Participatory impact assessment of soil and water conservation scenarios in Oum Zessar watershed, Tunisia

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-165

  König, Hannes Jochen ^a   Sghaier, Mongi ^b   Schuler, Johannes ^a   Abdeladhim, Mohamed ^b   Helming, Katharina ^a   Tonneau, Jean Philippe ^c   Ounalli, Nadia ^b   Imbernon, Jacques ^c   Morris, Jake ^d   Wiggering, Hubert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FoPIA; Land management; Land use functions; Scenario study; Stakeholder participation; Sustainability impact assessment

Indexed keywords

FOPIA; LAND MANAGEMENTS; SCENARIO STUDY; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFORMS; PLANNING; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAND USE;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TESTING METHOD; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LAND USE; PARTICIPATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUNISIA; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DESERT CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SOIL; TUNISIA; WATER QUALITY;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84861589562     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9865-y     Document Type: Article

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