{"product_id":"hill-tribes-struggling-for-a-land-deal-von-oliver-puginier","title":"Hill tribes struggling for a land deal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highlands of northern Thailand are an example  of a contradictory situation arising when a  centralised government system extends its control  to remote areas and clashes with traditional  shifting cultivation practices. On the government  side, policy is characterised by conflicting  interests between forest preservation on the one  hand, and the integration of ethnic minorities on  the other. Hilltribes, on the other hand, are  looking for land security to meet their subsistence  needs.   The issue has become one of mediation and conflict  resolution in order to overcome the dichotomy  between forest protection and agricultural  subsistence. This research project combined a  participatory approach with GIS to go beyond the  demarcation of land types and to connect the  village level to higher planning bodies.   Land use maps were digitised to help overcome contradictions between central land use  classifications and local village boundaries.  Stumbling blocks to participatory planning are  illustrated and recommendations for a co-ordinated  policy for highland development are made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838312187\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eParticipatory land use planning in northern Thailand amid controversial policies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838312187","offer_id":39497017458781,"sku":"9783838312187","price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/2b789034-1c61-471b-9c7a-a4a67325b0c0.jpg?v=1775623251","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/hill-tribes-struggling-for-a-land-deal-von-oliver-puginier","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}