Linking participatory and GIS-based land use planning methods: A case study from Burkina Faso

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1162-1172

  Hessel, Rudi ^a   van den Berg, Jolanda ^a   Kaboré, Oumar ^b   van Kekem, Arie ^a   Verzandvoort, Simone ^a   Dipama, Jean Marie ^c   Diallo, Binta ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^d INERA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Participatory land use planning; Sahel; Village workshop

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 64449084183     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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