@article{fdi:010046082,
  title = {{A}ssessing the role of learning devices and geovisualisation tools for collective action in natural resource management : experiences from {V}ietnam},
  author = {{C}astella, {J}ean-{C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n northern {V}ietnam uplands the successive policy reforms that accompanied agricultural decollectivisition triggered very rapid changes in land use in the 1990s. {F}rom a centralized system of natural resource management, a multitude of individual strategies emerged which contributed to new production interactions among farming households, changes in landscape structures, and conflicting strategies among local stakeholders. {W}ithin this context of agrarian transition, learning devices can help local communities to collectively design their own course of action towards sustainable natural resource management. {T}his paper presents a collaborative approach combining a number of participatory methods and geovisualisation tools (e.g., spatially explicit multi-agent models and role-playing games) with the shared goal to analyse and represent the interactions between: (i) decision-making processes by individual farmers based on the resource profiles of their farms; (ii) the institutions which regulate resource access and usage; and (iii) the biophysical and socioeconomic environment. {T}his methodological pathway is illustrated by a case study in {B}ac {K}an {P}rovince where it successfully led to a communication platform on natural resource management. {I}n a context of rapid socioeconomic changes, learning devices and geovisualisation tools helped embed the participatory approach within a process of community development. {T}he combination of different tools, each with its own advantages and constraints, proved highly relevant for supporting collective natural resource management.},
  keywords = {{C}ommunity-based natural resource management ; {G}eovisualisation tools ; {N}egotiation support system ; {C}ollective learning process ; {V}ietnam},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {E}nvironmental {M}anagement},
  volume = {90},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {1313--1319},
  ISSN = {0301-4797},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.07.010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046082},
}