Using causal loop diagrams for the initialization of stakeholder engagement in soil salinity management in agricultural watersheds in developing countries: A case study in the Rechna Doab watershed, Pakistan

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 251-267

  Inam, Azhar ^a   Adamowski, Jan ^a   Halbe, Johannes ^a   Prasher, Shiv ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causal loop diagram; Participatory modeling; Salinity management; Stakeholder analysis; Stakeholder participation; System thinking

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; SOILS; SYSTEMS THINKING; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

CASE-STUDIES; CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAMS; PAKISTAN; PARTICIPATORY MODELLING; QUALITATIVE MODELING; SALINITY MANAGEMENT; SOIL SALINITY; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; SYSTEM THINKINGS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIAGRAM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SALINITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DAIRYING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL WELFARE; SODIUM BALANCE; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL SALINITY; SUDANGRASS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WATERLOGGING; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SALINITY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; RECHNA DOAB;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAKISTAN; SALINITY; SOIL;

EID: 84922981699     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.052     Document Type: Article

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