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Critical Reflections on the Use of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies in Human Ecological Research

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706

    Matthew D. Turner

  2. Critical & Creative Thinking Program, Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125

    Peter J. Taylor

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Turner, M.D., Taylor, P.J. Critical Reflections on the Use of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies in Human Ecological Research. Human Ecology 31, 177–182 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023958712140

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