Coupling participatory mapping and GIS to inform village-level agricultural zoning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 164-174

  Nackoney, Janet ^a   Rybock, Demian ^b   Dupain, Jef ^c   Facheux, Charly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GeoConnects LLC   (United States)

^c AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Central Africa; GIS; Land use planning; Participatory mapping; Zoning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAND USE; MAPPING; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; ZONING;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL ZONES; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; LAND USE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY METHODS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DATA SET; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GPS; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATE ROLE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84871814709     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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