| Title | Mapping Landscapes: Integrating GIS and Social Science Methods to Model Human-Nature Relationships in Southern Cameroon. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Robiglio, V.; Mala, W.; Diaw, C. |
| ContactAuthor | asb@cgiar.org |
| Journal | Small-Scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Start Page | 171 |
| Pagination | 171-184 |
| Date Published | May 2003 |
| ISSN | 1447-1825 |
| Keywords | Cameroon, Congo, FLORES, geographic information systems (GIS), participatory mapping |
| Abstract | Participatory mapping and GIS are both necessary to model the interactions between humans and their environment. A case study from the forest margin in the Congo Basin demonstrates how data from participatory community mapping and other social science methods can be prepared for quantitative modelling. This approach bridged the gap between spatial modelling data and social decision-making in space by elaborating a geographically consistent social representation of the landscape and giving a geographical base to the connection between land use, its cultural representation, and its social management. |
| URL | http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8687 |
