Combining top-down and bottom-up modelling approaches of land use/cover change to support public policies: Application to sustainable management of natural resources in northern Vietnam

Land Use Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-545

  Castella, Jean Christophe ^a   Pheng Kam, Suan ^b   Dinh Quang, Dang ^c   Verburg, Peter H ^d   Thai Hoanh, Chu ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute   (Viet Nam)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Land use cover change; Methodology combination; Modelling; Multiple stakeholder platforms; Natural resources management; Participatory simulation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION;

ASIA; BAC KAN; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33947574998     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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