A model of the science-practice-policy interface in participatory land-use planning: Lessons from Laos

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1095-1107

  Castella, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c   Bourgoin, Jeremy ^a,c,d   Lestrelin, Guillaume ^a,c   Bouahom, Bounthanom ^e  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement IRD   (Laos)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute NAFRI   (Laos)

Author keywords

Action research; Boundary objects; Land use planning; Landscape governance; Participation; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER;

LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84903155535     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-0043-x     Document Type: Article

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