Participatory landscape planning and sustainable community development: Methodological observations from a case study in rural Mexico

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Valencia Sandoval, Cecilia ^a   Flanders, David N ^a   Kozak, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land use policy; Landscape analysis; Landscape visualization; Mexico; Participatory planning; Rural communities; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

LAND USE POLICY; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; ME-XICO; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; RURAL COMMUNITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449534081     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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