Land use planning in drylands: participatory processes in diagnosing the physical-biological subsystem
- Rubio, María Clara
- Sales, Romina Giselle
- Abraham, Elena Maria
- Rubio, María Fernanda
- Diaz, Angel Fabian
- Rubio, María Cecilia
DOIAbstract
Land Use Planning (LUP) is a central tool of public policy for promoting Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in social-ecological systems of drylands, considering the strong dependence between local communities and their natural resources. This work highlights the collective process carried out for achieving the Diagnosis of the physical-biological subsystem and for formulating conservation and SLM strategies in La Paz department, Argentina, within the framework of the LUP Municipal Plan (LUPMP). To do so, a methodology that combines participatory techniques, like collective mapping, with use of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing. The collective construction of knowledge, through interaction among the scientific, governme...
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