Landscape characterization integrating expert and local spatial knowledge of land and forest resources

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 660-682

  Fagerholm, Nora ^a   Käyhkö, Niina ^a   Van Eetvelde, Veerle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community forest management; GIS; Knowledge integration; Landscape character; PGIS; Zanzibar, Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EXPECTED INFORMATIONS; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERIZATION; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERS; PGIS; STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS; TANZANIA; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

CHARACTERIZATION; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84883459012     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0121-x     Document Type: Article

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