"PLUP Fiction": Landscape simulation for participatory land use planning in northern Lao PDR

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-88

  Bourgoin, Jeremy ^a   Castella, Jean Christophe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Laos)

Author keywords

Land use planning; landscape simulation; Laos; negotiation; participation; role play; uplands

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; STATE ROLE; UPLAND REGION; VILLAGE;

LAOS;

EID: 79958843106     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00129.1     Document Type: Article

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