is reasoned and well informed. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Planning, Conservation (Environment), Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Land Use, Participative Decision Making, Rural Development, Sustainable Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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