Combining facilitated dialogue and spatial data analysis to compile landscape history

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-441

  Duncan, David H ^a   Kyle, Garreth ^a   Race, Digby ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

facilitated dialogue; interdisciplinarity; land use change; landscape history; local environmental knowledge; native vegetation; participatory mapping; participatory research

Indexed keywords

FACILITATED DIALOGUE; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; NATIVE VEGETATION; PARTICIPATORY MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH;

DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

RESEARCH;

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PASTORALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WOOL;

EID: 79951769780     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000767     Document Type: Article

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