02205nam a2200289Ia 4500 0000004193 20251012174433.0 060627s1997 onc ob 000 0 eng d 0889368201 (print) 9780889368200 (print) HD111 .U57 1997 333.73 On solid ground [electronic resource] science, technology and integrated land management Panel on Integrated Land Management of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development. [Ottawa, Ont., Canada] IDRC ; [S.l.] UNCTAD 1997. 1 electronic text html format. Published on the International Development Research Centre website. Title from Web page (IDRC, viewed June 27, 2006). Includes bibliographical references. Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Need for Science and Technology in Land Management; Chapter 1. Challenges and Opportunities for Integrated Land Management; Chapter 2. Contributions of Science and Technology to Integrated Land Man agement; Chapter 3. Constraints on Integrated Land Management; Chapter 4. Conclusions and Recommendations: Approaches to Technology Transfer and Capacity-building; Appendix 1. The Panel on Integrated Land Management; Appendix 2. Applying Science and Technology in Integrated Land Management; Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations On Solid Ground describes how the tools of science and technology can be used to find solutions to global land management problems. The key is "integrated land management", which draws on the knowledge derived from the physical and social sciences and blends it with the wisdom of local communities, indigenous peoples, women, and others whose survival strategies have been based on a close connection to their mother Earth. Online version of the print publication. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Land use Management. Land use Planning. Sustainable development. http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9363-201-1-DO%5FTOPIC.html Connect to online resource - All users 3414 3414 0 0 0 0 KEM KEM 2012-12-07 0 0000002480 2025-10-12 08:34:30 2025-10-12 OS