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| Title | Salience, credibility and legitimacy in land use change modeling: model validation as product or process? | | Author | Betha Lusiana | | Year | 2015 | | Academic Departement, University | World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Program and University of Hohenheim | | City | Bogor, Indonesia | | Number of Pages | 156 | | Departement | Faculty of Agricultural Sciences | | Degree | Dr.sc.agr. / Ph.D. | | Call Number | TD0178-15 |
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Simulation models compile knowledge into tools that are increasingly being used
in problem solving and in decision making. Such models also are used in applied
situations for natural resource management by integrating multi-dimensional social and
biophysical indicators. However, despite the various approaches in promoting use of
simulation models as tools to support decision making in natural resource management,
acceptance and use by decision makers and natural resource managers are still a
challenging issue. One of the major concerns is related to the following questions “How
good is model A?”, “Is model A better than model B?”, “‘How valid are existing simulation
models in addressing natural resource management issues?”
This dissertation is the result of PhD research on validation of simulation models for
natural resource management. It includes studies of users’ perspectives on the
validity of simulation models, model application to assess trade-offs and uncertainty
assessmenst for designing management intervention. This introductory chapter
provides the background for the research comprising of challenges in natural resource
management, in particular in the region of Southeast Asia and various tools that can
be used to address these challenges. The conceptual framework, hypotheses and
research questions that shaped this study are listed towards the end of this chapter. |
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