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Rapid appraisal of drivers of landuse change (DriLUC)

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Rapid Appraisal of Drivers of Land-use Change (DriLUC) provides an initial overview of the dynamics of land-use change in the local context and the way this is related to processes acting at larger scales. The method combines desk study of available documents and maps with interviews with key informants and focus-group discussions. A specific topic is the trade-off between economic development and environmental quality, as locally perceived

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