Integrating peasant knowledge and geographic information systems : a spatial approach to sustainable agriculture | Land Portal

Resource information

Date of publication: 
January 1997
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
eldis:A26404

Starting with a discussion of the scientific versus the traditional methods of land evaluation and perception, the authors formulate a methodological framework to integrate both perspectives into a geographic-information/expert-system environment aimed at sustainable development of a rural community, and present a case study in Central Mexico.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Gerardo Bocco
Victor M. Toledo

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