@article{fdi:010064710, title = {{B}ackward waters, modern waters : {P}erception-{B}ased {R}egional {M}apping territory uses and water-related sanitary stakes in {L}uang {P}habang area ({L}ao {PDR})}, author = {{S}aqalli, {M}. and {J}ourdren, {M}. and {M}aestripieri, {N}. and {G}uillerme, {S}. and {M}aire, {E}. and {S}oulileuth, {B}. and {L}atsachach, {K}. and {S}ounyafong, {P}. and {T}ammahuxsa, {L}. and {S}engtaheuanghoung, {O}. and {R}ibolzi, {O}livier and {B}ecerra, {S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper examines the suitability of the {PBRM}, a mapping tool based on the perceptions of local stakeholders, for assessing the connection between land uses and health issues. {T}he area, rural {L}aos around {L}uang {P}habang city, between the {M}ekong {R}iver valley and mountains, seems to have overcome the formal territorial organization based on exposure risks towards an organization based on access to health and medical facilities. {I}n addition, differential access to safe drinking water has been quite solved by the implementation of private can distribution networks. {H}owever, these rapid changes accentuate the social gap between well-connected lowlands and valleys on one hand, and mountain areas on the other hand, increasingly sidelined from this transition. {M}ethodologically, {PBRM} method explores broader issues at a broader scale but does not give an easy access to non-spatial criteria. {P}lus, the limits of the {SHU}s ({S}patial {H}omogeneous {U}nit) the {PBRM} establishes are geographically precise regarding topology but not spatiality. {T}hese results are action-oriented towards local and development-oriented issues.}, keywords = {{L}aos ; {P}erception-{B}ased {R}egional {M}apping ; {H}ealth risk exposure ; {S}anitation cover ; {LUCC} ; {LAOS}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}pplied {G}eography}, volume = {60}, numero = {{SI}}, pages = {184--193}, ISSN = {0143-6228}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.001}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064710}, }