An educational simulation tool for negotiating sustainable natural resource management strategies among stakeholders with conflicting interests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-126

  Garcia Barrios L E ^a   Speelman, E N ^a,b   Pimm, M S ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b Centre for the Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Conflict transformation games; MESMIS; Role playing and negotiation; Sustainability; Sustainability simulation models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONFLICT-TRANSFORMATION GAMES; MESMIS; ROLE-PLAYING; STAKEHOLDERS; SUSTAINABILITY SIMULATION MODELS;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOTOURISM; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; MAIZE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36048996864     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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