A novel mediating participatory modelling: The 'self-design' process to accompany collective decision making

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-74

  D'Aquino, Patrick ^a   Le Page, Christophe ^a   Bousquet, François ^b   Bah, Alassane ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b IRRI   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Geographic Information System (GIS); Land use; Local planning; Participatory; Regional policy; Resources management; Role playing games

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

SENEGAL; SENEGAL RIVER;

EID: 0037898209     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2002.000022     Document Type: Review

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