Knowledge in action: The search for collaborative research for sustainable landscape development

Front Matter....Pages 1-15
Landscape science and societal action....Pages 17-40
What is collaborative landscape research about?....Pages 41-56
Collaborative research to improve the water management in two polders in the Red River Delta in Vietnam....Pages 57-84
Development and application of a landscape design method in the Frisian Lakes area....Pages 85-111
Linking training, research and policy advice: capacity building for adaptation to climate change in East Africa....Pages 113-132
Action research in a regional development setting: students as boundary workers in a learning multi-actor network....Pages 133-152
The soil-plant-animal system as a boundary object for collaborative knowledge development....Pages 153-168
Learning from learning: the experiences with implementing adaptive collaborative forest management in Zimbabwe....Pages 169-189
Northern Thailand case: gaming and simulation for co-learning and collective action; companion modelling for collaborative landscape management between herders and foresters....Pages 191-219
Reflexivity in action research: two spatial planning cases....Pages 221-245
Limpopo case: the role of research in conflict over natural resources; informing resettlement negotiations in Limpopo National Park, Mozambique....Pages 247-276
Conclusion: from knowledge for action to knowledge in action....Pages 277-303
Back Matter....Pages 305-319