Successes and failures to embed socioeconomic dimensions in integrated natural resource management modeling: Lessons from Thailand

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Ekasingh, B ^a   Letcher, R A ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrated assessment; Modeling; Natural resource management; Socioeconomic aspects; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATERSHEDS;

INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43449084032     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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